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Originally Posted by TwistedChief
The difference is RBs suffer wear and tear that is specific to their position and largely dependent upon the team's playcalling.
Teams are incentivized to chew RBs up and spit them out through overuse and that's not true with middle LBs and long snappers.
I think there's a real fairness-based case to be made in terms of exempting them from the franchise tag and I'd be in favor of it. That said, I doubt it'll ever develop traction.
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You'd have to throw it in there that their rookie contract is higher to make it matter, since most are worn out by the end of that contract.