Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz and Frank Schwab break down and grade some of the significant running back deals on the first day of free agency.
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We see saquin 3 years 37 million in Philly saquan going to Philly all right what do you give that grade uh see I I just don’t the Eagles never pay running backs this threw me off when the rumors started I’m like nah no way hoe Roseman
Does not pay running backs he knows the game of we’ll just trade for DeAndre Swift every after everybody’s given up on him we’ll give him a year we’ll cycle on to the next guy maybe there is some fear about this draft class not being that good and who you’re really going to
Get but I thought this was overpay if you look at Barkley’s career objectively we all loved him out of Penn State we all loved him as r with the Giants he’s not really had a monster season since then you can blame the Giants for all
That and I’m fine with that but the fact is the saquon Barkley we’re holding on to is that rookie year saquon Barkley that dude ain’t been around in a while you mentioned DeAndre Swift 3 years 24 million bucks to go to the Bears a bit surprising to me honestly considering I
Didn’t think that that was a a huge need coming to this offseason for the bears but 3 years 24 milli ion felt steep to me feels like the C range to me again even even for a good running back I’d like to see the details on three or 24
Million I give it like a d i just don’t love Swift’s game I think he’s good I don’t think he’s great he had his moments with the Eagles for sure but they kind of dried up in the second half of the Season uh eight million years no
Joke again maybe again the rookie class factors into all this maybe the Bears looked and said who are we going to draft I don’t think it’s m too much for the Bears you gave that one a d I give tony Pard to the Titans a d only because
It feels so redundant let’s be clear 3 years $24 million for Tony Pard when the Cowboys are still in the running back Market in the eyes of many is a statement to the fact that I just don’t think Tony par is a game changer I think
This is this is okay money at a mediocre fixed for the problem so I gave it a d I thought Pard really took a step back last year maybe that’s CU he was overextended I don’t know we’re going to see because he’s not going to have a
Full-time role but do you pay $8 million for a part-time back even as explosive as he can be we we will see about that I I I gave this a d for the Titans and there’s a domino effect here of talking about the Cowboys what do the Cowboys do
Stunning is also how I would describe Josh Jacobs four years $48 million to Green Bay again I would tell everybody calm down let’s see what the actual numbers look like CU fouryear 48 million feels like a lot at this point I think Josh Jacobs is one of the best running
Backs in the NFL there’s no question in my mind that this is going to be an important acquisition for them it just feels really rich for that position I give him a Beat too I do think it’s an upgrade I think it’s a huge one though I
I wonder how the Cap’s going to look the cap number probably goes down because first year of a deal usually have a small cap number so we’ll we’ll see what the contract really looks like I don’t like you I don’t think there’s really truly a fouryear $48 million deal but I
I respect them for getting aggressive and even if it’s a small upgrade it’s an upgrade Austin Eckler signing with the commanders on a 2-year deal worth up to 11.43 million per Source this is a move that makes sense it’s not a ton of money for somebody that can be a ton of impact
I still do think he has some something left to give as a running back I think that’s good for their culture to add him and good for their on field product I’m not going crazy with this but they didn’t spend much money either I just think it’s a good solid sighning for the
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