Reports: Chiefs will talk with free agent RBs


Reuters | Updated: 03-12-2018 08:06 IST | Created: 03-12-2018 08:06 IST

Looking to fill the vacancy left by the sudden release of Kareem Hunt on Friday, the Kansas City Chiefs reportedly will bring in at least one option on Monday.

Free agent running backs C.J. Anderson and Charcandrick West both will visit the Chiefs on Monday, NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reported Sunday. Pro Football Talk cited a league source saying that the Chiefs intend to sign Anderson if he passes his physical exam.

Anderson, 27, appeared in nine games for the Carolina Panthers earlier this season before he was released three weeks ago. After signing a one-year, $1.75 million contract with Carolina prior to the season, Anderson produced 104 yards and no touchdowns on 24 carries. He also had one reception, which went for a 24-yard TD.

The Chiefs got a good look at Anderson the previous five years when he played for one of their AFC West rivals, the Denver Broncos. In 58 games (36 starts) for Denver, Anderson ran 717 times for 3,155 yards and 20 touchdowns. He also had 103 catches for 859 yards and four scores.

West, 27, has played four seasons in the NFL, all with the Chiefs, who signed him as an undrafted free agent in 2014. In 49 career games, West has 266 carries for 999 yards and seven touchdowns, plus 75 receptions for 552 yards and five TDs.

Hunt, 23, was cut after a video emerged Friday showing him pushing and kicking a woman in a February incident. He was the team's leading rusher this season with 824 yards and seven touchdowns on 181 attempts. Last year, Hunt led the NFL with 1,327 rushing yards on 272 carries, and he ran for eight touchdowns.

In his absence Sunday, the Chiefs' leading ball-carrier was quarterback Patrick Mahomes, who gained 52 yards on nine attempts. Spencer Ware had 14 carries for 47 yards and a touchdown in Kansas City's 40-33 road win over the Oakland Raiders, and the Chiefs totaled 174 yards on 30 carries.

--Field Level Media

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