Giants star could be losing millions due to NFL rule
The NFL has rules in place to protect players and ensure safety for all their competitors. One of those rules is the three-year rule or otherwise deemed as the bridge between college players and their destination to the NFL. And while the thought is that the rule protects players' interests, one former front office executive […]
The NFL has rules in place to protect players and ensure safety for all their competitors.
One of those rules is the three-year rule or otherwise deemed as the bridge between college players and their destination to the NFL.
And while the thought is that the rule protects players' interests, one former front office executive thinks it may be doing more harm than good for a key Giants player:
On a recent episode of the Ross Tucker Football Podcast, former NFL executive Andrew Brandt joined Tucker to discuss the hottest topic in professional football:
The devaluation of the running back market.
"This doesn't happen with other positions," said Brandt on behalf of running back value. "And it really starts in college when you can't come out until three years after high school and it just continues on and on where this position Ross has a shelf life so much shorter than others. You have the outliers like McCaffrey and Henry, but if you're in your mid-20s, What are you looking at?"
Brandt seems to believe that the issues plaguing the league's best backs stem from their time on campus. Often the focal point of the offense, take Falcons rookie RB Bijan Robinson. He touched the ball almost 600 times during his tenure with the Texas Longhorns, adding serious tread to his tires before he even plays a down in the NFL.
"I Just know that it's become a fungible position," said Brandt on the state of the RB position. "They're restricted by the draft eligibility rule because when normally those guys would be at their highest value, they're just making scholarship and NIL money. So now by their mid-20s except for a few outliers, they're reduced, cut, or have no market, and it's just kind of sad."
"We know what's happening with these three franchise tag guys right? Saquon Barkley, Josh Jacobs, and Tony Pollard."
"If they're not getting deals now Ross, they're never getting deals. It's only going to go down, no matter how good a year they have. In fact, the better the year they have, the less value they're gonna have next year," finished Brandt.
And the reason for that goes back to Brandt's initial point about the wear and tear of the position. Unlike other spots in the NFL, as you produce, your value rises. But since backs take such pounding, their year-over-year value only decreases as teams look to replenish the position with fresh legs.
So maybe now Giants, Raiders, and Cowboys fans see why these players want to be paid and deserve to be paid. Their teams would not endure the success they have without them, yet they are being thrown to the wayside and viewed as castoffs once they incur a certain amount of snaps. Someone has to be the voice of change before things reach the point of no return.
Hopefully, it's Saquon Barkley.
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