More People Envious Of Chiefs Deal With Thomas Jones

WOW.

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This time, the Longhorn guy has earned his spot, so I really hope for Jones to just be the complementary back.

Here’s to your health, Jamaal.

will probably be in the top five, as well. Our offense moves up to the top ten. The Jets dis Jones by cutting him and he comes straight to KC. Doesn’t get any better than this.

Man, how closed minded can you get?

that TJ might actually consider KC the best fit for him as well? He has to know he’s aging, and he has to know that he shouldn’t be getting 25+ carries/game any more. How many other teams are out there with an established #1 but were looking for a #2?

Really, this is a great fit for a number of reasons.

Now let’s talk about receivers, tight ends, and linebackers.

Charles is our back of the future. He had a great year last year and should be our feature back. But do we want to use charles 300 times a year when we are still rebuilding or do we want Charles to be fresh 2 – 3 years from now when Pioli has built this team. Being a Chiefs fan I want the Playoffs every year but that is unlikely this year so I say give Charles 60% of the carries and Jones 40% to save Jamal when we win the Superbowl in the next 3 years.

This is what you SHOULD pay a decent RB. To my mind, they’re either underpaid or overpaid. I think that the minute that RB is getting significant carries, he oughta get paid at a $1- to $3-million clip. If you lowballed him as a rookie, you oughta tear up his contract, immediately. And no matter how much you love him, when he gets into the $4-million range, I think that you probably do more good saving your pennies for better players at other positions, which is something guys like Ladainian Tomlinson don’t understand.

And most GMs will pay the money for a flashy RB, and always be left scratchin’ their heads when their teams don’t punch through the SB wall, or worse, go looking for yet ANOTHER flashy RB, thinking that’s the problem… I think the biggest, and most overlooked statistic from Emmitt Smith’s career was how many times he got to the 2nd level untouched. And everybody loves RB toughness when plays are well-defensed, but he gets positive yards, anyway, but even THAT is largely a product of smart linemen who have a knack for keeping the pile moving forward and more or less carrying the RB along with ’em.

Anyway, to sum up, these guys deserve better pay the minute they start producing, but shouldn’t get all full of themselves and demand top dollar RIGHT when the lines behind which they made their names are starting to deteriorate.

This being said, I’m not at ALL sure that this really applies to a cap-less year. I also notice that there don’t seem to be a whole lot of teams out of line with what the cap would LIKELY be, if there were one. Waiting to see when Davis, Jones, or Snyder blink, and it becomes a free-for-all, although I think the mere fact that this is an issue with the CBA, the owners might exercise some measure of discipline, just to hold the line with their brothers in ownership against their NFLPA adversary.

He’s been playing sacrificial lamb in a Martyball offense in NY. Is that the role KC sees for him?