At some point Wednesday, Chiefs coach Andy Reid and general manager John Dorsey were speaking at the NFL Combine when the topic of Jamaal Charles came up.
The day before, of course, the Chiefs released their star running back and career leading rusher, whose playing time was limited the last year and a half because of knee issues. In the wake of that decision, the Chiefs’ primary decision-makers agreed on two things:
One, while the decision to cut Charles saved the Chiefs $6.1 million in cap room after safety Eric Berry signed a six-year, $78 million extension, it wasn’t easy because of what Charles gave the club over the last nine years.