When Jonathan Taylor was placed on the reserve/physically unable to perform list on Tuesday afternoon, he found himself on the wrong side of the fence staring down the Beast. The prize isn’t a Babe Ruth autographed baseball, but rather a long-term, lucrative contract that could reset the running back market in the NFL.
Unlike Benny “the Jet” Rodriguez in The Sandlot, Taylor has little working in his favor. Taylor is playing on a field where his opponent, familiar with every rule, knows each move and countermove to secure the tag.
Taylor wishes he had Benny’s odds.
Here is why he doesn’t.