Le’Veon Bell, Ezekiel Elliott, Todd Gurley and the year the NFL running back position began to lose its power

“Running backs are expendable.”  Those words, recently spoken by my brother-in-law, stung me like a Clubber Lang punch to the stomach. I grew up in the 1990s, when the NFL’s biggest names were mostly running backs. Emmitt Smith won league and Super Bowl MVP in the same year. Barry Sanders shared league MVP honors with … Read more

NFL young talent rankings: No. 26 Bears have begun to build; Justin Fields in pivotal year

Carmen Vitali NFC North Reporter Which NFL teams have the best young cores? FOX Sports took a deep look at every team’s core of players drafted between 2019 and 2023 to ascertain which franchises have the most promising base of young talent. Our writers ranked all 32 individually, and the final result is an aggregate … Read more

Patrick Queen is ‘locked in’ and plans to put the entire league ‘on notice’ in contract year

The Baltimore Ravens’ top two picks from the 2020 NFL Draft are taking polar opposite approaches entering the final years of their respective rookie contracts. While second-round running back J.K. Dobbins has essentially elected not to take the practice field at all since the 2022 season ended, first-round inside linebacker Patrick Queen has been a … Read more