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Falcons’ Bijan Robinson hopes to carve a new, more profitable path for NFL running backs

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Bijan Robinson is all of a week into his first NFL training camp. He knows better than anyone he’s got an awful lot to learn. Yet, before he ever takes a handoff for the Atlanta Falcons, Robinson recognizes that he’s in a unique position to help carve a new, more profitable path for the league’s … Read more

Colts owner Jim Irsay says it’s ‘inappropriate’ for running backs to renegotiate ratified CBA

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This offseason, we’ve learned that it’s a bad time to be an NFL running back. Three star running backs were slapped with the franchise tag, four-time Pro Bowler Dalvin Cook was straight-up released and Austin Ekeler was denied his request for an extension, and didn’t find much interest on the trade market either. Ekeler said … Read more

NFL running backs are angry – and peace seems a long way off

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The running back market has flatlined. On Tuesday, Saquon Barkley agreed to a fresh one-year $11m contract with the New York Giants, ending any talk of a training camp holdout. Barkley is back in New York. But his signing represents a thaw around the issue of running back pay rather than a final resolution. Barkley’s … Read more