RBs Saquon Barkley, Josh Jacobs Don't Sign Tenders, So Now What?
Analysis 7/17/23
The deadline for franchise-tagged players to sign a contract extension came and went with no movement on RBs Saquon Barkley and Josh Jacobs. Ari Meirov reports the New York Giants and Las Vegas Raiders negotiated with the duo but to no avail. Now each will have to play the 2023 season under the tag, which neither has signed yet. However, the Dallas Cowboys' Tony Pollard signed his. Meirov examines the implications of this news as well as the depressed running back market.