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RB Market Reset, Donald’s Tryout, Football’s Back · The Rand Report: Sports

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  The running back market just got rewritten twice
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  in the same day. Jonathan Taylor gets his deal
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  first, two years, $44 million, $39 million guaranteed,
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  largest third contract ever for a running back
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  at the time it was reported. Then Detroit answers,
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  Jameer Gibbs ends the hold -in, three years,
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  $67 .5 million, $22 .5 million per year, $51
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  .5 million guaranteed, highest paid running back
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  in NFL history. Welcome to the Rand report. I'm
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  Jim Rand. This is what happens when production
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  meets leverage at the right moment. Bijan Robinson
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  set the new ceiling earlier in the week. Taylor
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  followed without the drama this time. No hold
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  in, no public fight, just quiet confidence and
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  a deal that keeps him a cult through his prime.
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  Gibbs waited, watched the market move, then stepped
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  in and took the top spot. 24 years old, already
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  rewriting the position's value. The Lions traded
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  Montgomery this offseason. They told the world
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  Gibbs is the bell cow. Now they paid him like
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  one. That's not soft. That's recognizing value
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  before the market forces your hand. Meanwhile
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  in Los Angeles, Aaron Donald put a helmet on,
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  official workout listed on the NFL transaction
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  wire, team facility, team equipment. Sean McVeigh
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  didn't dance around it. Best tryout we've ever
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  had. I think he could make the team. Donald is
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  35, two and a half years removed from the game,
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  but the body still moves like the three time
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  defensive player of the year. The Rams already
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  brought in Miles Garrett. The idea of those two
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  sharing a defensive line is the kind of thing
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  that makes defensive coordinators lose sleep.
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  No pads today, no contract yet, but the arrow
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  is pointing up. McVeigh has been saying it for
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  weeks. Today the league had to put it on paper.
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  That's not not rumor anymore. That's progress.
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  And tonight the calendar flips Hall of Fame game,
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  Carolina and Arizona in Canton preseason is here.
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  Football is back on national television. The
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  pads have been on for weeks in camps. The contract
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  window is slamming shut for some and opening
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  wide for others. The legends are testing the
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  water. This is the stretch where the season starts
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  telling the truth. Who gets paid? Who comes back?
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  Who is actually ready when the lights get brighter?
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  Taylor stayed patient and got paid. Gibbs waited
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  for the market and took the top. Donald put the
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  helmet back on. No soft takes just the board
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  as it sits tonight. This has been the RAND report.
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  I'm Jim Rand. Remember, less hype, more truth.
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  Until next time, keep competing.