Jamaal Charles Coming Into His Own

An old picture of Jamaal Charles, before the number switch, but still a great one

After Sunday's horrible performance, its hard to talk about the Chiefs and not mention anything other than the ridiculous turnovers, the step backwards, and the overall inefficiency showed by the team. There is one subject that I felt, wasn't talked about enough though. The constant performance of Jamaal Charles.

Believe it or not, Jamaal actually had 207 total yards on Sunday, which included the three most explosive plays. A 45 yard kickoff return, a shifty 31 yard run, and a 49 yard catch. Just to put it in the right perspective: The longest reception, run and return.

Jamaal is becoming one of the most explosive players in the league. Josh Looney from Kcchiefs.com had a pretty interesting stat on his twitter page today. It read "the flip side of the fumble, 15.4% of Charles' carries go 10+ yards = 4th best in NFL behind D.Williams(16.2), P.Thomas(16.2), B.Wells(15.7)." Another stat that might or might not surprise you is that Jamaal Charles already has more yards rushing this year than LJ did with 54 less carries so far.

It's almost safe to say that Jamaal Charles is the reason that the Chiefs won 2 in a row and for the first time in a while, the Chiefs actually have a legitimate running game when he's on the field. Nobody and I mean NOBODY has been able to run behind this line except Jamaal. Not Kolby Smith, not LJ, not Dantrell Savage, not Jackie Battle, not even the new guy, Tim Castille. That alone speaks volumes about the guy.

Last but not least. He's 22 years old and has a career average of 5.3 yards per carry. Hang on to this guy Pioli!