Austin Ekeler organizes name for working backs as contract woes like Saquon Barkley’s persist

Austin Ekeler realizes there may be energy in numbers.

The Chargers working again is placing collectively a Zoom name with fellow working backs of the league who’re caught in contractual points with their respective franchises, NBC reported.

Per the report, the highest working backs of the league have been invited, which doubtless contains Giants’ Saquon Barkley who’s heated that he must play on the franchise tag of $10.1 million after no long-term deal was reached.

The NFL Gamers Affiliation is reportedly going to be on the decision in some capability.

The league has shifted away from paying the as soon as highest-valued place top-dollar, which has left gamers like Barkley and Ekeler with their palms tied.

“The development proper now’s to not pay working backs, so everyone seems to be like ‘OK, we don’t must do it both then,’” Ekeler said on the “Rich Eisen Show“. “Whether or not it’s proper, fallacious or detached, it’s what it’s.

“It’s going to take one thing, whether or not some man stands out once more, whether or not it’s this 12 months, one in all these guys holds out and will get a giant contract, however we want that needle to maneuver to push us over the sting, as a result of right here’s the deal: wage cap goes up each single 12 months. So that you see new highs in each single place.”

Ekeler voiced a holdout of his personal contract, as he coming into the ultimate 12 months of his $24.5 million greenback deal, according to Spotrac.

The Chargers added $1.75 million in incentives to his contract, however Ekeler declared it wasn’t sufficient for him and now he’s becoming a member of forces with others within the league in the hunt for a change.