Andy Reid acknowledges Clyde Edwards-Helaire isnt perfect but rookie RB is getting first-team reps anyway

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When the spent the No. 32 overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft in former LSU running back , football fans, media types, and league observers quickly split themselves into two camps Cody Bellinger Jersey . On one side, there were the people who said you should never spend a first-round pick on a running back. On the other, there were the people who felt the Chiefs needed an upgrade at the position. The ensuing Enrique Hernandez Jersey arguments were fairly predictable.What the two sides agreed on wholeheartedly, though, was the Edwards-Helaire is a perfect fit for Kansas City's offense, and that given a chance in the lead role, he would be an absolute monster. It sure looks like that's shaping up to be exactly how it goes down.Edwards-Helaire is during Chiefs training camp, filling the role vacated by , who opted out of the season due to coronavirus. at practice, head coach Andy Reid had this to say: "Is everything perfect? No, not right now. But he's working to get there.''We'll bet on Edwards-Helaire getting there. He's a fantastic talent, the best pa s-catching running back Andre Ethier Jersey in college football last season. And though he is on the small side, he is a strong runner, even between the tackles. And anyway, it's not like Reid has been reluctant to use small backs as clear-cut No. 1 options before. Throughout his career, he has shown a strong preference for having a true Babe Herman Jersey feature back. In his 21 seasons as a head coach, Reid has used what could reasonably be described as a committee backfield only twice in a season where his No. 1 back stayed healthy: in 2003 when he split the work nearly equally between Brian Westbrook and Correll Buckhalter, and last season, when he split the work between Williams and , for the most part.YearTeamRB1TouchesRB2Touches1999Duce Staley366Eric Bieniemy142000EaglesDarnell Autry136Duce Staley*1042001EaglesDuce Staley229Correll Buckhalter1422002EaglesDuce Staley320Dorsey Levens942003EaglesBrian Westbrook154Correll Buckhalter1362004EaglesBrian Westbrook250Dorsey Levens1032005EaglesBrian Westbrook217Lamar Gordon652006EaglesBrian Westbrook317Correll Buckhalter1072007EaglesBrian Westbrook368Correll Buckhalter742008EaglesBrian Westbrook287Correll Buckhalter1022009EaglesLeSean McCoy195Brian Westbrook862010EaglesLeSean McCoy285Jerome Joc Pederson Jersey Harrison482011EaglesLeSean McCoy321422012EaglesLeSean McCoy2541282013ChiefsJamaal Charles329812014ChiefsJamaal Charles246Knile Davis1502015Chiefs180Jamaal Charles*922016Chiefs247Charcandrick West1162017Chiefs325Charcandrick West452018ChiefsKareem Hunt*207Damien Williams732019ChiefsDamien Williams141LeSean McCoy129AllReidAverage256Average92You can see several players on that list that share physical profiles with Edwards-Helaire. There's Westbrook, to whom Reid directly compared the rookie running back during the draft. There's West, who wasn't exactly a big back, either. There's Charles, who became a star under Reid. And there's Bieniemy, the former Eagles running back who is now Kansas City's offensive coordinator, who ran 5-foot-7 Los Angeles Dodgers Jersey and 207 pounds during Walker Buehler Jersey his playing career -- the exact height and weight at which Edwards-Helaire is listed. Reid knows exactly what he has in Edwards-Helaire, and he has shown throughout his career that he is both willing to give the lead back role to players like him, and that he knows how to put them in position to succeed. A suming good health, that's likely exactly what Edwards-Helaire will do.
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