[Senator Clay Davis]

Cap has been going up for years and RB contracts, well, not so much. So to assume they will absolutely make up the difference in guaranteed money going to market next year is a big risk. Even playing half the season exposes them to a potential ACL, which would render their future earnings to basically nothing (relatively speaking). Even a double cap is ~$22 million guaranteed, which is still pretty good. If both got to market right now without the tag I can only see the worst franchises in the league even considering that, and even then likely not.

End of the day this is just the evolution of the game. In a passing dominant league, in a cap world, running backs are simply near the bottom of the importance level. Throwing the ball with the worst QB in the league is still more efficient than running it with the best RB. More and more in the future I see the running game being dominated by QBs and Deebo types, and more short passing eliminating the traditional running game.