The news of Melvin Gordon’s potential holdout through training camp has been one of the most largely-reported NFL stories over the last two weeks. While this is, indeed, a time of few headlines, there is also the added interest of following the evolving relationship between running backs and their current and future contract writers.
Recent fan polling has indicated that roughly 2⁄3 of fans are siding with the Chargers against paying Gordon like a top-5 running back, but it is also important to note that there are no concrete details that he is asking for that.