After months of fruitless negotiations, the New York Giants’ Saquon Barkley and Las Vegas Raiders’ Josh Jacobs won’t be securing contract extensions in 2023.
The NFL’s franchise tag deadline for new deals expired at 4 p.m. ET without a breakthrough in talks for either running back. That means each will have to play out the 2023 season on a one-year deal for $10.1 million — or consider not playing at all. Sources close to Barkley and Jacobs told Yahoo Sports that each would weigh their options if a new deal wasn’t reached, including potentially sitting out portions of training camp or regular-season games.