Free agent Melvin Gordon says running back is worst position to play right now: ‘Literally sucks’

The running back position within the NFL is one which has more and more misplaced worth over the past a number of years as groups are discovering price in youthful, inexpensive operating backs as a substitute of spending huge cash on well-known free brokers. 

Free agent Melvin Gordon is a kind of operating backs searching for a house subsequent season, and the eight-year veteran is aware of how tough it’s to play his place in right this moment’s NFL.

From left: Melvin Gordon, Patrick Mahomes and Clyde Edwards-Helaire of the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs take part in follow previous to Tremendous Bowl LVII at Arizona State College in Tempe, Arizona, on Feb. 8, 2023. (Christian Petersen/Getty Pictures)

“I nonetheless wish to play. I obtained some tread on the tires,” Gordon mentioned this week on “The Jim Rome Present.”

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“It’s simply so robust for operating backs proper now, man,” he continued. “You might have a variety of running backs that’s on the market. We simply don’t get no love. It’s actually the worst place to play within the NFL proper now. It actually sucks. 

“I’m simply staying prepared as a result of I do know what I can do. I do know as soon as I get in camp, or I get in any camp, I can flip some heads.”

Melvin Gordon of the Denver Broncos high-fives a fan earlier than the sport towards the Tennessee Titans at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee, on Nov. 13, 2022. (Silas Walker/Getty Pictures)

Gordon, who was drafted by the then-San Diego Chargers within the first spherical of the 2015 NFL Draft, appeared in 10 video games for the Denver Broncos in 2022 earlier than winding up on the Kansas City Chiefs’ follow squad. 

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He turned 30 years previous in April and admitted that it’s been tough for him to coach not realizing whether or not a group will come calling. 

“I am simply staying prepared. It is laborious, although,” Gordon mentioned. “It is laborious coaching realizing that you simply’re not gonna be on a group. It is robust mentally. However I talked to some gamers that went via it, and I am simply taking their recommendation, being a sponge. And that form of helps you get via it.”

Melvin Gordon of the Denver Broncos takes to the sphere previous to the sport towards the Las Vegas Raiders at Empower Area At Mile Excessive in Denver on Nov. 20, 2022. (Dustin Bradford/Getty Pictures)

There are a number of operating backs nonetheless searching for a group as July approaches, together with Ezekiel Elliott and Dalvin Cook. 

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Prepare dinner, who rushed for 1,173 yards and eight touchdowns final season, was launched by the Minnesota Vikings in June after six seasons. 

Minnesota saved $9 million in cap area by making the transfer after June 1.