I believe he is a decent RB2 if drafted in fourth or fifth round. Kansas City kicked Ryan Succop made both field goal attempts, including a 38-yarder with 1:27 left in regulation that tied the score at 20-20 and forced overtime. Broncos decided to sign Jamaal Charles as a safety net. DENVER (CBS4) - Broncos running back Jamaal Charles will see his only preseason action Saturday night against the Green Bay Packers. Shane Keyser The Chiefs have three key players running. Charles rushed for a career-best 1,509 yards last season but has been held to 23 yards on 12 attempts during the preseason while slowed by a foot injury. Chiefs running back Jamaal Charles (25) has been practicing but did not play in any of the team’s preseason games. He managed just 10 yards on seven carries. Smith also scrambled 38 yards to set up a field goal by Ryan Succop.Ĭhiefs running back Jamaal Charles failed to show the same elusiveness, though. In three preseason games, Smith has completed 31 of 48 passes (65 percent) for 288 yards without being intercepted. Smith is one of the reasons, along with the hiring of Reid following a 14-year stint with the Eagles, why Kansas City is a trendy pick to make the playoffs just a year after going 2-14. The Chiefs’ first-team offense – led by a first-year quarterback playing for a first-year head coach - played the entire first half and scored 10 points in the second quarter after being blanked in the first period.Īlex Smith, acquired from the 49ers in an offseason trade, completed 17 of 24 passes for 158 yards and his first touchdown, a 5-yard toss to Junior Hemingway. But don’t expect either to play in either of the Chiefs’ final two preseason games. Kansas City rookie running back Knile Davis turned into the longest scoring play possible in a football game Saturday night as he returned a kickoff 109 yards for a touchdown in the third quarter of the Chiefs’ 26-20 overtime victory over the Steelers.ĭavis, a third-round draft pick from Arkansas, took the kick nine years deep in the end zone, broke a tackle attempt by Josh Victorian at the 15-yard line, cut to the right sideline at the 30 and outran everyone to draw the Chiefs into a 17-17 tie. Running back Jamaal Charles returned to practice last week after his knee surgery. PITTSBURGH – It happened in the preseason and won’t count in the NFL record book.
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