Byline: Combined wire services
The logic seemed simple and irrefutable: Faced with the possibility of losing their best offensive player following the 1995 season, the New York Giants were left with no choice but to match the six-year, $16.45 million contract being offered by the San Francisco 49ers to tailback Rodney Hampton.
In retrospect, the decision to keep Hampton was as ill-fated as the decision to keep Dan Reeves for one more season after the coach lost his power struggle to gain more influence on draft day.
The lesson in all this: Unless your name is Barry Sanders or Walter Payton, the shelf life for an elite NFL running back is so limited …
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