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LeSean McCoy

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118 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

And as a running back, you have a job to do every single play.

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

Wide receivers, they can take a play off.

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

But running backs don't have that because we're either running the ball or we're blocking.

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

Or we're in the passing routes.

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

One part of it is really the skill, natural gifts from God.

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

And the other part is studying and learning.

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

And I tell other young backs now is let your natural instincts happen, right?

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

But being a student of the game, learning like, okay, every defense has a weak point.

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

Your job is really like to find that.

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

It's unfair.

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

It's unfair because you're telling me that you'd be a great difference maker as a running back.

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

And because I don't play quarterback,

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

I can't get paid the right value for my position.

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

You're telling me that because I don't play quarterback, I got to play elite level every year to get elite money.

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

But the quarterback can play above average for years and one year be pretty good.

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

And now you're about to get elite money.

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

Think about that.

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

Guys like Josh Jacobs, really good running back, played on bad teams and still played well.

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

And his last year with the Raiders, he said, yo, you know, I led the league in rushing and they didn't offer me a contract.

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

Can you imagine the world where a quarterback leads the league in passing yards and he don't get offered a contract?