KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Chiefs on Tuesday made adjustments at the running back position ahead of Week 6’s game against the Minnesota Vikings. Kansas City placed running back Jamaal Charles on season-ending injured reserve, a formality following Monday’s announcement that Charles suffered an ACL tear in his right knee. The Chiefs elevated second-year running back Spencer Ware from the practice …
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. – 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. — 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. – The Chiefs used two safeties at the nickel cornerback position in consecutive games to compensate the loss of cornerback Phillip Gaines, who suffered an ACL tear in Week 3. Tyvon Branch got the first chance after Gaines went down against the Green Bay Packers, and then the Chiefs turned to Ron Parker over cornerbacks Jamell Fleming and Marcus Cooper …
The Kansas City Chiefs opened Sunday’s game against the Cincinnati Bengals with surprises on offense. And arguably the biggest one surrounded second-year offensive lineman Zach Fulton starting at right guard in place of Laurent Duvernay-Tardif. “Sometimes you can take a step back to take a step forward,” coach Andy Reid told reporters after the game of Duvernay-Tardif. “That’s one of the …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Chiefs are at full strength heading into Monday night’s game against the Green Bay Packers. All eight players listed on final injury report put in a full practice Saturday and are designated as probable, meaning a virtual certainty the player will be available for normal duty. The full list includes offensive lineman Jeff Allen (knee), …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – There were no major changes Friday to the Chiefs injury report from Thursday. Offensive lineman Jeff Allen (knee), right tackle Eric Fisher (ankle), tight end Demetrius Harris (foot), linebacker Josh Mauga (Achilles), left tackle Donald Stephenson (ankle), wide receiver De’Anthony Thomas (calf), running back Charcandrick West (Achilles) and wide receiver Albert Wilson (shoulder) practiced fully for …
