![]() ![]() If he is as healthy and productive as he was last year, Barkley is sure to be among the top 20 players in the league in 2023. Yes, he will get a guaranteed salary of $10.091 million, but he will not have the long-term security afforded to his friend and teammate, Daniel Jones, who recently signed a four year, $160 million contract.īarkley is the best and most visible player on the team, the most important piece in what the Giants are building and the epitome of the culture the still-new front office and coaching staff are trying to develop. And yet, barring a deal before the July 17 deadline, Barkley almost certainly will play the 2023 season under the franchise tag. The two sides have been trying to hammer out a contract for almost eight months, with the Giants’ offers on and off the table at various times. We see this phenomenon playing out here as the Giants and Saquon Barkley enter the final month of their staring contest over a (somewhat) long-term extension. Of the top 100 highest-paid players in the NFL based on 2023 average annual salary, none is a running back. While the salary cap keeps going up and quarterback contracts keep exploding and edge rushers and offensive tackles are raking in the dough, richly rewarded running backs are becoming an endangered species. Welcome to the NFL in 2023, where many of the most productive and popular players in the league play a position for which hardly any team is willing to pay the big bucks that superstars generally garner. ![]()
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