Chiefs lock up Damien Williams
 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Chiefs have re-signed RB Damien Williams to a two-year extension, a source tells Yahoo Sports. KC has liked what it&#39;s seen from Kareem Hunt&#39;s replacement.</p>&mdash; Terez A. Paylor (@TerezPaylor) <a href="https://twitter.com/TerezPaylor/status/1078458158840856576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 28, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Damien Williams extension is for two years with a max value of $8.1 million, per sources.</p>&mdash; Terez A. Paylor (@TerezPaylor) <a href="https://twitter.com/TerezPaylor/status/1078459597784940544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 28, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Without knowing what the money is, if it's on par with what we did with Ware and West a few years back, I like it. Doesn't remotely preclude us from drafting a RB to come in ahead of him.

PBJ

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Damien Williams extension is for two years with a max value of $8.1 million, per sources.</p>&mdash; Terez A. Paylor (@TerezPaylor) <a href="https://twitter.com/TerezPaylor/status/1078459597784940544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 28, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Well that was fast. He's certainly shown explosive playmaking ability. That also probably doesn't stop us for drafting or signing another RB too.

Probably less than half guaranteed. Good deal.

****ing awesome. That’s a great deal IMO.

Great insurance to lock up a potential starter right now. Greatly mitigates the need at RB. With Damien and Darrell under contract, it’s not a position that we have to invest major assets into.

Awesome deal Veach!!

This is essentially double of what Ware/West got a couple years back....

Solid player that is an excellent complementary player, but can handle a starter’s load with decent results if called upon.

I may catch some flack for this but he reminds me of dare I say it Jamaal Charles. He doesn’t have the top end speed but his elusiveness and ability to make plays when nothing is there

Was making 790k before this a year.

I was afraid that he would hit the market and command a deal similar to Dion Lewis ($20M/4 years), so I love this deal tbh. Especially the length.

I hope the other D. Williams gets a strong look too. We could use a dependable one two punch like that

Is Ware second string now?

Good.

I guess it's OK. Kareem pretty much ****ed us. We just paid $4m for talent we could probably easily find with someone else's roster cuts or a late draft pick. Keeping hunt one more year for dirt cheap would have bought us time to do that. It's not a bad deal. But it's not a deal we'd have to make without the kareem incident.

Veech trying to save face

I’m hoping that even with this extension we continue to use a ‘committee’ in the future. If that ends up being the Williams Bros, awesome.

Cautiously optimistic. He's performed well here thus far. Problem is he's a career sub-4.0ypc back and that's the most concerning thing to me. I wanted the Chiefs to retain him but I'm hoping about half of that 8.1 is performance based.

Are we seriously bitching about a career 4.0 YPC?

:facepalm:

Outstanding. He’s really been a nice player who is a very lethal receiver.

Draft another RB in the mid rounds this Spring and you’re set.

CP agrees that this is a good deal. What a day!

**** that!! Veach needs to draft Defense all rounds this time. Cornerback needs to be the first pick

Another Chiefs RB gets locked up. The cycle continues.

Well we didn’t have any other RB under contract for next year, did we? Not a bad guy to have in the mix. I like his burst in the open field. We need to draft someone to get the tough yards and keep drives going when the passing game isn’t working.

I would honestly not draft another rb. Draft Defense maybe a wide receiver to replace Conley

That guy would be Darrell Williams

Where does this leave Charcandrick?

Yes, dipshit. Prior to coming here he averaged 3.6. Re-read my entire sentence and then take the time to go ahead and process it. What you'll find is that I stated that I'm "cautiously optimistic" because of that past performance. You'll also learn that I hope, because of that past, the contract's "max value" is half performance incentives so that if he does revert to prior form the Chiefs are protected in a way. I'm so sick of reeruns on this ****ing forum.

$8 million guaranteed in the NFL after such a quick audition? They must like what they see in practice, smart enough to pick up the playbook fast etc.

It's Veach. He just throws money around. IE: Hitchens

Looking for work in 2019. He looked slow as hell. There were holes to run through and creases to exploit but he missed them.

In theory, sure. I haven’t seen any sign of that being he case so far. We needed him last game and he was out with a hamstring after the first quarter. I’m gonna need to see him actually play more than a few snaps to say we are set with him. I get it though, maybe he is what I’m describing and just got unlucky with the injury.

Maybe he will extend Hill and Jones here soon

Solid signing. I assume they'll use a 2nd or 3rd on a rb

I want a damn CB and safety in rounds 1 and 2

$8 million MAX. Not guaranteed.

This


Andy Reid always finds RBs. Always

**** that. Defense. Defense. Defense

ahhh even better.

I’m convinced that drafting defense isn’t going to help improve it. It’s either the coordinator or Veach can’t identify defensive talent. We haven’t seen much impact at all from this year’s draft class. Go back to drafting offense so we can at least keep that clicking until Sutton dies from old age and we are forced to find a new coordinator.

Seems like a bad deal for Williams. Wonder why he didn't want to test free agency.

I hope the Jets Fire Bowles and he becomes the DC

Maybe he likes a winning culture. Maybe he knows playing with Big Dick Pat will give him more opportunities and maybe he wants a super bowl. It’s not all about money. Before the season DAT signed here instead of another team where he could’ve made 1.25 mil more

Big yes to this

I ****ing hope not.

Yes, the defense needs help in the worst way, but we cannot forget about the offense. We need to keep our weapons and line young and affordable.

Mahomes is the franchise for the next 10+ years. We need to constantly build the depth around him.

15+ years actually

Couple things on this.
I think its a guarantee that Bowles is fired. He has history with Andy, I believe he replaced Castillo in Philly when Andy fired Castillo. We know Andy likes his guys.
I think this has very good chance of coming together and I LIKE IT!!

CP would be happy with Pee-Wee Herman as DC if it means Sutton is gone.

Unfortunately this

Ditto!

and just wait till year 4 and his contract becomes an issue for the team. He loves KC but will command waaaaayyyyy more than the likes of Stafford, Ryan and the likes. He could actually walk for $$$$ which scares the shit out of me.

Sweet. I like the kid. Hope he goes for 120/2 TDs Sunday.

I hope so. Williams has more speed. Ware can't run outside.

Damien Williams should be the starter because he can do pretty much everything. But Ware and Darrel can play valuable roles too.

I mean, anything is an improvement over Sutton. I feel like he's basically Steve spagnuolo. A defensive mastermind who always puts together kind of a meh defense. Not bad, not great. Feel like he's riding the coattails of the elite defense Horton built in Arizona.

:rockon: :rockon: :rockon:

Perfect for our offense. Great to have this done.

Ware is a great change of pace as a backup. I don't want him being the #1.

And I think Todd Bowels would be great.

In for Williams Bros tandem. I wanna do Venus/Serena photoshops and troll gender sensitive twitter users.

wonder if this means Ware is for sure gone.

Love this extension. Great value.

Interesting note: extensions such as Damien’s and Reiter’s will have the signing bonus prorated over a three year span (18-20) as opposed to just ‘19 and ‘20, the actual base salary years.

So by doing this before the season ends, it makes the deal a little better for KC.

This. Pretty nice move. We are going to have a lot of new players coming in, hopefully, most of them on defense.

Stealing this from twitter, but thought this was pretty impressive.

Williams ran 4.45 at 5’11” and 222 at the 2014 Combine. He’s one of just 9 RBs at the combine since 2000 to be 5’11” or shorter and 220+ pounds to run 4.45 or faster.

For additional context, it’s clear as hell that Mahomes will end up making millionaires out of marginal talent in the years to come.

To the extent that Veach can properly evaluate player talent versus Mahomes added value, will go along way to getting the cap back in order.

**** all the Leveon Bell mocks in Draft Planet!

Seems like a pretty quick extension...he just had his 1st 100 game in his career last week.

West/Ware both got $9mil/3 yr deals but this was after nearly an entire season of production.

I can see Veach's angle if KC goes deep in the post-season...and Williams getting some national facetime.

I like Williams better than Ware (post injury)...just more versatile and faster.

KC is as charmed at RB as GB is at QB...it's kind of uncanny.

I like this deal and the idea of RB by committee is starting to go grow on me. I think you still have to have a main RB, but 25-30 touches a game wears them down pretty quickly.

With Mahomes our first cut line for any skill play should be "Can he catch the damn ball?" - if not, proceed no further. Williams passes this with flying colors. He's also quick as hell, but his instincts seem very raw. But he catches, even under pressure. Gotta hold on to that and hope he figures the rest out.

Woot, and I hope he's all the more motivated because he got this deal. I hope he shreds the Raiders this Sunday.

that's fine, just don't fumble anymore when the play is pretty much dead like last week.

I think when he showed that he can move to different spots and catch the ball well it was a done deal.

The numbers he's put up since becoming the starter are impressive. Let's hope he can keep it up and stop with the fumbles.

Good move. He's relatively cheap and he's fast as hell.

Awesome!

NOW HOLD ONTO THE ****ING BALL

I think he's the ideal back for this offense personally.

Fumbling ****

I just hope that was a one off

Good - from what I’ve seen apart the one crucial fumble, he is an upgrade over Ware.