Charcandrick West’s first game as the Chiefs’ starting tailback did not go quite as planned — his late fumble swung momentum in their 16-10 loss — but Chiefs coach Andy Reid was mostly pleased with how West performed.
“Yeah, it’s too bad it ended the way that it did,” Reid said Monday. “There were some good performances in this game. I mean, there were some positive things in this game that are going to get overlooked because we didn’t win the game.”
West, he said, did some of those good things. The 5-foot-10, 205-pound undrafted free agent from Abilene Christian rushed only nine times for 33 yards and caught just one pass for six yards, but Reid said his performance in his first game as Jamaal Charles’ replacement shouldn’t be judged solely on statistics.