Ware and West combined to rush for 10 touchdowns and a solid 4.5 yards-per-carry average last season. But looking at what went on when he went down in Kansas City, are his days possibly numbered there?" "œI love Jamaal, and I think he could find another home. And that"™s just real talk "” that"™s the business of the game. "œI can"™t even see what reason they would continue to pay (him) if they have a way of getting up from under that contract and dispersing money elsewhere to fill some of the gaps that they have. "œThe conversation is, "˜Why does Kansas City keep Jamaal Charles when you saw Spencer Ware and Charcandrick West? For what reason?"™ " Faulk said. "œAlways is in phenomenal shape."īut Faulk also said he does not know if Charles is going to regain his old form, and he took that uncertainty a step further by wondering if the Chiefs"™ success in 2015 without Charles "” they were 11-1 after his injury "” might cause them to move on at some point to gain cap room. "œYou know, Jamaal"™s a track guy "” he takes care of his body," Faulk said. That means Charles, at the very least, needs four more 1,000-yard seasons to get there, a task that might be tricky considering he turns 30 this December and is currently rehabbing from a second season-ending ACL injury, albeit to a different leg. Yet Charles has some work to do if he wants to become a Hall of Famer like Faulk.Īlthough Charles boasts a sterling yards-per-carry average of 5.5 "” best all-time for a running back, topping Hall of Famers Jim Brown (5.2), Gale Sayers (5.0) and, yes, Faulk (4.3) "” he ranks 59th in career rushing yards with 7,220.įor modern backs, 12,000 yards would appear to be the barrier for entry into the Hall of Fame "” all the retired backs who rushed for that many are in, with LaDainian Tomlinson possibly next as soon as 2017. Indeed, Marshall Faulk was one of the NFL"™s finest all-around running backs, a man whose skill as a runner and receiver is generally without peer "” though few would deny that Charles might come close. The man to whom many football people compare Jamaal Charles was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2011 as a first-ballot selection.
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