Grant's Rant: 7-18-23 NFL RB's Dilema

IF YOU DON'T LIKE THAT WITH GRANT NAPEAR

Grant Napear

Football, Sports, Basketball

4.7 • 944 Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2023

⏱️ 3 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Playing running back in the NFL seems to be a detriment these days. The position continues to be devalued and thus teams aren't giving out big contracts to running backs. Yesterday, Tony Pollard of the Cowboys, Josh Jacobs of the Raiders and Saquon Barkley of the Giants were unable to reach agreement on new deals. All three received franchise tags which will pay them $10.9 million for this season. Pollard is the only one of the three that has signed his tag. $10.9 million isn't chopped liver, but look at what QB's are getting paid. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	It's time for Grant.
0:03.0	Grant.
0:05.0	And today's rant is brought to you by New Works Plumbing of Sacramento.
0:08.0	Locally owned for over 20 years New Works has a fix for you.
0:12.0	For your plumbing needs and repairs, just go to New Works has a fix for you for your plumbing needs and repairs just go to new
0:14.8	works plumbi.com N-E-W-R-X plumbing.com a lot of running backs in the
0:21.2	National Football League voicing their displeasure of the Raiders
0:33.2	Saiquan Barclay of the Giants Tony Pollard of the Cowboys
0:37.4	Pollard the only of the three that signed his tag he will be in training camp here's the bottom line there is a hard cap in the
0:48.2	national football league I understand running backs like Barclay and Jacobs and others not being happy with the
0:56.2	present system but the system is this system.
1:00.4	If you really want to fix this, they ought to put a cap to how much you can pay any one player.
1:07.0	I mean, I get the fact that running backs are looking what quarterbacks are getting paid.
1:12.0	It's ridiculous. Over 40... running backs are looking what quarterbacks are getting paid.
1:12.8	It's ridiculous, over $40 million a season,
1:18.2	whereas Jacobs and Berkeley, if they play on the tag this year,
1:22.2	will make over 10 million dollars.
1:25.0	To you and I, 10 million is a hell of a lot of money for playing football for a year.
1:30.0	But if you compare it to the guy that's calling signals like Daniel Jones and
1:34.9	Doc Prescott and the ridiculous amount of money that they're making. Yeah, it is not
1:40.4	making for a harmonious situation
1:43.4	within an NFL locker room.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Grant Napear, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Grant Napear and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.