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Back in mid-July of this year Juan Thornhill Jersey Cheap , g an ESPN report that running back Spencer Ware restructured his Kansas City Chiefs contract, likely to open up more cap space for the team. At the time, Ware hadn’t played in a regular-season game since December of 2016 due to a torn PCL and LCL he suffered during the 2017 preseason. The Chiefs had since moved on to second-year running back Kareem Hunt after a rookie campaign in which Hunt had won the NFL rushing title.According to Carrington Harrison of 610 Sports’ The Drive, Ware’s contract was restructured to incentivize things such as “100-plus touches, 750 to around 825 yards from scrimmage, four to six touchdowns and goal-line touches.”Harrison added that Ware and his representatives wanted to take a “cautious approach” because of the Chiefs signing additional options at running back in the offseason. Rather than the Chiefs cutting Ware because of the price tag, the new contract would provide him an opportunity to extend his career.As expected, Ware made the 53-man roster cut and has since served as Hunt’s primary backup this season. Ware opened up for the first time Friday about his mindset in restructuring his contract this preseason.Photo by David Eulitt/Getty Images“The Chiefs gave me an opportunity for my career,” Ware said. “We worked with each other on this recovery and, like I said, I trust my organization, I trust my guys. I’m grateful for the opportunity that they gave me here. At the same time, we all know it’s a business. Both parties are happy—let’s play ball. “Let’s get the numbers out of the way. Let’s play ball.”And play ball he has.In limited time this season—112 offensive snaps to be exact—Ware has 27 touches for 195 yards from scrimmage, highlighted by an 89-scrimmage yard effort in 22 plays against the Cincinnati Bengals.“That was a big game for him,” Reid said the Monday after the Chiefs’ 45-10 win. “He had the injury and it was one of those injuries you are sitting there going Juan Thornhill Jersey Womens , ‘Is this going to be career ending? Where are we at here?’ It was a pretty significant injury. “Then he comes back and worked like crazy. He comes back off of it and we have given him play time but nothing like that right there ... Those legs got heavy. He was tired. He hadn’t had to push himself past that wall. You can go run the hill and go do all those things these guys do. Until you’re getting banged on a little bit, then you have to get back in, collect your breath and thoughts and then get out there and go again, he hasn’t really had to do that. I thought [the Bengals] was a big game for him working through that.”Ware isn’t out there for every play like he was back in 2016, but when he is on the field, his teammates are noticing all that he is capable of.Based upon the words of Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, having Ware as a backup is a luxury.“I think he’s just a threat in every aspect of the game,” Mahomes said of Ware. “He can run the ball, he can catch screens out of the backfield, he can catch the ball out of the backfield and then he can pass-block better than any running back that I’ve seen.”Pass blocking is one of the many ways Ware helps this team when he’s not touching the ball, a point of emphasis for the entire running backs room, according to Eric Bieniemy, who is serving in his first season as Chiefs offensive coordinator after coaching the running backs for five years prior.Photo by David Eulitt/Getty Images“Those guys know this because this is our philosophy,” Bieniemy said. “What can you do when the ball is not in your hands? We know what you can do when the ball is in your hands, but what can you do that’s going to provide something to our organization when the ball is not in your hands? That’s just says a lot about who Spencer is. Spencer’s willing to go out and pick up a blitz. He’s willing to do all the dirty work. He obviously does a great job on special teams. That just shows you who he is Harrison Butker Jersey , his character. He wants to do whatever it takes for us to win.”And we’ve noted it here before at Arrowhead Pride—Ware is more than comfortable with adversity. No team in the National Football league wanted Ware in 2014, and his injury was so bad last season that he couldn’t play. Ware spoke about both on Friday.“I’m grateful every day that I’m out here,” he said. “I went through a whole year without being on the field, so as far as touches, of course you want touches, but as far as my humble mentality or whatnot, of course I’m prepared, of course I want to be the starter, of course I want all these great things, but I also want to win, I also want my team to have a good chemistry. “There’s a lot of other things that come into play, so like I said, I’ve been in a position where I couldn’t come in the locker room or couldn’t even put on the jersey or helmet for a year—two years, counting now. You can’t take those moments for granted.” Ware knows that being in his current role comes with the territory, and rather than sulking Reggie Ragland Jersey , he’s making most of it.“You chose this profession,” Ware said. “You want to give it your all because it’s not only about yourself. You got other people with families and you love the game. I love the game, so therefore, like I said, every time I get out there, I touch the ball or not, I’m trying to play like it’s my last because you never know when that day’s going to come.”Ware’s last day has come twice. He’ll suit up on Sunday against the Cleveland Browns. The NFL usually does what it wants, and the Competition Committee doesn’t seem to want any tangible advice from those who aren’t actively employed by a football team to do football things about football. Because football. But that’s never stopped me from offering advice on how to make the game of football better, so why start now?The Chiefs’ proposal to adjust overtime to ensure that both teams get a possession even if the first team to possess the ball scores a touchdown absolutely should be adopted. Two of the last three seasons have seen the Patriots win a coin toss in a championship-level game, drive the length of the field, score a touchdown, and walk off a winner — while the current league MVP (Matt Ryan in 2016 and Patrick Mahomes in 2018) — had to sit and watch it all happen.The changes to overtime made after the Saints beat the Vikings with a first-possession field goal in overtime of the 2009 NFC Championship amounted a half-measure, a Band-Aid. A partial solution that acknowledges the unfairness of the situation but fails to completely eradicate it.So eradicate it now. It’s simple, it’s easy, and it’s the right thing to do. (Also Cameron Erving Jersey , it gives the many teams who resent the success of the Patriots a way, albeit miniscule, to stick it to them.)And here’s the other side of the compromise, the one that would help to avoid the dreaded “unintended consequences,” which seems to be code for “we don’t want to do this and we don’t want to tell you why, so we’ll just hide behind a fancy-sounding term”: For the regular season, go back to sudden death.I never had a problem with sudden death in the regular season. That’s where the “hey if you can’t win in 60 minutes, it’s on you” argument is a lot more persuasive, and where the urgency to get the games over with takes on greater importance, especially if one of the teams in a Sunday game will be playing on the following Thursday.The change made in 2010 got jammed onto the regular season because coaches wanted to have the exact same rules for the regular season and the postseason. (Apparently, they’ve been getting their information about regular season and postseason overtime from Donovan McNabb.) But there’s no good reason to have the same rules, because the unfairness of sudden death becomes particularly unfair only when a season is on the line.Sure, the unfairness argument could be made for Week 17 games that have playoff berths hinging on them, but that’s still nothing remotely similar to the idea that a berth in a Super Bowl or a Super Bowl championship can be secured by winning a coin toss and using rules that systematically have been skewed toward offense to drive down the field and score a touchdown.So there it is. A perfectly fair and appropriate compromise to the overtime conundrum. One that will be summarily ignored.