With RB Isiah Pacheco expected to be sideliend 6-8 weeks, the Chiefs are bringing their former RB Kareem Hunt back to Kansas City for a Tuesday visit, per league sources. Hunt could help fill the Chiefs’ running back void. pic.twitter.com/nDzNGlrcuH
Originally Posted by ThrobProng:
A 29-year-old with relatively low mileage on the odometer should still be good to go if he's kept himself in shape.
This is where I'm at on it too. Most of it depends on what the guys been up the last 4-6 months. Hopefully he's stayed in shape and is ready to roll. Let's go baby ! [Reply]
Originally Posted by KC_Connection:
I think we can safely file you in the "irrationally angry" group referred to above.
Put me under any category you want. I could careless what you think about me broski.
Originally Posted by KCJake:
This is where I'm at on it too. Most of it depends on what the guys been up the last 4-6 months. Hopefully he's stayed in shape and is ready to roll. Let's go baby !
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
Oh it usually does.
That really stupid ESPN show Playmakers did the best job ever of demonstrating exactly how.
The 'Old Warhorse' runningback spent the series trying to prove he was still as good as he used to be and was every bit as good as the new hot shit kid. And then in the last episode of the season, a hole opens up and he breaks into it.
I don't remember how they did it, but they contrasted him getting through the hole as a younger back with the version of him now that was just a half a step slower. And when he got there, the hole slammed shut.
The problem with a talent diminution is that the results aren't linear.
You fall off 10% in talent, you're not 90% as productive. When that happens, you're probably just not an NFL player anymore. Because you needed every last bit of that talent to clear that NFL ability threshhold.
If Hunt's fallen off 10%, he's not 90% of the player he once was. In fact, he'd be lucky to be HALF that guy.
Yeah, talent absolutely simply evaporates sometimes. Most times, in fact.
But hey, maybe Kareem is an outlier.
He scored 9 rushing TD's last year - the most of his career. I think using him wisely is the key to his success. He will never be an effective every down back again but he certainly can be a part of a RBBC [Reply]