Eric Bienemy is exactly who the Atlanta Falcons need

29 Sep 1990: Running back Eric Bieniemy of the Colorado Buffaloes returns a kickoff during a game against the Washington Huskies at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado. Colorado won the game 20-14.
29 Sep 1990: Running back Eric Bieniemy of the Colorado Buffaloes returns a kickoff during a game against the Washington Huskies at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado. Colorado won the game 20-14. /
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In 2013 Chiefs running back Jamal Charles rushed for over 1,200 yards and a career-high 12 rushing touchdowns. Not to mention a career-high in receptions and receiving yards, and touchdowns with 70, 693, and seven, respectively.

The team was 10th in rushing yards and fifth in rushing touchdowns. In 2014, Charles again broke the 1,000-yard mark and notched on nine rushing touchdowns and 5 receiving touchdowns. Knile Davis also got in on the action with 463 yards and 6 touchdowns.

The team was again, 10th in rushing yards but third in rushing touchdowns. 2015 is where things got interesting. Jamal Charles only played 5 games due to injury, and Knile Davis never started a game.

Despite that, with the likes of Charcandrick West, Spencer Ware, Knile Davis, and the six games Jamal Charles played;, the Chiefs had over 2,000 rushing yards, good enough for 6th in the league, and 19 rushing touchdowns, good enough for 1st in the league. In 2016, the running back core had 1,750 yards which were 15th in the league and 15 touchdowns which were 13th in the league.

So, it fell off a bit and for the first time as a Chiefs running backs coach, they didn’t finish in the top 10 in touchdowns or yards. This prompted them to add to their running back room, which brought in Kareem Hunt and as a rookie he had over 1,300 yards and 8 touchdowns.

They got back into the top 10 in rushing yards and stayed at 15th in touchdowns.