INDIANAPOLIS — Colts owner Jim Irsay does not seem interested in rethinking the NFL's approach to handling running backs amid protests by elite players at the position over their contract negotiations.
Irsay, in an apparent reply to suggestions the NFL should reshape its approach to franchise tags that has running backs at the low end of the pay scale, said owners should consider no such thing. «We have negotiated a CBA, that took years of effort and hard work and compromise in good faith by both sides,» Irsay wrote Wednesday on social media. «To say now that a specific player category wants another negotiation after the fact, is inappropriate.
Some agents are selling 'bad faith.'» Irsay's remarks came after comments by Pittsburgh Steelers running back Najee Harris from earlier Wednesday, with the Pro Bowl ball carrier sharing some of what was discussed among a group of top running backs during a recent videoconference aimed at finding solutions to the compensation challenges at the position.
Harris revealed that the group spoke to NFL Players Association officials about one hypothetical resolution: using franchise tag numbers that are not assigned by position.