![]() ![]() All I knew was I had to watch every Chiefs game, whether they were 0-16 or 16-0. He posted an absurd stat line of 25 carries for 259 yards and 2 touchdowns.Īs a 13-year-old, I could detect something about Charles, but I wasn’t sure what it was that made me drawn to his game. The wild card hopeful Broncos were blown to smithereens by the 3-12 Chiefs by a final of 44-24, and, more specifically, the dodging, cutting, rocketing Charles. He put on nothing sort of a Herculian clinic in dominance. The Broncos, with everything to gain (and lose), got blown out by that lowly Chiefs team, mainly thanks to Charles. The Denver Broncos, with their playoff hopes alive, play host to a 3-12 Chiefs team. Charles’s greatness lives in the experience a viewer has while watching him. Instead, I argue that Charles’ greatness can be argued in a different way. I agree with this last point, but I don’t want to pursue that argument here. I could go even further, and make the case that volume stats should not be as important to HOF consideration as they are. All Charles did that year was rush for 1,509 yards, the lone sparkplug on an otherwise destitute offense and tragedy-stricken team. ![]() The 2012 Chiefs were one of the worst teams of the decade. This kind of efficiency is arguably more impressive than career totals-more indicative of greatness than yards and touchdowns.Ĭharles also played for some truly awful Chiefs teams. Charles averaged 5.4 yards per rush, the highest mark in NFL history. However, if I wanted to argue that Charles is deserving of the HOF, I would cite his insane efficiency. According to his statistics, he had a good career, a couple of tremendous years, but simply didn’t do it for long enough to cement his status as an all-time NFL great. 56 all-time in terms of rushing yards, and No. The Kansas City Chiefs legend rushed for 7,563 yards and 44 touchdowns in his career. ![]() With time, his career might even fade into the irrecoverable archive of “very good, not great.” This is not surprising.Ĭharles doesn’t quite have the career stats to rival the greatest running backs in NFL history. Jamaal Charles probably won’t make the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Jamaal Charles’ career should make us rethink how we define greatness. ![]()
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