He won't be confused with Derrick Henry or Nick Chubb in regards to top-tier RB's, but in the playoffs, his KC production is remarkable.
2018 Divisional Playoffs vs Colts- 129 rushing yards on 25 carries and a touchdown.
2018 AFC Championship Game vs Patriots- 66 receiving yards, 3 touchdowns- and if Dee Ford was onsides or KC wins the coin toss, he would have been the hero.
2019 AFC Divisional Playoffs- 3 touchdowns in the big Texan comeback, including the first TD to cut it to 24-7 and the go-ahead TD before halftime that gave KC the lead for keeps.
2019 AFC Championship Game- After Mahomes' spectacular TD run before halftime, it was actually scoreless in the 3rd quarter before he scored a critical insurance TD.
Super Bowl LIV- A performance many felt was deserving of SB MVP, 104 yards rushing and 2 touchdowns
I mean, he had to replace Kareem Hunt late in the 2018 season and he's hardly a superstar back- but when the money's on the table, he practically turned into Priest Holmes- 10 touchdowns in 5 KC playoff games, averaging 4.39 YPC.
Free agency starts in 10 days, so let’s empty the notebook with nuggets and thoughts on the Giants:
1. NFL contract negotiations are a relatively straightforward exercise when there’s mutual interest in completing a deal for a simple reason: comps. Teams and agents research to find previous deals signed by comparable players (comps) to set the parameters of negotiations.
For Giants free-agent defensive tackle Dalvin Tomlinson, it’s a safe bet that his camp views Cincinnati’s D.J. Reader and Philadelphia’s Javon Hargrave as comps. Both of those defensive tackles signed deals worth $13 million a year last offseason. The Giants may counter with a comp of Chicago’s Eddie Goldman, who signed a contract worth $10.5 million per year in 2018.
Though there would be some wiggle room in those comps, the two sides should be in the same ballpark. And if there’s mutual interest in a deal, a contract worth roughly $12 million per year would be fairly easy to hammer out.
Things appear trickier with defensive lineman Leonard Williams, as evidenced by the fact that a grievance about his position still has not been resolved. The Giants franchise-tagged Williams as a defensive tackle last season, which carried a $16.1 million salary. Williams’ camp believes he’s a defensive end and therefore was entitled to that position’s $17.8 million salary under the tag.
Williams’ grievance about his position during the 2019 season is still unresolved, as well. The Jets paid Williams $11.4 million as a defensive tackle on his fifth-year option in 2019. The fifth-year option salary for a defensive end was $14.2 million that year. That grievance is split between the Jets and Giants since the Giants traded for Williams midway through the 2019 season.
Once a grievance is filed, the NFLPA and the NFL Management Council take over. The sides can reach a settlement, or a neutral arbitrator will make a ruling based on where the player logged more snaps the previous season. It seems like it would be a simple issue to mediate, so it’s unclear why there’s been such a lengthy delay in resolving Williams’ grievances.
With the grievances as a backdrop, it’s easier to understand why this won’t be an easy negotiation, even though both sides are interested in reaching an agreement. If the Giants view Williams as a defensive tackle, they could use a player like Atlanta’s Grady Jarrett, who signed a contract worth $17 million per year in 2019, as a comp.
Even if the Giants are willing to go highe
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