Originally Posted by
thomorino
Kareem Hunt was great last year even when Alex Smith was the QB and teams didn't fear the Chiefs throwing down the field. Obviously the Chiefs system would make any running back look good, but Hunt had speed and power, he's much better than Williams, who had 14 yards rushing and less than 2 yards a carry against Baltimore.
You could just as easily argue that Gurley with the Rams, Bell in the past with the Steelers, were benefitting from the system. Its a always a combination of the system and the player unless you have a once in a generation RB like Barry Sanders or Adrian Peterson in his prime. The running back position isn't about 40 time, its about cuts and balance, acceleration, straight line speed by itself isn't a good measure.