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Well the news out. No deal for sake Juan Barkley. So he left to decide. Do I sign the franchise tag or not report to camp?

That's where we're basically down to now. Ian Rappaport also tweeted out.

That. Jacobs Josh Jacobs of the Vegas Raiders also didn't get a deal.

And also on top of that. The Cowboys didn't give a deal to Tony Pollard.

Now they just cut Ezekiel Elliott right. And now they're going to force Pollard to sign the franchise tag.

Same with Jacobs who is a fantastic running back for the Vegas Raiders.

Also a large percentage of their offense not nearly as much as Barkley and Barkley doesn't get it.

So I look at it this way and I think you kind of feel the same way that sake Juan said it best in his tweet.

It is what it is. You can find all you want running backs are not getting paid.

So what does sake want to do? Yeah is he better than Tony Pollard?

Yeah is he better than Josh Jacobs? I mean you can make that case for sure.

But you can't tell me that he it's not in the vicinity of those players and also the importance of those players.

The Cowboys just cut Ezekiel Elliott. Now if Pollard decides to hold out what are they going to do?

Because they know that those guys are going to play. So what does Barkley do?

You read the landscape. Hey you gave it the old college try. You threatened to hold out. You tried to get a deal done.

But when you look at the rest of the NFL running backs do not get paid. That's the major statement.

The Giants didn't feel like they had to give extra because nobody else is giving extra.

So is Barkley now going to hold out and what good is that going to do?

It's not.

We were talking about it during the break. If you're a giant fan and look this is no knock on sake Juan.

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