The Arizona Cardinals enter the offseason with important issues to address at running back. There are contract questions, free agent questions and questions as to what the Cardinals will value in coach Kliff Kingsbury’s offense.

Let’s break down the offseason at the position.

2019 review

The season began with David Johnson expected to be the focal point of the offense. It was believed he could have similar success to that he had in 2016.

He was both effective and also underused as the season began. In Week 1, he had 82 yards on 18 carries. In Week 5, he had 91 yards on 17 carries. However, he never got more than 12 rushing attempts in the other four of the first six games. He made plays catching the ball, though, and was 10th in the league in yards from scrimmage at that point.

Then he got hurt. He battled a pair of injuries and missed a couple of games, but once the injuries came, things changed. After Week 6, he only had 18 carries the rest of the season.

Chase Edmonds stepped in against the New York Giants and had a huge game — 126 yards and three touchdowns but then got hurt the next week.

That led to the trade to acquire Kenyan Drake, who immediately earned the trust of Kingsbury and became the No. 1 back overnight. He rushed for 110 yards after being with the team three days. He was okay the next few weeks and then finished the season with 263 rushing yards and seven touchdowns in the final three games.

In eight games, he led the team in rushing for the season with 643 yards and eight touchdowns.

So now what?

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