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Jamaal Charles
ESPN
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Oct 12, 2015 · 1:40 PM EDT

Looking to fill the considerable void left by the absence of Jamaal Charles, the Kansas City Chiefs will have free agent running back Ben Tate in for a visit.

The 5-foot-10, 220-pound Tate is a former second-round draft pick of the Houston Texans. He rushed for a career-high 942 yards as a rookie in 2011 and rushed for 771 yards in 2013.

Since then, he has bounced from the Cleveland Browns to the Minnesota Vikings and finally the Pittsburgh Steelers.

If he works out well, Tate could help the Chiefs. The untested Charcandrick West is first in line as the replacement for Charles, who tore the ACL in his right knee in Sunday's loss to the Chicago Bears.

The Chiefs also have Knile Davis, but he has fallen from favor with the coaching staff. He fell behind West on the depth chart even before the Chiefs lost Charles.

Jamaal Charles

Charcandrick West seems to be Jamaal Charles backup

ESPN
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Oct 05, 2015 · 6:20 PM EDT

Knile Davis no longer looks like the eventual replacement for Jamaal Charles as the featured back for the Kansas City Chiefs. Judging by Sunday’s loss to the Cincinnati Bengals, Davis is no longer the top backup.

That role, at least for now, seems to have gone to Charcandrick West. West played 17 snaps as a backup to Charles against the Bengals. Davis didn’t play on offense at all, though he was healthy. He served as the main kickoff returner throughout the game.

“We like what Charcandrick has been doing,’’ coach Andy Reid said. “We also like Knile. On certain situations, we like to use them all. In those situations, we chose to go with Charcandrick. We haven’t lost any confidence in Knile. You saw some of the things we were doing with him, and we think Charcandrick does a pretty good job with those things.”

West wasn’t particularly productive against Cincinnati. He had five carries for 17 yards and one reception for four yards.

Fantasy Impact: 

The story said West is more of a threat as a pass receiver. He is reliable catching the ball, something Davis isn’t. The Chiefs seem comfortable with him as a pass blocker, more than they do with Davis. As a runner, West isn’t nearly as big, fast or powerful as Davis. But he’s more effective. Anything that isn’t straight ahead but requires more than one cut gives Davis trouble. This is something owners of Charles and Davis may way to take a hard look at if you feel the need to handcuff Charles.

Jamaal Charles

Jamaal Charles feeling healthy

Fox Sports
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Aug 03, 2015 · 4:03 PM EDT

The Chiefs understand how important RB Jamaal Charles is to a successful season. Nobody else on the roster can change a game as quickly. So to ensure he's on the field late in the year, when Kansas City hopes to be in the playoff hunt, the teams' brain trust spent much of the offseason dreaming up ways to keep him healthy, not only in training camp but beyond.
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'You want to make sure he is healthy late in the season,'' offensive coordinator Doug Pederson said, ''so if that means giving a guy like Knile Davis some reps - whatever you have to do, number one, to keep him healthy for 16 games, and you do that each week.''

Pederson said one of the biggest challenges is noticing when Charles is operating at less than 100 percent. The former Texas standout hates to take time off, even from practice.

''We have to be smart and work with our training staff and our medical staff to just stay in tune,'' he said. ''Communication is obviously the utmost importance when it comes to those kinds of situations. We have to be smart and give him that proper rest, you know? And he has to communicate with us and tell us when he may be a little banged-up or maybe can't go here or there.''

Fantasy Impact: 

For now, Charles feels the best he has in a year, maybe even longer, the story said. While Andy Reid has always rode his top RB dating back to the Eagles, it's possible the team gives Davis more work. But we still forecast Charles as one of the top RBs this season. Davis is a nice handcuff option to anyone who owns Charles this year, though.

Jamaal Charles

Jamaal Charles still feels good at 28

USA Today
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Jul 13, 2015 · 2:33 PM EDT

And after five 1,000-yard rushing seasons in the last six years, with one year lost to a torn anterior cruciate ligament, no one would blame Chiefs RB Jamaal Charles if his body felt far older than his 28 years.

Yet he is heading into his eighth NFL season saying he feels young.

"I feel like I am 20, 21," Charles said this spring. "I feel good. I feel healthy. I eat right. I take vitamins. I do yoga. I'm doing everything I am supposed to do to keep my body up at my age."

Fantasy Impact: 

Andy Reid likes to ride his RB1 even when he has a capable backup, which he certainly has in Knile Davis. Davis did see a bump in touches last year, however, going from 5.1 to 9.4. We predict Charles for just under 1,200 yards this season and he should be among the RB leaders in receptions as he's proven to be a big part of the team's passing game. That should mean close to 300 touches for Charles. We rank Charles fourth on our RB list, but in a lot of drafts he's going as high as second behind Adrian Peterson. Backing yourself with Davis is a good idea if you can afford the roster spot.

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