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NFL RB Market Roasted by Fans After No New Contracts for Saquon Barkley, Josh Jacobs

It was a rough day for the running back market, to say the least.

Two of the NFL's biggest stars at the position, New York's Saquon Barkley and Las Vegas' Josh Jacobs seemingly lost their standoffs with their respective organizations after neither one of them were able to agree to a long-term deal by Monday's 4 p.m. ET.

Both players had the $10.1 million franchise tag placed on them earlier in the offseason and had been holding out of OTAs and mandatory minicamp as they continued negotiations on a multi-year contract.

And now, they are both backed into a corner with the Giants and Raiders having all the leverage in the world over them with both players reportedly sitting out of training camp as well.