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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
A high volume rushing game should NEVER be 'the way to go' for this team.
Especially not a power back -- someone that's likely to get you 4 YPC and just grind things works in a pinch, but it's not how this team SHOULD be looking to win games.
Let every team in the league that DOESN'T have Patrick Mahomes go get their heavy backs and force defenses to adjust back. We don't need to be the trendsetters there and shouldn't want to be.
There are 31 other football teams that aren't the Chiefs. 25 of those have middling or worse QB play. Those guys can go get their thunderbacks and convince opposing DCs that they need to change the way they construct their defenses.
I'll take the dude with the speed off the edge instead.
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I agree with you, largely. I think we need a thunder-and-lightning approach. I think our primary back should be an explosive guy like Henderson with a power back in the mold of Hunt as his alternate. Hunt transformed our ability to convert 3rd/4th and short and put the ball in the endzone from 2-3 yards out. You gotta have that guy. But your "workhorse" in this offense needs to be a guy that can house it from anywhere IMO.