Chiefs anticipate Charles done for season with knee injury

Charles had taken a carry deep in Bears territory when he tried to cut left, his right knee buckling at a gruesome angle. They took a 17-3 lead into halftime, but once Charles was out, the Bears stacked the box less and took away the short passing game. “It’s all very unfortunate”, Chiefs wide receiver Jeremy Maclin said.

For all of his negative play, Alex Smith has been surprisingly accurate with the football. With Smith’s limitations, there isn’t much different they can do. “He is not available, that matchup is not there”.

– 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”. He compiled 364 yards in less than five games and looked to be the Charles we knew and loved. Davis is a smart stash too, as we’ve seen him have success in place of Charles in the past. Last season when Davis had the starting job he got 31 carries. Davis would seem to be the first man up, based on his production in his first two National Football League seasons coming out of the University of Arkansas. A Louisiana native, West played 39 games at ACU, picking up 3,105 offensive yards and 35 touchdowns.

The worst fears of the Kansas City Chiefs and all Chiefs fans have been confirmed. Jets defensive end Sheldon Richardson has returned to practice after serving a four-game suspension for violating the NFL’s substance-abuse policy…. “Obviously, we face a lot of challenges right now”, Harbaugh said. While the injury typically sidelines a player for about a year, Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson beat that timeline by several months. McCown passed for 457 yards – a franchise regular-season game record.

With Charles thus on track to miss the rest of the season, Charcandrick West and Knile Davis are next up for the Chiefs’ backfield duties. He will finish the year with 364 rushing yards on 71 carries with 4 touchdowns. His last extended absence came in 2011 due to a torn ACL in his left knee. Charles was injured Sunday in the third quarter of a loss to Chicago.

After Robbie Gould’s second field goal got them going, Cutler led an 88-yard drive he capped with a 22-yard pass to Marquess Wilson with 3:05 left. And they all have good quarterbacks.

The Bears defense is playing with an edge again, an edge that rubbed off on the offense as well.

Reid said one option already on the roster is receiver De’Anthony Thomas, who was listed as a running back a year ago.

But the bottom line is the Bears had the biggest hearts on the field, were the better-coached team and worked with what they had, executing much better than the Chiefs nearly to the end.

Kyle Long, still wearing his game face, strode by with his own roar: “CHICAGO BEARS, MAN!” Head coach Andy Reid is known to give second chances. Could the team be willing to pull the trigger on a deal for Ray Rice? “He feels like he let the team down”, Reid said. If that’s true, there is an obvious disconnect between the roster and what is happening during games.