{"id":427955,"date":"2023-06-25T19:38:22","date_gmt":"2023-06-25T19:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=427955"},"modified":"2023-06-25T19:38:22","modified_gmt":"2023-06-25T19:38:22","slug":"free-agent-melvin-gordon-claims-it-sucks-to-be-a-running-back-in-the-nfl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/free-agent-melvin-gordon-claims-it-sucks-to-be-a-running-back-in-the-nfl\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Agent Melvin Gordon Claims &#8220;It Sucks&#8221; To Be A Running Back In The NFL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It appears that we finally have the answer to the question of what the worst NFL position would be. Melvin Gordon claims it to be a running back!<\/p>\n<h2>Free Agent Melvin Gordon Claims &#8220;It Sucks&#8221; To Be A Running Back in NFL<\/h2>\n<p>In an interview this week with Jim Rome on CBS Sports Radio, Melvin Gordon declared that running back is unquestionably the worst position to play.<\/p>\n<p>Which NFL position is the hardest to play is always up for debate. Whether it&#8217;s the cornerback because the rules are biased in favor of the offense or the quarterback because of the duties.<\/p>\n<p>Melvin Gordon, a free agent, said it is without a doubt the running back position.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Do you agree with Melvin Gordon on the state of the RB position? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QNVAwIBR03\">pic.twitter.com\/QNVAwIBR03<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; PFF (@PFF) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PFF\/status\/1672279590067220480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 23, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s just so tough for running backs right now, man,&#8221; Gordon said. &#8220;You have a lot of running backs that&#8217;s out there and we just don&#8217;t get no love. It&#8217;s literally the worst position to play in the NFL right now. It literally sucks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gordon certainly feels strongly about this topic, and it&#8217;s understandable why. You don&#8217;t often hear an NFL player lament how much his position &#8220;sucks,&#8221; so it&#8217;s evident that Gordon feels strongly about this. Running backs have been less valuable in the perspective of NFL organizations during the last ten years. If your name isn&#8217;t Derrick Henry or Christian McCaffrey, landing a significant deal is practically difficult.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Former <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Broncos?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Broncos<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Chargers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Chargers<\/a> RB Melvin Gordon still wants to play in 2023, but he isn&#39;t happy about the state of the RB market:<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s just so tough for running backs right now. And you have a lot of running backs out there and we just don\u2019t get no love. It\u2019s literally the worst\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SXLA62LAjX\">pic.twitter.com\/SXLA62LAjX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NFL Rumors (@nflrums) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nflrums\/status\/1672641565993345025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 24, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Although Gordon himself was never a superstar running back, the impacts persisted throughout his career. Gordon addressed one running back&#8217;s deal that appeared to be the tipping point for clubs, despite the fact that this had been brewing for a while.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think after Todd (Gurley) got paid, and Sean McVay came out and said that \u2018I\u2019ll never pay a running back again,\u2019 and then I think they won the Super Bowl, everybody just followed suit,\u201d Gordon said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Remember how special Melvin Gordon, Montee Ball and James White were at Wisconsin?<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KQVsmEw5yP\">pic.twitter.com\/KQVsmEw5yP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BetMGM \ud83e\udd81 (@BetMGM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BetMGM\/status\/1670204172963139584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 17, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Running backs&#8217; non-exclusive franchise tag for the 2023 season is $10.091 million, while quarterbacks&#8217; is $32.42 million and linebackers&#8217; is $20.93 million. Running backs are the only position group paid less under the franchise tag than kickers, who get $5.39 million for being tagged.<\/p>\n<p>Until you understand that practically every other job has seen its tag number double over that time, it could sound like a decent boost. A 121 percent growth from $14.64 million in 2013 to $32.42 million has been driven by quarterbacks. Defensive tackles ($8.31 million to $18.94 million) and linebackers ($9.46 million to $20.93 million) have both had their totals rise by more than 100%.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud835\udde5\ud835\uddd8\ud835\udde3\ud835\udde2\ud835\udde5\ud835\udde7:<br \/>Free agent RB Melvin Gordon wants to play in the NFL next season but says the market for RB\u2019s is brutal right now.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;It&#39;s just so tough for running backs right now, man,&quot; Gordon said. &quot;You have a lot of running backs that&#39;s out there. We just don&#39;t get no love. It&#39;s\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Etxgvn3Fi4\">pic.twitter.com\/Etxgvn3Fi4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NFL Notifications (@NFLNotify) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFLNotify\/status\/1672387778112282627?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 23, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>With an average salary of $16 million per season, San Francisco 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey is the highest-paid back in the league.<\/p>\n<p>Gordon, 30, ran for 318 yards and two scores in 10 games for the Denver Broncos last season.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"U19 FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023: Schedule, Groups, Wins &amp; Prospects\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/u19-fiba-basketball-world-cup-2023-schedule-groups-wins-prospects\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">U19 FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023: Schedule, Groups, Wins &amp; Prospects<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It appears that we finally have the answer to the question of what the worst NFL position would be. Melvin Gordon claims it to be a running back! Free Agent Melvin Gordon Claims &#8220;It Sucks&#8221; To Be A Running Back in NFL In an interview this week with Jim Rome on CBS Sports Radio, Melvin [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":412482,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[10142,10140,10143,10144,10141],"class_list":["post-427955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl","tag-free-agent-melvin-gordon","tag-melvin-gordon","tag-melvin-gordon-running-back","tag-melvin-gordon-running-back-sucks","tag-nfl-melvin-gordon"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427955\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}