There was always someone leading the pack who was not going to get caught, which is why Rod Smith, generic in name, is also very much generic in deed. He might as well have “backup’’ stamped across his forehead, given the running backs he has sat behind.
Carlos Hyde and Ezekiel Elliott in college. Marshawn Lynch, Darren McFadden, Alfred Morris — and Elliott, again — in the NFL. And now, perhaps the greatest impediment to ever seeing the field, the one and only Saquon Barkley.
“Saquon’s a pro, he understands more than your average 22-year-old,’’ Smith told The Post.