Panthers great Jonathan Stewart: Pay the running backs Panthers great Jonathan Stewart: "Let's treat these running backs like they should be treated and pay them." USA Today Sports Media Group · Jul 21, 2023
Using Sportsbooks to Pick 1,000-Yard Rushers There were 16 1,000-yard rushers in 2022, equaling the most in the last decade. Who will hit that mark this season? Sports Illustrated · Jul 20, 2023
Tiki Barber: Giants aren’t doing right by Saquon Barkley Tiki Barber doesn't believe the New York Giants are doing right by Saquon Barkley and he doesn't see that changing in 2024. USA Today Sports Media Group · Jul 20, 2023
Mock Draft Review: Strategy for a 2-QB League The first eight picks of this 12-team draft were all quarterbacks. Here’s how each team built its roster. Sports Illustrated · Jul 20, 2023
Giants’ Saquon Barkley sounds motivated to prove he’s NFL’s best running back You've probably seen the viral Saquon Barkley quote by now but the New York Giants RB made far more important comments that went ignored. USA Today Sports Media Group · Jul 20, 2023
Saquon Barkley had a fiery explanation for why he’d consider a season-long holdout from the Giants "I won’t show up. I won’t play a down." USA Today Sports Media Group · Jul 19, 2023
David Murphy: Saquon Barkley, Bijan Robinson, and the NFL’s bottomed-out RB market show Howie Roseman’s brilliance PHILADELPHIA — Here’s another fun game: The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jul 19, 2023
Saquon Barkley sounds prepared to play for Giants in pre-deadline interview despite mulling holdout NEW YORK — A measured Saquon Barkley sounds prepared to play on the franchise tag for the Giants this season, although he is seriously mulling a regular-season holdout. Tribune News Service · Jul 19, 2023
Six Players Who Could Stage a Fantasy Comeback in 2023 Whether it was due to injuries, suspension or just poor play, these six players had disappointing fantasy seasons in 2022. Here’s why they will bounce back this year. Sports Illustrated · Jul 19, 2023
Madden 24: See the ratings for Giants running backs, O-line EA Sports has released the ratings for all qualifying New York Giants running backs and O-linemen, led by Saquon Barkley and Andrew Thomas. USA Today Sports Media Group · Jul 19, 2023
Saquon Barkley Suggests How He Could Say ‘F--- You’ to Giants Amid Contract Dispute The Pro Bowl running back floated the drastic idea after failing to negotiate a long-term deal with the franchise before Monday’s deadline. Sports Illustrated · Jul 19, 2023
Saquon Barkley, Josh Jacobs Holdouts Would Cost Them $561K Per Game Right now, they can sit out without penalty because they didn’t sign their franchise tag tender. Plus answering your questions on the Vikings, Titans, Packers, 49ers and more in this week’s mailbag. Sports Illustrated · Jul 19, 2023
NFL star running backs decry the poor state of pay at their position Here's what some of the league's current best running backs and some retired greats have to say about it. USA Today Sports Media Group · Jul 19, 2023
Should Saquon Barkley have accepted an earlier Giants offer? Should Saquon Barkley and his representation have accepted one of the New York Giants' earlier, and reportedly substantial, contract offers? USA Today Sports Media Group · Jul 19, 2023
Los Angeles Times · Jul 18, 2023 Why are NFL running backs shockingly underpaid? It has roots with a Rams blunder. LOS ANGELES — NFL running backs are like buffalo: wondrous, thunderous, but burdened by a sameness. Rarely anymore does one differentiate himself from the herd.
Tribune News Service · Jul 18, 2023 What franchise tag deadline said about Cowboys’ Tony Pollard, value of NFL running backs Some of the greatest players in NFL history are running backs. Some would consider Jim Brown, a running back, among the best in the history of the game regardless of position.
Tribune News Service · Jul 18, 2023 Steelers' Najee Harris fumes as top NFL backs lose out on extensions: 'This notion that we deserve less is a joke' PITTSBURGH — Monday was an ugly day for top running backs across the NFL, and Najee Harris is not happy about it.
Tribune News Service · Jul 18, 2023 Saquon Barkley supported by McCaffrey, Henry and other top RBs after failing to reach long-term deal with Giants NEW YORK — NFL running backs past and present rallied around Giants star Saquon Barkley and others at the position who failed to reach long-term contracts before Monday’s franchise-tag deadline.
USA Today Sports Media Group · Jul 18, 2023 Why NFL running backs aren’t getting paid like stars (and why it won’t change anytime soon) There are too many good running backs, and it's killing all the good running backs (financially).
Sports Illustrated · Jul 18, 2023 Le’Veon Bell Made a Truly Baffling Disney Movie Comparison for NFL Running Back Drama Former Pittsburgh Steelers and New York Jets running back Le’Veon Bell had quite a take on the current NFL running back landscape.
Sports Illustrated · Jul 18, 2023 SI:AM | No Payday for NFL Running Backs The deadline to negotiate long-term contracts passed without deals for Saquon Barkley and Josh Jacobs.
USA Today Sports Media Group · Jul 18, 2023 CBS Sports ranks Giants’ Saquon Barkley as a second-tier running back CBS Sports ranks Saquon Barkley of the New York Giants in the second tier of NFL running backs behind five other players.
Sports Illustrated · Jul 18, 2023 Saquon Barkley, Josh Jacobs Fall Victim to a Position That’s Too Replaceable Teams know they can find a good enough running back, and the Chiefs starting a seventh-round rookie in the Super Bowl hurt the future value of the position.
USA Today Sports Media Group · Jul 18, 2023 NFL running backs deserve so much better from the league They need to be paid.
USA Today Sports Media Group · Jul 18, 2023 Report: Giants, Saquon Barkley squabbled over less than $2 million in the end Contract negotiations between the New York Giants and Saquon Barkley reportedly stalled out over less than $2 million in the final moments.