The Chiefs had some veteran running backs in for workouts to start the week, but the new member of the backfield comes from within the organization.
The Chiefs announced Tuesday that they have elevated Spencer Ware from the practice squad to take Jamaal Charles’s roster spot. Charles has been placed on season-ending injured reserve after tearing his ACL during last Sunday’s loss to the Bears.
Ware was a sixth-round pick by the Seahawks in 2013 and played two games with Seattle during his rookie season. He had three carries for 10 yards in those appearances and ran 18 times for 66 yards and a touchdown with the Chiefs in the preseason. He’ll join Charcandrick West, Knile Davis and De’Anthony Thomas as backfield options with Charles out of the picture in Kansas City.
The Chiefs took a look at Ben Tate and Pierre Thomas this week and could conceivably turn back to one of them if they don’t get what they want from their in-house crop of backs.