5 free agent running backs who could interest Philadelphia Eagles
By Ryan Quigley
Latavius Murray
Things didn’t work out too well the last time the Eagles signed a running back named Murray, but things could be different this time around.
Murray is a behemoth of a running back. At 6’3″ and 230 pounds, he is one of the largest backs in the NFL and plays like it, being ranked as one of the league’s top pass-blocking running backs by Pro Football Focus in 2016.
In three seasons with the Oakland Raiders, Murray has run for 2,278 yards and 20 touchdowns with an average of 4.2 yards per attempt. With numbers like that, however, he will likely command big-time money in free agency. The Eagles are currently in a financial bind and Murray’s price tag will possibly be too high for them unless they make a significant amount of cuts in the offseason.