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You have to wonder if moving on from Jamaal Charles is one of them. Kansas City will have several tough decisions to make this off-season. Could this be the end of the Chiefs having an elite RB?

Kansas City looks to be in good shape with a healthy stable of young running backs moving into the future. "So, we didn't play good enough because we did allow that big one.Tuesday marked what could be the end of an era in Chiefs football with Jamaal Charles facing another knee injury. "Other than the big one, we played well, but that's part of the deal," Austin said. Last week, the Lions held the Vikings to four yards per carry despite Adrian Peterson having a 75-yard run that buoyed Minnesota's rushing numbers. However, the run defense has improved a bit in recent games. After topping the league in rush defense last year, the Lions are 24th entering Week 8. The Chiefs won't have top left guard Ben Grubbs (neck) Sunday, but Austin said their offensive line played well last week after he exited.įor the Lions, stopping the run in 2015 has been much tougher than in 2014. So, like all games in the NFL, there's going to be good players all over the place." "He's got good vision, hits it downhill, doesn't play around too much. "Good running back," Lions defensive coordinator Teryl Austin said. 2 job ahead of previous backup running back Knile Davis.Īnd since Charles suffered his injury in Week 5, West has been the go-to option for the Chiefs and is now averaging 4.4 yards per carry. He had his first five carries, gaining 17 yards, in Week 4 against the Bengals, taking over the No. In his second season, West wasn't a factor on offense to start the year and didn't have a touch the first three games this year.

Kansas City promoted him to the active roster during the second half of the season, and he appeared in six games, though he didn't have a touch on offense. West went undrafted out of Abilene Christian in 2014, and after being with the Chiefs in training camp as a rookie, he spent much of the year on their practice squad. "Obviously, Jamaal Charles is Jamaal Charles, but (West) looked good." "He rushed the ball well," Lions safety Glover Quin said. But Charles' absence doesn't mean the Chiefs won't focus on running the ball Sunday at Wembley Stadium in London (9:30 a.m., FOX).Ĭharcandrick West, a relative no-name, has taken over as the primary running back, and after he gained 110 yards on 22 carries in the Chiefs' win over the Steelers last Sunday, the Lions know they'll have to limit his production to have a chance to win.

The Lions are lucky to not see Charles, who ran for 1,000-plus yards in five of the previous six seasons - 2011 was the only one in which he didn't due to the injury. Chandler's Cross, England - When the NFL released the Lions schedule, Sunday's game against the Chiefs looked like a chance for Jamaal Charles to exact some revenge.Ĭharles, the stellar Kansas City running back, suffered a season-ending knee injury when the Lions and Chiefs last played in Week 2 in 2011.īut he's back on injured reserve again this season after suffering a torn ACL in his right knee in a Week 5 loss to the Bears.