NFL running backs deserve better

With training camp just days away for some teams, two of the league’s top-five running backs are still without contracts. Saquon Barkley and Josh Jacobs aren’t happy about their franchise tags, and they have every reason to be angry.

points out that while franchise tag figures for other positions have gone up in recent years, the cost to tag an NFL running back has gone down. Using 2015 as a baseline,…