Quarterbacks earn National Football League Most Valuable Player honors just about every year in the modern NFL. It is the way that things are in 2014. A non-QB has won the award only once since 2007 – Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson in 2012. Quarterbacks are front and center while playing in front of millions of television viewers who watch football 22 Sundays out of the year. They are superstars and some of the more popular athletes in the United States.None of this is to suggest that quarterbacks don't deserve to be recognized as the most valuable contributors for their clubs. Successful QBs are more than just men with strong arms who are able to spin footballs and hit open wide receivers. They are CEOs and captains of offenses Jawaan Taylor Jersey , bright football minds who can read defenses and create positive plays while being chased after by 300-pound individuals looking to make massive hits.Some old familiar faces are back at it halfway through the 2014 NFL campaign. Two veterans who have multiple MVP awards in their trophy cases may be the best quarterbacks in the business heading into November 2014. A man who is searching for the first Super Bowl appearance of his career is also high on the list. Two signal-callers who have already been to the mountaintop could emerge as favorites for NFL MVP if they lead their clubs to division titles.Then, there is the running back who features for the Dallas Cowboys. Dallas has been one of the big surprises to date of the 2014 season. A team picked by many to compete for the basement spot of the NFC East standings has won six of its first eight regular season contests. Whether or not the Cowboys will be in it to win it come January remains a question, but it's a safe bet that Dallas will live and die on the first-choice back who has been carrying the rock better than any other player in the league. Being a running back in the National Football League is one of the toughest jobs in the game. After all, RBs end up taking a ton of big hits from massive defensive tackles and linebackers, every time they step on the field. The hits these guys take tend to add up Josh Oliver Jersey , which is why most players at the position usually retire in their early-30s, if not sooner.A top back can go from a superstar to backup in seemingly no time; it happens just about every year. Moreover, we are also seeing more teams use two running backs. There are multiple reasons that teams are beginning to use the two-RB approach. Firstly, some players tend to be better pass catchers, while others excel at running between the tackles. Having skill position players that specialize in one area gives offensive coordinators a great deal of flexibility. Moreover Deandre Baker Jersey , the other advantage to using multiple backs is that one player isn’t tacking all the damage from being tackled repeatedly, as was mentioned earlier.Given that so many teams use two, or in some cases even three backs, sometimes it’s difficult to determine who the starting RB is. However, for our purposes http://www.newyorkgiantsteamonline.com/oshane-ximines-jersey , we are going to focus on the players who are on top of their respective team's depth charts.With that in mind, it's time to take a look at 20 of the NFL’s top running backs. Some of these stars will likely be going strong for years to come, while others may lose their jobs (or retire) in the very near future.