PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Eagles had a pretty good running back in Miles Sanders. Sanders was steady, durable and even rushed for more than 1,200 yards and scored 11 touchdowns in a season that ended in the Super Bowl.
But in the modern NFL, a good running back is as disposable as a cheap razor. It’s a pass-first, quarterback-driven league these days.
So much so that elite running backs griped when teams this past offseason refused to give them the lucrative long-term contracts players such as the Giants’ Saquon Barkley thought they deserved.
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