It wasn't a good day for NFL running backs.
Pro Bowlers Saquon Barkley, Josh Jacobs and Tony Pollard all failed to reach long-term extension agreements with their respective teams before Monday's 4 p.m. ET deadline.
That means the lead running backs for the New York Giants, Las Vegas Raiders and Dallas Cowboys will play on the one-year franchise tag in the 2023 season, though Pollard is the only one who has officially signed his $10.1 million franchise tender thus far. Jacobs and Barkley are not expected to report to the start of training camp, ESPN's Adam Schefter reported.
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WATCH HEREBarkley, Jacobs and Pollard are the latest victims of a harsh running back market. As Schefter noted, the last player at the position to ink a long-term deal with an average annual salary of $10 million or more was Nick Chubb nearly two years ago.
After the deadline passed, Barkley tweeted "It is what it is" while Jacobs pushed back on a claim that he was seeking to reset the market. Here's a look at how the rest of NFL Twitter, including star backs Christian McCaffrey, Derrick Henry, Austin Ekeler and Jonathan Taylor, reacted:
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