Packers' Josh Jacobs thinks running back pay 'has to go up' as players like Saquon Barkley lead offenses

NEW ORLEANS – Super Bowl LIX volition diagnostic arguably the NFL's apical moving backmost successful Saquon Barkley who, successful his inaugural play with the Philadelphia Eagles, rushed for implicit 2,000 yards to articulation elite institution successful that respect connected his mode to playing successful the "Big Game" for the archetypal time. 

Barkley, similar galore different moving backs in the NFL, are the tonesetter connected discourtesy – arsenic helium goes, the remainder of the discourtesy follows. The aforesaid tin beryllium said for different prima backs successful the NFL, truthful wherefore is Barkley making conscionable $12.583 cardinal per twelvemonth connected his caller Eagles deal? 

The moving backmost marketplace has been scrutinized by those who play the position, arsenic good arsenic others passim the shot world, due to the fact that determination are teams that wouldn't beryllium capable to relation without their moving backs. 

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Philadelphia Eagles moving backmost (and erstwhile NY Giants back) Saquon Barkley (26) greets fans astatine MetLife Stadium. (Robert Deutsch-Imagn Images)

For example, could you ideate Green Bay Packers' occurrence this play without Josh Jacobs, who was sixth successful rushing yards this year? He spoke to Fox News Digital connected Wednesday astatine vigor enactment up of Super Bowl LIX, wherever helium said the moving backmost marketplace "has to spell up."

"I deliberation there’s nary mode it couldn’t spell up, due to the fact that I consciousness similar the apical 7 guys close now, 3 of them got to get paid soon," Jacobs, who besides discussed his concern with USAA, the authoritative "Salute to Service" spouse of the NFL. "Those guys are Bijan [Robinson], Jahmyr [Gibbs], and Kyren [Williams]. Their [contract] worldly is coming up."

The players Jacobs mentioned are inactive connected their rookie deals, but each of them finished successful the apical 7 successful rushing yards successful 2024. And determination were astir 2 2,000-yard rushers past season, arsenic Baltimore Ravens seasoned Derrick Henry thrived with his caller squad.

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Jacobs showed emotion to his presumption group, lone proving his constituent more. 

"Obviously, doing what Saquon and Derrick has done. You adjacent spot Joe Mixon and what he’s done. I deliberation it’s got to spell up," helium explained. "Even with Christian and his hold helium got astatine the opening of the year, I deliberation it helps the moving backmost market. But seeing what we did, however overmuch we were for our teams, I deliberation the marketplace has to spell up."

Jacobs signed a four-year, $48 cardinal woody with the Packers successful escaped bureau this past season, joining a squad that helium had large occurrence with arsenic helium scored 15 times connected the ground. 

Green Bay Packers moving backmost Josh Jacobs (8) celebrates a touchdown during the 2nd fractional of an NFL shot crippled against the San Francisco 49ers connected Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024 successful Green Bay, Wis.  (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

But to deliberation that players similar Mixon, who finished with 1,312 yards from scrimmage for the Houston Texans, is lone making $9.875 cardinal per play doesn't dependable close erstwhile immoderate choky ends are making adjacent to treble that. 

In fact, Henry's woody with the Ravens was lone worthy $16 cardinal implicit 2 years. 

Will the moving backmost marketplace yet set to wherever players successful the presumption radical are blessed with the compensation? Or volition teams inactive see it a presumption that tin beryllium plug-and-play passim the year? 

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Jacobs is successful the Big Easy to not lone bask his clip astir chap peers portion watching the Big Game – he's astonishing 1 of our military veterans with tickets to the Super Bowl. 

Sergeant Major Kevin Bennett of the U.S. Marine Corps spent 34 years, from 1971-2004, dedicating his beingness to combat missions each implicit the world. Being a immense Packers fan, it was lone close successful Jacobs' eyes that the moving backmost beryllium the 1 to astonishment Bennett with this once-in-a-lifetime accidental to acquisition football's biggest stage.

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Jacobs and Bennett volition stock immoderate clip unneurotic connected Friday erstwhile tickets volition beryllium bestowed connected 1 of America's heroes. 

"Man, I’m excited, because, obviously, to me, they’re the existent heroes," Jacobs said. "My grandpa served successful the Air Force and my uncle really served successful the marines. So, for me, it’s decidedly person to home. To beryllium capable beryllium down, speech to him, prime his encephalon a small bit, archer him I admit his work and things similar that is decidedly immense for me."

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