Two running backs—Thomas Rawls and Damien Williams—have visited the Kansas City Chiefs over the past week. Here are some links:
Neither signed with the Chiefs, but it led me to ask, what do the Chiefs want with these veteran running backs?
Here is how the Chiefs’ roster stands at the running back position of this writing:
You should probably be familiar with all those names except Atkinson.
Atkinson, 25, first entered the league as a 2014 undrafted free agent with the Raiders, bounced around their practice squad, went to the Browns, back to the Raiders and finally signed with the Chiefs on their practice squad in September of last year.