Unfortunately, as with most non-contact injuries, it is nearly always serious. “He is not available, that matchup is not there”.
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– Another corner, Davon House of the Jaguars, was using a cane in the locker room after hurting his hip against the Bucs. “No question, it’s tough”. Reid insisted after the game that K.C. will run a committee in Charles’ absence.
Whatever approach the Chiefs decide to take, there is no replacing Jamaal Charles. “You’re put in a situation like this, you have to make plays”. We saw what the ceiling was for life without Charles in 2011, and if they can managed something similar consider it a wildly successful finish to the year.
Charles’ workload will fall on Charcandrick West and Knile Davis.
He recovered in time for the start of the 2012 season, and he made his presence felt with 87 yards on 16 carries against the Atlanta Falcons. A Louisiana native, West played 39 games at ACU, picking up 3,105 offensive yards and 35 touchdowns. Davis has two career 100-yard games.
“De’Anthony [Thomas] has running back possibility there too and experience”, he said, “and then we got Spencer Ware on the practice squad who we know can play both tailback and fullback, so we’ll look in house first before we go outside”. Ware (5-10, 229) was productive in the preseason, running for 66 yards on 18 carries with a touchdown.
He said the key was not allowing the young guys to think about what was happening.
“There’s a lot of pride in that offensive huddle”, Cutler said.
“Right now, that is our identity – we are a resilient team that’s going to keep on fighting until the end”, guard Matt Slauson said. At a listed 5-11, 199 pounds, the Chiefs star is small by National Football League standards and reliant on exceptional agility and speed (as well as vision). While the injury typically sidelines a player for about a year, Vikings running back Adrian Peterson beat that timeline by several months.
Quarterback Alex Smith is mobile but has been inconsistent. They’ve got a tight end that’s very risky, wide receiver that’s excellent. The Bears followed that formula in the second half when they stymied the Chiefs offense and, led by quarterback Jay Cutler, produced a significant come-from-behind victory. They had good pressure on Cutler, sacking him twice and flushing him out of the pocket a half-dozen times. Linebacker Pernell McPhee showed again why he’s the breakout leader of the Bears defense. Before suffering the injury, Charles had compiled 12 carries for 58 yards rushing.
So we’ve discovered that most likely they’ll actually be running the ball more often.
SPECIAL TEAMS: D. There are not many games where the Chiefs lose the kicking game competition, but that happened against Chicago.
ILB Josh Mauga (groin) was inactive for the Chiefs game on Sunday against Chicago.
Sunday was a rough one in Kansas City for the fans of the hometown Chiefs.
First, there’s the sting of the last-minute, 18-17 loss as 9½-point favorites at home against a sub-.500 Bears team rocked by injuries.
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“Every day, I come in here and try to figure out how we can be better”, Zimmer said. If that’s true, there is an obvious disconnect between the roster and what is happening during games.
