Two of the NFL's best running backs—Ezekiel Elliott of the Dallas Cowboys and Melvin Gordon of the Los Angeles Chargers—may hold out in 2019 if they're not given new contracts.
After the saga of Le'Veon Bell with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2018, the best running backs are looking at the landscape and realizing they must work together to raise the value of their position on second contracts. Elliott and Gordon are the right guys to make the push.
There is a chance the Cowboys and Chargers will call their bluffs, though.