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Why are NFL running backs shockingly underpaid? It has roots with a Rams blunder.

Los Angeles Rams running back Todd Gurley points for a first down against the New Orleans Saints on Sunday, Nov. 4, 2018, at the Mercedes Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.

LOS ANGELES — NFL running backs are like buffalo: wondrous, thunderous, but burdened by a sameness. Rarely anymore does one differentiate himself from the herd.

Furthermore, they are branded with early expiration dates. Exactly one of the 27 running backs who rushed for more than 800 yards in 2022 (the Miami Dolphins' Raheem Mostert) had celebrated his 30th birthday.

Fifteen rushed for more than 1,000 yards, and teams deemed them

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