When Brett Veach evaluated his roster after the 2017 season, he recognized the Chiefs needed another running back.
Badly.
Sure, they were bringing back the league’s leading rusher in Kareem Hunt, but behind him the depth was murky.
Before his catastrophic knee injury, Spencer Ware was a solid back. But his recovery is an ongoing process. Through the first week and a half of training camp, Ware hasn’t participated in contact drills.
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There was also Charcandrick West, a steady situational back.