Given his injury this year, I wasn't sure whether to include Spencer or not, but what the heck. He was initially going to be a big player in the offense before going down, and some of the evaluation focuses on a player's future.
So tell me what you think about Spencer.
Spencer had no stats this year due to the injury.
For reference, in 2016 Ware had 14 starts and appeared in 14 games. He had 921 yards rushing (4.3 ypc) with 3 TDs, and added 447 yards receiving (13.5 ypr) and 2 TDs. He fumbled 4 times. (Man, that's a really good receiving average, but four fumbles makes me cringe.) [Reply]
Assuming he's healthy, he's going to be a huge asset. The RB group got perilously thin at times this year, which probably contributed to Kareem's mid season slump. If Ware can get 10 or so touches a game and be reasonably productive, it could really help boost the running game by taking some of the burden off of Kareem, which in turn would take some pressure off of our MVP QUARTERBACK Pat Mahomes. [Reply]
Originally Posted by carcosa:
Assuming he's healthy, he's going to be a huge asset. The RB group got perilously thin at times this year, which probably contributed to Kareem's mid season slump. If Ware can get 10 or so touches a game and be reasonably productive, it could really help boost the running game by taking some of the burden off of Kareem, which in turn would take some pressure off of our MVP QUARTERBACK Pat Mahomes.
I mentioned this in the West thread, but I think Ware is a perfect candidate to take over West's role. He's got good hands, he's a bigger blocker, and he's also a threat to run effectively. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Detoxing:
I'm hoping the Chiefs can pick up another good young back in the draft.
Do we really need one? It seems like Kareem and Spencer should give us all we need there, and we've depth with West and Spil-no, wait, they just cut Spiller again. But still, that's three RBs and then you can add Akeem in there for depth. [Reply]
Ware is still a worthy RB1 that will make for an amazing RB2 behind Hunt.
He's still fairly young and cheap. The Chiefs can certainly focus less on this position. West can be cut or traded to save nearly 2 mil, but really.. KC is not throwing all that much into RB, cost-wise. If they keep him, he's an excellent RB3. [Reply]
Would still think the Chiefs should draft a late rd RB. Preferably one that can return kicks.
FB would also be a need as I think Chiefs should let Sherman walk. The position is not important enough on this team to spend anything more than league min. You can get runningback depth anywhere. [Reply]
Originally Posted by CoMoChief:
Would still think the Chiefs should draft a late rd RB. Preferably one that can return kicks.
Akeem Hunt is already on the roster
Originally Posted by CoMoChief:
FB would also be a need as I think Chiefs should let Sherman walk. The position is not important enough on this team to spend anything more than league min.
Sherman was under contract for League Minimum in 2017 and there's no reason to believe that he wouldn't return under the same deal.
He's also a huge part of Special Teams.
Originally Posted by CoMoChief:
You can get runningback depth anywhere.