Is RB market making a comeback

SGSteeler · Aug 8, 2026 at 11:07 PM

Joel Buchsbaum said: ↑

If you have an elite back who does damage as a runner and receiver that market for him is high.
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This market is the one Le'Veon Bell's agent was trying to set. Henry is really the only pure runner at or above 15 million. If you have the elite skillset to be that homerun hitter and can win on all three downs... then you're worth the money.

SGSteeler · Aug 8, 2026 at 11:08 PM

feltdeez said: ↑

Gibbs highest RB in NFL history. 3/67
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Its a lot for a RB... but I'd pay him that in a heart beat. He's RB1 in the league IMO

Steelvision · Aug 9, 2026 at 2:58 AM

I think its just dollar devaluation.

everything is looking more expensive, from food to homes to NFL player salaries but its just the dollar losing its value

feltdeez · Aug 9, 2026 at 4:53 AM

NorthernBlitz said: ↑

By when it's offered I meant if one was from like a decade ago or something. Then you'd have to account for cap inflation to compare the numbers.

Maybe I should, but I don't know what these contracts are if you're talking about specific values that come from specific contracts.

If they're all indexed for inflation there's a very obviously choice here. So it's not all that interesting to talk about

I agree that if all of these three options were provided to a player at the same time (so they're all in the same year's cap dollars), then it would be absolutely idiotic not to take the one with 3 years. The player wins on everything here. Short term (so they have the highest probability to get another bite at the apple), highest AAV, and highest guarantees. The options you've provided make it so one contract wins on all fronts (again if the values are all from the same year).

I thought what you suggested (that I agreed with) was shorter term contracts with higher AAV, but less guaranteed money (because the contract is short).

I didn't see that as one of the options you have, so I didn't get how your comparisons made sense with the conversation I thought we were having.
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well. I am comparing the first 2 contracts from a decade ago to the one’s signed last week.

Include inflation, % of the cap, etc..

getting a higher AAV on a shorter contract with more guaranteed money is always a better value.

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