Giants and Barkley do not reach an agreement on a new contract

[JJGauna]

Who needs Barkley when you have the Vanilla Vick, aka Daniel Jones lol.

[unbillievable]

9 minutes ago, BarleyNY said:

 

No, new RB contracts are not setting the market. Obviously that’s the exception to the general rule, but it is what’s happening. RB salaries - especially those at the top of the market - have fallen. For example, the franchise tag peak for RBs was in 2017 at $12.120M. It was $8.655M in 2021 and is $10.091M this season. 

 

Franchise tag history for all positions.

 

 

Runningbacks are becoming ever more worthless.

 

Why is Hines getting $6mil/yr?

[HOUSE]

This has me worried 

[LABILLBACKER]

2 hours ago, BuffBillsForLife said:

Ah yes, the genius plan of holding out this year (making $0) and then signing a contract next season for less than what the Giants offered him this year.  RBs definitely get a raw deal in today's NFL but teams aren't going to overpay them just because.

Has there ever been a position group go on strike?

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

39 minutes ago, JJGauna said:

Who needs Barkley when you have the Vanilla Vick, aka Daniel Jones lol.

Ice Ice, baby.  Danny Dimes. 😁

12 minutes ago, LABILLBACKER said:

Has there ever been a position group go on strike?

They've got Kelvin Benjamin's phone number.  A couple buckets of Popeyes chicken and a dozen biscuits, and voila...there's the next Giants RB. 😁

[K D]

All of these players online complaining about not paying RB's...SHADDUP! If they had value, they would get paid, simple as that. They never live up to the big contracts and they have a short shelf life. You can easily get one in the later rounds and pay them next to nothing. It makes no sense to give them huge deals. It's as dumb as the pay women athletes the same as men arguments. Why? Because you say so? That's not how the world works. If you prove your value, you get paid. If you don't, then you don't!

[Chicken Boo]

4 hours ago, machine gun kelly said:

The Giants offered him $26 mil for two.  He wanted $16 mil per.  Dumb decision for RB’s these days.  Did he not learn anything from Bell.

 

RB’s just don’t seem to want to accept their reality.  I’m sorry for the Giants though as I’m quietly rooting for Daboll and Schein.

 

Hell have to come around.  He has zero leverage.

 

Gotta be hard to see Daniel Jones pocket $45 million per year on back of your hard work.  

 

I hope Saquon and Jacobs stick to their guns and hold out for as long as possible.  Neither team is equipped to win without them.  

[BarleyNY]

1 hour ago, unbillievable said:

 

Runningbacks are becoming ever more worthless.

 

Why is Hines getting $6mil/yr?

 

Good question about Hines. It’s ridiculous. The issues with RBs are that:

- the best only have a small positive impact on their team compared to an average one

- the supply outstrips demand

- they have a short shelf life (short careers before a big drop off)

- they tend to have a high risk of injury and

- teams have realized that a stable of good RBs who share the workload is preferable to one bell cow back. That’s due to cost and injury protection.

[BananaB]

All the RBs complaining about money, they can blame all the rule changes for player safety. The league has changed the rules drastically to keep QBs and WRs from getting popped. Tough yards to not exist anymore, the game is soft. 

Edited July 18, 2023 by BananaB

[Chicken Boo]

10 minutes ago, BananaB said:

All the RBs complaining about money, they can blame all the rule changes for player safety. The league has changed the rules drastically to keep QBs and WRs from getting popped. Tough yards to not exist anymore, the game is soft. 

 

You're not wrong, but it still doesn't compute for me. 

 

Josh Jacobs is 25, had 340 carries last year, 1653 yards at 4.9 a clip, and 53 receptions for another 400 yards.  Add into that all that he does in pass protection. 

 

These teams want premium production for minimal wages.  It's bs.  Meanwhile the Tannehills and Daniel Joneses of the world are making 3-4 times their salary.  Lunacy!

Edited July 18, 2023 by Chicken Boo

[newcam2012]

6 hours ago, Mr. WEO said:

 

And then the Giants will really feel the sinking sadness that they paid the wrong guy this off-season....

Maybe they were thinking about the Zeke deal in Dallas. 

6 hours ago, BillMafia716ix said:

Giving Daniel Jones 40Ms instead of paying  Saquon is wild. 40 million for a guy who only threw 15TDs

His legs are special though. Daboll elevated his game for sure.

 

I will say I almost fell out of my chair when I heard of the Jones deal. Giants were in a tough position by Damn Jones is average at best. 

 

Younger folks I hope your son can be a NFL QB. No need to play the lottery. 

[newcam2012]

3 hours ago, BarleyNY said:

 

Good question about Hines. It’s ridiculous. The issues with RBs are that:

- the best only have a small positive impact on their team compared to an average one

- the supply outstrips demand

- they have a short shelf life (short careers before a big drop off)

- they tend to have a high risk of injury and

- teams have realized that a stable of good RBs who share the workload is preferable to one bell cow back. That’s due to cost and injury protection.

Good input here. 👍

[Doc Brown]

1 hour ago, ScottLaw said:

It will probably be bad with him too.

Beane loves overvaluing and overpaying RBs and Defensive linemen. Dude hates paying WRs. 

There's an argument to be made about D-line but not RB's or WR's. 

 

Beane gave Diggs a 24 million dollar a year contract which is 5th in annual average value.  He gave John Brown and Cole Beasley the biggest contracts of their careers by far.  All three were key in helping Allen develop and leading to four straight double digit win seasons.  

 

The biggest contract Beane gave a free agent RB I believe was Chris Ivory in 2018 (2 years at 2.75m per year with 2.5 million guaranteed).  Drafting RB's in the middle rounds on a cost controlled rookie deal is smart roster building.  The problem is the execution as Singletary was serviceable while Moss was a disappointment.  

[newcam2012]

27 minutes ago, Chicken Boo said:

 

You're not wrong, but it still doesn't compute for me. 

 

Josh Jacobs is 25, had 340 carries last year, 1653 yards at 4.9 a clip, and 53 receptions for another 400 yards.  Add into that all that he does in pass protection. 

 

These teams want premium production for minimal wages.  It's bs.  Meanwhile the Tannehills and Daniel Joneses of the world are making 3-4 times their salary.  Lunacy!

It's a QB driven league. Even back ups are making huge money. 

1 hour ago, ScottLaw said:

It will probably be bad with him too.

Beane loves overvaluing and overpaying RBs and Defensive linemen. Dude hates paying WRs. 

He did get RB Harris on the cheap though. Otherwise, you are spot on here. 

[Alphadawg7]

2 hours ago, ScottLaw said:

It will probably be bad with him too.

Beane loves overvaluing and overpaying RBs and Defensive linemen. Dude hates paying WRs. 

Huh?  What RBs did he over pay?  This doesn’t even make sense.  I mean none of our RBs have been given expensive contracts by Beane.  Hines was given to him by Colts and then Hines took a pay cut this year to stay.  
 

Nothing you said is correct.  He traded a first and fourth for Diggs and then paid him twice now.  We just used another first round pick on a TE to basically play as a big slot WR too.  We have spent more on WRs than RBs

[purple haze]

8 hours ago, transient said:

Any idea where I can get me one of those 13M per year raw deals?!?! Sign me up!!!

His profession and your profession are not the same.  Stop comparing yourself.  He is getting a raw deal in his profession.  If you have his skill level go try out if you can get one.

[Saxum]

1 hour ago, Doc Brown said:

There's an argument to be made about D-line but not RB's or WR's. 

 

There certainly an argument for that but it makes no sense. 

The Don Quijote knight-errant ignores all facts which do not fit his campaign.

[purple haze]

8 hours ago, machine gun kelly said:

The Giants offered him $26 mil for two.  He wanted $16 mil per.  Dumb decision for RB’s these days.  Did he not learn anything from Bell.

 

RB’s just don’t seem to want to accept their reality.  I’m sorry for the Giants though as I’m quietly rooting for Daboll and Schein.

 

Hell have to come around.  He has zero leverage.

A bit less wear and tear on his body for an organization that doesn’t value him is worth holding out for.  He should only come in for the last 6 games and get his accrued season.  I wouldn’t even communicate with them until the week before I come in.  I would make nothing easy for that organization going forward.     

[machine gun kelly]

8 hours ago, Chicken Boo said:

 

Gotta be hard to see Daniel Jones pocket $45 million per year on back of your hard work.  

 

I hope Saquon and Jacobs stick to their guns and hold out for as long as possible.  Neither team is equipped to win without them.  

If they do bud, they will go the way of Bell.  He lost $13.5 mil / yr. For less at the Jets a year later, wasn’t used in the same as Pitt. And faulted thereafter.  It was a very bad decision.

 

These RB’s are not going to change a league evolution to platooning RB’d vs.

a workhorse, and lower second contracts of they get a second contract.

 

It’s not going to change.  Just like athletic TE’s lost the battle of demanding WR $. Remember Jimmy Graham.  Safeties babe this problem and off the ball LB’s are not marquee spots anymore.

[Bill from NYC]

9 hours ago, Chicken Boo said:

 

Gotta be hard to see Daniel Jones pocket $45 million per year on back of your hard work.  

 

I hope Saquon and Jacobs stick to their guns and hold out for as long as possible.  Neither team is equipped to win without them.  

That Sir is a great point.