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We’ll continue our player by player look at the Kansas City Chiefs' potential unrestricted free agents with a running back whose one game with significant playing time last season was a big one. RB Joe McKnight Four NFL seasons, one with the Chiefs. Played in two games for the Chiefs. Turns 27 in April. Chiefs career: McKnight had a huge role in the Chiefs' first win of the season, catching six passes for 64 yards and two touchdowns in a September win over the Dolphins in Miami. McKnight ruptured his Achilles tendon in practice the following week, ending his season. Argument for keeping McKnight: He provided the Chiefs a dimension as a receiver that none of their other backs, Jamaal Charles included, could. He has kick return ability, though the Chiefs are comfortable with Knile Davis and De'Anthony Thomas in those roles. Argument for letting McKnight go: He’s strictly insurance in the event of injury to Charles and Davis. What should happen with McKnight: He has enough ability that the Chiefs should bring him back on a minimum salary if he’s going to be ready physically to participate when training camp begins.
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