Saquon Barkley's contract, explained: How Eagles star rebooted RB position with historic 2024 season
Few teams were willing to invest in the position, and struggles by Saquon Barkley, Josh Jacobs and Jonathan Taylor to secure long-term contracts resulted in frustrations reaching new heights. The league's top running backs were so dismayed by the financial state of the position that they held a Zoom call in July 2023 to figure out what they needed to do turn the tide back in their favor.