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Originally Posted by keg in kc
Big money goes to players at positions where the NFL has a scarcity. That's why you see QBs and LTs and pass rushers and corners get premium deals. Because high level play at those positions is rare, and the best players are irreplaceable to their franchises. On the flip side, the RB position in today's NFL is a carousel. For everyone. RBs have the shortest average career of any position and quality players are found in the mid- to late rounds of the draft every single year (this is where the "next man up" comment comes in...). The league just doesn't value RB the way it values other positions, and it hasn't for more than ten years. Jerry Jones operates like it's still 1992.
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In his article about the LeSean McCoy acquisition, Seth Keysor suggested that the main issue with RBs in today's NFL isn't that they're truly "not valuable" but instead that the running game has become a fine-tuned dance that requires a ton of guys to do their jobs, and the RB just happens to be the dude carrying the ball. In other words, a mediocre RB can look like a superstar when he has the right blocking, and a superstar RB can look like shit when the guys in front of him don't block worth a damn.
That's not to say that there's no difference between a Charcandrick West and a Jamaal Charles, but there are far more important positions when it comes to making an offense perform than the RB position.