
It is not easy being a running back, with all those defensive beasts lined up and ready to smash you into the turf. McCaffrey is also behind the best-paid cornerback ( Jaire Alexander, $21 million), safety (Derwin James, $19 million) and tight end ( Darren Waller, $17 million). Watt, $28 million) are both in the same vicinity. The top defensive lineman ( Aaron Donald, $31.7 million) and edge rusher ( T.J. The highest-earning wide receiver, Tyreek Hill, makes $30 million per year, nearly double McCaffrey's chart-topping RB figure. Forget about QBs, where the market is marching toward $60 million. In other positions, the money train is rolling along nicely. It's that there are too many players capable of earning you one. In my eyes, the problem is not, like McCaffrey intimated, that the value of a yard has become devalued. In Indianapolis, Jonathan Taylor has often looked like a very effective player, but still has one year left on the four-year, $7.8 million rookie deal he signed after getting drafted No. But three players - QB Ryan Tannehill, free safety Kevin Byard, and lineman Harold Landry - will make more than him this season. In Tennessee, Derrick Henry is the clear face of the Titans franchise and plays on a contract worth $50 million over four years. If no contract is inked by July 17, he must sign the franchise tag or sit out the season. Publicly at least, there has been little sign of progress between him and the Giants. Barkley declined to sign the franchise tag in April ($10.1 million).

Since then, the situation has become messy. In New York, the Giants' resurgence was helped in no small measure by Barkley's 1,312 yards on the ground.
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Or any of the defensive coordinators who were generally clueless as to how to effectively stop the 49ers offense. If you're in any doubt about whether having an elite RB still matters, just ask Niners head coach Kyle Shanahan.
