He is definitely one of their better players that is for sure. Good for him.
Guess we should be glad we didn't draft him?
He's all they have, so he was in the driver seat. I don't think a world exists where I'm paying any running back 16 mil per year. Ouch.
RB's only put up those type of numbers when a team doesn't have much else. In the pass happy, RBBC, spread offense world we live in, it just isn't going to happen often. And if it does...that RB is reducing his NFL life span. So...get the cash when you can.
I don’t think this is precedent setting like a quarterback salary, where the next guy automatically gets more. There isn’t a next guy.
He had 600 yards more from scrimmage in 2019 than the next-best skill player in the league, Ezekiel Elliott.
Code:Rk Player. Year Age Draft Tm Lg G GS Touch TotOff YScm APYd RtY 1 C. McCaffrey 2019 23 1-8 CAR NFL 16 16 403 1387 2392 2392 0 2 Ezekiel Elliott 2019 24 1-4 DAL NFL 16 16 355 1357 1777 1777 0 3 Nick Chubb 2019 24 2-35 CLE NFL 16 16 334 1494 1772 1772 0 4 Derrick Henry 2019 25 2-45 TEN NFL 15 15 321 1540 1746 1746 0 5 Michael Thomas 2019 26 2-47 NOR NFL 16 15 150 -9 1716 1716 0 6 L. Fournette 2019 24 1-4 JAX NFL 15 15 341 1152 1674 1674 0 7 Dalvin Cook 2019 24 2-41 MIN NFL 14 14 303 1135 1654 1654 0 8 Aaron Jones 2019 25 5-182 GNB NFL 16 16 285 1084 1558 1558 0 9 Austin Ekeler 2019 24 LAC NFL 16 8 224 557 1550 1550 0 10 Chris Carson 2019 25 7-249 SEA NFL 15 15 315 1230 1496 1496 0 11 Saquon Barkley 2019 22 1-2 NYG NFL 13 13 269 1003 1441 1441 0 12 Joe Mixon 2019 23 2-48 CIN NFL 16 15 313 1137 1424 1424 0 13 Julio Jones 2019 30 1-6 ATL NFL 15 15 101 -3 1391 1391 0 14 Chris Godwin 2019 23 3-84 TAM NFL 14 14 87 8 1341 1341 0 15 Alvin Kamara 2019 24 3-67 NOR NFL 14 9 252 810 1330 1360 30 16 Miles Sanders 2019 22 2-53 PHI NFL 16 11 229 818 1327 1641 314 17 Josh Jacobs 2019 21 1-24 OAK NFL 13 13 262 1150 1316 1316 0 18 Mark Ingram 2019 30 1-28 BAL NFL 15 15 228 1018 1265 1265 0 19 Le'Veon Bell 2019 27 2-48 NYJ NFL 15 15 311 789 1250 1250 0 20 Robert Woods 2019 27 2-41 LAR NFL 15 15 107 115 1249 1249 0
No one is even close to 400 touches. Yikes
I'll agree his numbers are bloated due to the lack of any other weapons and as a result, the Panthers had little choice but to offer this contract...but I won't agree on the overrated part. He's a great back, but I just don't personally value backs at that type of contract.
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