This is the digital version of The Pulse. If you want it earlier, start every morning with The Pulse delivered to your inbox. Sign up here. Good morning! I hope you make the cut today. It’s a big week in the NFL. Final rosters are decided, the preseason is finally over and we get to look forward to real NFL games. Also (maybe) this week: A Jonathan Taylor trade, which has a self-imposed deadline of tomorrow. As Mike Jones argues in a piece today, the potential transaction won’t just ship a running back somewhere else. It could provide a blueprint for disgruntled running backs in the...
, the potential transaction won’t just ship a running back somewhere else. It could provide a blueprint for disgruntled running backs in the future.Never has a star position felt so replaceable, and you can see the argument — on each side. It makes more financial sense to find a new rookie running back every couple years than to pay big bucks to a player who could be a year from leaving the league.
But it’s also a massive risk to let an established player walk for a question mark. He’s 24 and still has a long way to go before he loses juice, yet he and thecannot agree on a long-term deal. He’s asked for a trade, though the team trading for him would have to give up a nice draft pick and agree to a big contract. Then we get back to the aforementioned dilemma. He’s a second-round pick, meaning his contract doesn’t have a fifth-year option to retain him.
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