Breaking news>>Las vegas Raiders running back joins green bay packers on a 4yrs contract deal
The Green Bay Packers made a splash at the beginning of free agency, not only parting with Aaron Jones but replacing him with a younger, more expensive running back in Josh Jacobs. As excited as some Packers fans may be at the prospect of having the 2022 NFL rushing yards leader in the backfield, there’s no correlation in recent league history between highly paid running backs and Super Bowl success.
Jacobs’s four-year, $48 million contract with Green Bay looks flashy on paper. But the Packers are only really on the hook for one season at $14.8 million. While that total cash in 2024 is the highest of any running back to date, his cap hit is technically only $5.3 million for the upcoming season. Either way, the amount of salary cap Green Bay has allocated to an RB1 far outpaces any recent Super Bowl champion.
The main question here is whether there is causation or correlation. Are teams not winning the Super Bowl because they allocate too much to running backs, sacrificing potential talent at other positions? Or are teams still able to win the Super Bowl despite having lower-paid running backs?
