... We know and they know. When Zeke got paid $$$$$, his stats became lower as years went forward. Instead of keeping pace, he declined.
I know he instilled some injuries, but the offset has been greater than expected.
Chargers RB, Austin Ekeler, now concerned with stigma, of whats seem to be occurring with RB's around the league Also take note of Barkley situation.
Eklers scoop about it:
RB Stigma
first of all, splitting carries with pollard, injuries etc and still get 90 yards and 12tds is hardly less then expected all these carries later.
so no, it wasn't as zeke had a much better start to his career and earn the money as some of these others have been injured a lot at the beginning of their careers and are just now getting more carries and more snaps and our course their stats are going up!
zeke nearly had three rushing titles in a row, he led the league in rushing his first three years in the league and then still was top three in scrimmage yards in year 4 (2019)
so he earned his money,
we all know in 2020 there were 17 injuries and 11 different offensive line combos and no quarterback and in 2021 he started out the season 5 yards per carry until mid season, he hurt his knee then he started out near 5 yards per carry in 2022 and got hit in the thigh and knee and the offensive line shuffling and then you add in Kellen Moore to his career the expectations is on the fan base...
It's not on zeke he did not kill the running back position look at his career stats his accomplishments and all the carries he had the two great years at Ohio State that got him picked 4th overall and then what he did up till then he earned it....
what you're jealous?? the rest of the NFL running backs are jealous because he was smart enough to get paid ??
no zeke was not the downfall of the running backs there are probably ten others that were around 10 to $12 million that didn't even come near the production there were reasons other than his age and his workload, what you mentioned injuries there for sure part of it.. But when you can split carries and still come up with close to 900 yards and double digit touchdowns while injured that's not washed and that is not embarrassing it just happens. I agree with him being cut to save money on the cap don't get me wrong it was time but this is ridiculous they're blaming him for their issues..
worse was Gurley, David Johnson and others.. I'm not gonna go back and research all the contracts that were given around the same time or right before zeke that made him want that money and he got it and many of those did not have great success.. This is simply a league wide change in philosophy past happy league running backs are still important but they're finding out running back by committee changing running backs every four to five years it's not much of A drop off that's just a reality has nothing to do with zeke.
Alvin Kamara five years $75 million right before the 2020 season so the last 2 years hes better then zeke how?? Cmac same thing these dudes got paid after zeke and hasn't done much not much more you got an injured slower much more heavy carry see that seems to be holding his own against the other dudes that got paid outside of Henry.
McCaffrey signed a four-year, $64 million contract with Carolina in
April of 2020, with cap hits of $8.7 million in 2022, $19.5 million in 2023, $19.5 million 2024 and $15.4 million in 2025 this day sure gets overrated by a lot of guys in here and he was traded but still what did he do in 2020 and beyond..
