KAREEM HUNT’S AN ELUSIVE ADDITION TO THE CHIEFS BACKFIELD
The Chiefs traded picks 104, 132 and 245 in the 2017 draft to select Toledo’s Kareem Hunt with the 86th overall pick last month.
Hunt had a prolific career for the Rockets, grading positively every game a season ago, generating 986 rushing yards after contact and not recording a single drop in the passing game.
His elusive rating of 112.1 ranked him third among all FBS running backs with a minimum of 187 carries.
Despite the potential Hunt possesses, the Chiefs are planning on keeping veteran Spencer Ware as their lead back to start 2017, per a report by ESPN’s Adam Tiecher.
Ware emerged as the Chiefs’ best running back late in 2015 and since then has forced 51 missed tackles on 310 carries, generating an impressive 3.1 yards per carry after contact.
Chiefs RBs - Elusiveness
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Originally Posted by Easy 6:
Most people are sleeping on Hunt, the comparisons to Emmitt Smith are not without merit
His running style is the definition of 'bellcow'... Reid seems to be going away from the Charles/Westbrook model
Between Hunt and Ware we're definitely moving to more of a power run game
Mahomes will now be the homerun hitter, our backs just need to get us first downs and the occasional 10-30 yard chunks
I'd like to get those two really rolling together like Atlanta uses Freeman and Coleman. Just a couple of well balanced runners who run hard as hell and can catch the ball.
This team is going to need a top notch run game to make an AFC Championship under Alex Smith in 2017, along with a top notch defense. Now, if Mahomes becomes as good as many including myself think he could be, it's a whole new level for the Chiefs. The offense could become something it hasn't been in nearly 15 years. [Reply]
The Chiefs had their worst statistical output in the rushing yards since Reid has been here in 2016. They also had their lowest overall TD output (pass and rush). They have made a point to fix it so far with the moves in the draft and offseason.
Originally Posted by pugsnotdrugs19:
1) We were never the #1 running team since Smith has been here. :-)
2) You thought Dorsey knew better than us on Mahomes but we see how that worked out. :-)
