Running back has been one of the more hot-button positions in the league in recent years. While this offseason saw more backs being paid unlike a year ago, there are still questions surrounding whether or not teams should commit a sizable amount of their salary cap on them for multiple years. The thought against doing so is simply due to the wear-and-tear a back takes and the lack of game-to-game dependability as they age. It’s sound logic, but some don’t see it that way, including star Saquon Barkley.
The veteran back signed a three-year deal with the Philadelphia Eagles this offseason, and even as he enters his age 27 season (relatively old for running back standards), he is vehemently dismissing the questions surrounding longevity.
“That’s [BS],” Barkley told “The Philadelphia Inquirer.” “Marcus Allen played until he was 36, 37 years old. Some of the greats that I admire and I look up and study, they played well into their 30s. Barry (Sanders) left at 29, 30 and he left in his prime. It’s what you put in, what you put in is what you get out. That’s any position. There’s this weird thing with running backs right now. Is it a difficult position to play? Yes. Do you take wear and tear? Yes. But who are you or anyone else to tell me how long I can play the game? I call [BS].
“When it’s over for me, it’s over for me. But I feel like if I continue to put the right stuff in my body and do the right things, there will be a day when I’m 32 or 33, and I want to hang it up, and I’m going to do it just because.”
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Author : Tyler Sullivan
Publish date : 2024-07-15 18:48:43
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