This is likely the way it ends. For Charles, who is approaching 30 years old, not too many running backs are coming back from a second ACL surgery, especially one that your body isn’t responding to.
The Chiefs made the move so many of us feared when head coach Andy Reid told the media that Charles would be visiting with Dr. James Andrews. The team has officially put him on the Injured Reserve list, putting him out for a minimum of eight weeks. If you do the math, he could conceivably come back for the postseason.
The Chiefs have placed RB Jamaal Charles on IR, per a league source.