KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Two months ago, Damien Williams was an afterthought for the Kansas City Chiefs, a third-string running back who got the ball six times in the season’s first 11 games.
He’s as surprised as anyone at the quick turn of fortune that will make him Kansas City’s featured back in Sunday’s AFC Championship Game against the New England Patriots at Arrowhead Stadium (6:40 p.m. ET, CBS).
“This is the last thing I would have thought," Williams said. “I know the type of player I am and I knew I was going to be involved some kind of way, but being here in this position now, it’s amazing.