For the second time in five years, Jamaal Charles spent the offseason rehabbing from a torn ACL, but he had new motivation as he toiled in the training room for the last six months.
During his first seven NFL seasons, Charles, a third-round pick from Texas in 2008, established himself as one of the league’s elite running backs, but he’d never tasted a playoff victory.
He still hasn’t after tearing ligaments in his right knee Oct. 13 against the Bears and missing the remainder of the 2015 season, but he thirsts for that opportunity.
“I was happy for them, but it just motivated me,” Charles, 29, said Monday at the Chiefs’ practice facility on the first day of offseason workouts.