The Tennessee Titans and Derrick Henry are working on a new deal, but Austin Ekeler may have just set the market for running backs.
Let me go back a step, Austin Ekeler was going to be a restricted free agent this year and the Los Angeles Chargers were going to have to make a decision between him and Melvin Gordon.
Despite giving Gordon way too many opportunities this year, Ekeler was always the most effective running back. That may even be underselling Ekeler because the 24 year old running back was probably the most effective running back in the NFL last year.