Pro HOFer chastises Raiders' management of RB Josh Jacobs's contract situation

Pro Football Hall of Famer and former Raiders running back Marcus Allen offered a blunt response about the franchise's treatment of Pro Bowl running back Josh Jacobs.
 
"I'm just going to say it, it's almost like collusion," Allen said at an alumni event during the Raiders preseason opener against the 49ers on Sunday, per Adam Hill of The Las Vegas Review-Journal. "They decided the running back is one position where the productivity is only for a short time, and instead of looking at each one individually, they have decided as a group they're not going to pay them."
 
Jacobs—Allen's mentee—didn't receive a long-term deal this offseason despite a career year. The 25-year-old is holding out of training camp after he refused to sign his franchise tag ( a one-year, $10.1M deal), and the Raiders failed to extend him before last month's deadline.
 
Las Vegas hesitating on an extension for Jacobs makes sense. Multi-year contracts for RBs tend to flop. From 2011 to 2020, teams terminated 62.7 percent of RB deals that were three years or longer, via OverTheCap. 

Also, the Raiders could find another productive back. In the 34-7 victory against San Francisco, second-year RB Zamir White flashed potential. On 13 attempts, he rushed for 43 yards and a TD.