Chiefs lock up Damien Williams

[ShowtimeSBMVP]

The Chiefs have re-signed RB Damien Williams to a two-year extension, a source tells Yahoo Sports. KC has liked what it's seen from Kareem Hunt's replacement.

— Terez A. Paylor (@TerezPaylor) December 28, 2018

The Damien Williams extension is for two years with a max value of $8.1 million, per sources.

— Terez A. Paylor (@TerezPaylor) December 28, 2018

[Hoover]

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.

[Hammock Parties]

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

[mcaj22]

wonder if this means Ware is for sure gone.

[wazu]

Love this extension. Great value.

[pugsnotdrugs19]

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.

[Halfcan]

Originally Posted by pugsnotdrugs19

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.

[pugsnotdrugs19]

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.

[Cosmos]

Originally Posted by pugsnotdrugs19

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.

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.

[RealSNR]

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

[BlackOp]

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.

[oldman]

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.

[suzzer99]

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.

[GloryDayz]

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

[Bump]

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

[RINGLEADER]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

$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.

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.