The problem for NFL running backs

Published: Aug. 3, 2023, 11:53 p.m.

Running backs used to be among the most famous \u2014 and best-paid \u2014 players in football. But the game has changed and so has their status. Today on \u201cPost Reports,\u201d what that means for the sport and these players \u2014 and how they might be able to change it. 


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The traditional running back has moved to the margins. The position is dangerous and injury-prone, but increasingly NFL teams are finding it makes business sense not to commit to these players long-term. 

Feeling underappreciated and underpaid, running backs have started trying to push back. 


On a recent Zoom meeting in which running backs commiserated about their shrinking market, Cleveland Browns star Nick Chubb admitted to reporters, \u201cRight now, there\u2019s really nothing we can do.\u201d 


Today on \u201cPost Reports,\u201d sports columnist Jerry Brewer breaks it down

and tells us what could happen next.