Colts owner Jim Irsay feels running backs' calls for 'another negotiation of pay' is 'inappropriate'

The precipitous decline of the running back market has been a hot topic of discussion in recent months.

With his star RB Jonathan Taylor entering the final year of his rookie contract, Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay became the latest to address the situation as backs around the league band together to seek an improvement in how the position is paid.

"NFL (r)unning (b)ack situation - We have negotiated a CBA, that took years of effort and hard work and compromise in good faith by both sides," Irsay posted on social media. "To say now that a specific (p)layer category wants another negotiation after the fact, is inappropriate. Some (a)gents are selling 'bad faith.'"

Taylor's agent, Malki Kawa, replied directly to Irsay shortly after: "Bad faith is not paying your top offensive player."

Irsay did not specify in his post whether he was referring to RBs seeking better pay in general, or if he believes the NFL's star ball-carriers are hoping for a change in application of the franchise tag.

Under the current collective bargaining agreement, a franchise tag is a one-year deal priced at either the average of the top-five player salaries at a given position, or 120% of the tagged player's cap number from the previous season (whichever is greater).

The franchise tags placed on three running backs this offseason -- Tony Pollard, Saquon Barkley and Josh Jacobs -- were all worth $10.091 million.

Pollard signed his with the intention to play on it, while Barkley ended up coming to a deal with incentives that can boost his salary to $11 million. Jacobs still hasn't signed his one-year tender and has not reported to the Raiders' training camp.

All three are taking different approaches, but the outcry following the July 17 deadline for