Running backs had a disappointing Monday as three franchise-tagged Pro Bowlers — Josh Jacobs of the Las Vegas Raiders, Saquon Barkley of the New York Giants, and Tony Pollard of the Dallas Cowboys — failed to sign long-term second NFL contracts with their respective teams before the deadline for doing so.<\/p>\n
This implies that without the long-term security of a multi-year contract, all three players are expected to play the following 2023 season on fully guaranteed one-year contracts of $10.1 million. The thought of that has Barkley, the No. 2 overall choice in the 2018 NFL Draft, pondering the nuclear option: sitting out and not participating in 2023. Barkley and the G-Men were roughly $2 million apart in their contract discussions.<\/p>\n
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It appears that Barkley believed the organization made a considerably lower initial offer in an effort to capitalize on his injury history.<\/p>\n
The Giants<\/a> running back at least said as much on the Money Matters podcast earlier this week.<\/p>\n “I got offered [a deal] during the bye week,” said Barkley. “In the bye we only had like three days. I wasn’t gonna accept it. I was like, ‘You know what, I rather kind of just finish off the season.’ The number that they offered me, they kind of thought I might jump out because of my injury history.”<\/p>\n INTERESTING: It really seems like Saquon Barkley will be on the field for the New York #Giants<\/a> in 2023 because it\u2019s his prime and it\u2019s still 10+ million dollars. <\/p>\n \ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n After 2023 with the NYG seems in doubt.<\/p>\n (Via @NYGDaily<\/a>) pic.twitter.com\/PRiyYAD96l<\/a><\/p>\n — MLFootball (@_MLFootball) July 19, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n