| ARI | JAMES CONNER | 7,000,000 |
| ATL | BIJAN ROBINSON | 5,489,634 |
| BAL | JK DOBBINS | 1,432,359 |
| BUF | JAMES COOK | 1,458,014 |
| CAR | MILES SANDERS | 6,350,000 |
| CHI | KHALIL HERBERT | 902,677 |
| CIN | JOE MIXON | 5,750,000 |
| CLE | NICK CHUBB | 12,200,000 |
| DAL | TONY POLLARD | 10,091,000 |
| DEN | JAVONTE WILLIAMS | 2,216,438 |
| DET | JAHMYR GIBBS | 4,461,283 |
| GB | AARON JONES | 12,000,000 |
| HOU | DAMEON PIERCE | 1,118,858 |
| IND | JONATHAN TAYLOR | 1,957,288 |
| JAX | TRAVIS ETIENNE | 3,224,526 |
| KAN | ISIAH PACHECO | 934,777 |
| LAC | AUSTIN EKELER | 6,125,000 |
| LAR | CAM AKERS | 1,543,259 |
| LVR | JOSH JACOBS | 11,791,000 |
| MIA | RAHEEM MOSTERT | 2,800,000 |
| MIN | ALEXANDER MATTISON | 3,500,000 |
| NEP | RHAMONDRE STEVENSON | 1,057,264 |
| NOS | ALVIN KAMARA | 15,000,000 |
| NYG | SAQUON BARKLEY | 10,091,000 |
| NYJ | BREECE HALL | 2,253,694 |
| PHI | D'ANDRE SWIFT | 2,134,729 |
| PIT | NAJEE HARRIS | 3,261,862 |
| SEA | KENNETH WALKER | 2,110,395 |
| SFO | CHRISTIAN MCCAFFREY | 16,015,875 |
| TB | RACHAAD WHITE | 1,282,500 |
| TEN | DERRICK HENRY | 12,500,000 |
| WAS | BRIAN ROBINSON | 1,261,227 |
| AVERAGE | 5,291,083 |
Colts superstar RB Jonathan Taylor requests trade
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No chance of that. McVay's offense post Kupp emergence didn't need an elite RB. He learned his lesson after Gurley's knee issues and completely did away with that RB heavy jet sweep offense. The only RB we really targeted in a trade recently was CMC because he can operate almost like a WR out of the backfield.
Also the Rams are rebuilding because that was always the plan in 2024. All the contracts including AD (with the exception of Stafford) have/had potential outs in 2024. The original plan was to have a 3 year window as a contender with Stafford. But that all went out the door last year after they took a historic number of injuries on the o-line and had to use 4th stringers which almost retired Stafford, and Von left.
Steelers
Colts
Seahawks
Ravens
Bills
Texans
Dolphins
KC
Broncos
Eagles
Bears
all appear to pay their starting Kicker more than the top paid RB.
Why did you single out the Colts? JT is on a 2nd round rookie deal, you expect him to be making more?
He will be on his 2nd deal (At minimum, he would've been offered the tag value end of season) but why would you think his rookie deal would be higher right now?
Who is the Patriots starter? If it's Rhamondre Stevenson your team isn't paying him shyt relative to the kicker.
Your team's whole RB room cost less than some kickers
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Gritsngravy
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Was t kupp injured early in his career, shid u could say now too?
Kupp has had 1 healthy and productive season his entire career. Outside of that hes been in and out of the lineup or chilling on IR
Great point. Is this the case for other positions though? Like obviously QBs make more no matter how you slice it. But if RB is the only position below kicker without accounting for status then they have a legit gripe.
Per this: NFL Positional Payrolls
Kickers are at 2.7 average.
Positions that are lower: Punter (1.7), Long Snapper, (1.1), FB (2.0), RBs (2.2), Corners (2.5), and TE (2.6)
Considering not every team even carries a FB. RBs are in the basement.
Teams carry more WRs than RBs but they don't seem to have a problem averaging more $$. RBs not being valued is an NFL-wide issue not specific to the Colts.
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Steelers
Colts
Seahawks
Ravens
Bills
Texans
Dolphins
KC
Broncos
Eagles
Bears
all appear to pay their starting Kicker more than the top paid RB.
Why did you single out the Colts? JT is on a 2nd round rookie deal, you expect him to be making more?
He will be on his 2nd deal (At minimum, he would've been offered the tag value end of season) but why would you think his rookie deal would be higher right now?
Who is the Patriots starter? If it's Rhamondre Stevenson your team isn't paying him shyt relative to the kicker.
Your team's whole RB room cost less than some kickers
Patriots kicker making $700k and Stevenson is not an All Pro, Pro Bowler like TJ is. What team paying more to their kicker than the entire Pats RB room? We paying our backup RB $6 million this year.
Zeke about to make more money than the entire Colts RB room.
It's JT not TJ.
JT was a Probowler / All pro two seasons ago. He is coming off an injured year and offseason surgery. Apparently, he's not 100% now.
You thought Indy was going to extend him early in a league where RBs struggle to get deals at all?
Patriots Kicker signed a contract for 4 years 4.6 million and Rhamondre is on 4 years 4.2 million.
"But but he's not a probowler!" So? Is he getting good value after putting up 1500 total yards last year?
You brag about having Zeke, the only reason you have him in the first place is because no one values RBs. Cowboys used him up and tossed him out.
And you didn't answer my question, there's a ton of teams in the NFL paying their Kicker more than the RB. Considering JT is on a rookie deal, what's so shocking?
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Deon Jackson just proved JTs point today with his fumbling ass.
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duckbutta
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Well that's not why its not a fair comparison. It's not a fair comparison because a minimum salary running back is expected to run the football, to block in pass protection, and to catch the football, where as a kicker is expected to...kick.
So how is it a nfl team can say "we will only pay you the minimum amount of money that we can to run, block, and catch" but they do not seem to be willing to say "we will only pay you the minimum amount of money to kick?"
Are there any kickers making the league minimum salary?
Furthermore...the kicker cannot even perform his job task until either the minimum league running back fails to do his job, equaling a punt...only does his job adequately...equaling a field goal attempt...or does his job exceptionally well...equaling an extra point.
Something is out of whack when the position that has to do work in several areas to even get the kicker in a position to do his job can make less than the kicker who relies on literally everyone else to even do his job.
And the comparing starting running backs to kickers doesn't make any sense because what is a "starting running back?" Zeke and Pollard were in Dallas together last year. Zeke started the games, Pollard got enough counting stats to make the pro bowl and Zeke didn't. Who's the starter? Against the 49ers Zeke started the game but as soon as Pollard got hurt the cowboys couldn't move the ball at all. Who's the starter? Zeke had multiple games where he couldn't even average 3 yards a carry and Pollard was top 5 in yards per carry. Who's the starter?
And before you say well obviously Pollard if he is getting more yards a better average more catches more touchdowns. What I would say to that is Ezekiel Elliot salary was 12 million dollars and Tony Pollard salary was 965,000 dollars. Who's the starter?
That's actual insane when you think about it. Tony Pollard was top 5 in yards per carry, is known for ripping off explosive plays, and the Dallas Cowboys, who had a top 8 offense, could not even function when he got hurt. They could legit not consistently get 30 yards of offense before having to punt. He was a pro bowler. He didn't even clear 1 million dollars in salary
Now I got to go look up pro bowlers salaries. Interested to see how many can I find that didn't even make a million the year they were a pro bowler.
Edit: Huntley made it as an alternate last year and he aint even make 800k. Pretty ironic that the only recent player I can find who made less than Pollard to be a pro bowler is a quarterback
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Jonathan Taylor, Colts Agree to Reported 3-Year, $42M Contract After Trade Rumors
It was contentious, but Jonathan Taylor will be staying with the Indianapolis Colts for the foreseeable future, the team announced on Saturday.
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What a mf WIN for everyone involvedJonathan won…
Jonathan Taylor, Colts Agree to Reported 3-Year, $42M Contract After Trade Rumors
It was contentious, but Jonathan Taylor will be staying with the Indianapolis Colts for the foreseeable future, the team announced on Saturday.syndication.bleacherreport.com
