Andy Reid Hints at Bigger Role for Chiefs RB Emmett Johnson Moving Forward - Sports Illustrated

Reid drops these lines about backup running backs every year and half of them never see a real bump. Johnson's put up 8.8 and 5.5 points the last two weeks, a -71.9 value over replacement, and a sharp rank of 236. Kansas City sitting as 11.5-point favorites against Miami with a modest total means this stays a run-out-the-clock committee, not a workload transfer. Stash him if you have a bottomless bench, but there's no roster move to make off a coach's compliment.

Speculative — this reads ahead of what the source reported.

• Emmett JohnsonRB · KC unchanged

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