KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Chiefs made numerous transactions Tuesday to tweak the 10-man practice squad. Running back Darrin Reaves, rookie offensive lineman Michael Liedtke, linebacker Jayson DiManche and cornerback Saalim Hakim signed with the practice squad, the Chiefs announced. The 5-10, 215-pound Reaves, who brings playing experience from the 2014 season with the Carolina Panthers, spent time with the …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Running back Jamaal Charles’ season is officially over. The Chiefs confirmed Monday evening an MRI revealed Charles has a torn ACL in his right knee. The 28-year-old Charles suffered the season-ending injury Sunday in the third quarter against the Chicago Bears. Charles, a two-time first-team All-Pro running back, is no stranger to recovering from an ACL …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The reality of life without Jamaal Charles has hammered home in the 24 hours since Charles went down Sunday with a possible ACL tear in his right knee. While the Chiefs await official confirmation, coach Andy Reid now has the unenviable task of attempting to fill the void and the search is underway. “We’ll look in-house …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Official word on Chiefs running back Jamaal Charles’ knee injury will have to wait. Coach Andy Reid told reporters during a Monday afternoon press conference that Charles was undergoing an MRI, results pending. “Nothing has changed from what I mentioned yesterday,” Reid told reporters. “We’ll just get clarification today on exactly what it is, whether it’s …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Chiefs are bringing in a veteran running back for a look on the heels of Jamaal Charles’ knee injury. Free-agent running Ben Tate will work out for the Chiefs on Tuesday, a source familiar with the situation confirmed Monday morning with ChiefsDigest.com and The Topeka Capital-Journal. Adam Teicher of ESPN.com reported the news of Tate’s …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Chiefs’ first touchdown of the game against the Chicago Bears was an example of defensive teamwork. Facing a second-and-11 on his own 8-yard line early in the first quarter, Bears quarterback Jay Cutler took a snap in shotgun formation and prepared to pass. Defensive tackle Jaye Howard, however, burst through the offensive line to hit …
KANSAS CITY, Mo – Make no mistake about it, the bottom dropped out of the Chiefs 2015 season on Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium. The 18-17 loss to the Chicago Bears told us plenty about this year’s Chiefs, as they’ve now lost four straight, are 1-4 and slipping deep into the land of AFC pretenders. But what hurt even worse was …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — When running back Jamaal Charles hobbled off the field, Kansas City was beating the Chicago Bears, 17-3. His absence coincided with an impending Chiefs offensive implosion and the Chiefs (1-4) fell to the Bears (2-3), 18-17. Lots of things went right and lots of things went right. Here are five things that didn’t go the Chiefs’ way …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The worst fears surrounding running back Jamaal Charles and the Chiefs without one of the NFL’s top running backs are potentially coming true. “Preliminary reports, it probably looks more like a torn ACL than anything,” coach Andy Reid said Sunday during his postgame media session. “He’ll have an MRI on it tomorrow and we’ll see how …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Chiefs wide receiver Albert Wilson (shoulder) is inactive against the Chicago Bears. Wilson entered Sunday as questionable on the injury report after being limited in practice the entire week will miss a second straight game. Rookie wide receiver Chris Conley, who had two catches for 53 yards in Week 4, will start in Wilson’s place. Rookie …
