May 2023 - Carolina Panthers Wiretap
Miles Sanders is the latest running back to criticize the market for the position.
Sanders signed a four-year, $25.4 million deal with the Carolina Panthers this offseason. He received $13 million guaranteed, but the $6.35 million average per year is far less than in past years.
"It's nothing that we're doing wrong," Sanders said. "We're doing everything that we have to do as far as on the field and stuff like that. For people and GMs or owners to think that running backs are not as valued as much is a lie because you've got to see how everything plays out. You've got to see what guys like Christian McCaffrey, the stuff he does, things that Saquon Barkley (does), the things that Josh Jacobs (does) consistently each year. ...
"You want to franchise tag and create a certain market for running backs just because you have this way of thinking that they only last three or four years. I think it's B.S., honestly. Almost every running back is underpaid right now. I don't know what it's gonna take. That's a topic that needs to be brought up a little more because it sucks to be a running back right now, honestly."
