It was a bit of a surprising move, but late on Saturday night, the Kansas City Chiefs signed running back LeSean McCoy. The Buffalo Bills had released McCoy earlier in the day; a number of teams had been reported to have interest in signing him.
The Chiefs had already traded veteran running back Carlos Hyde for second-year offensive lineman Martinas Rankin, which left their running back room with only three players — and opened the door for McCoy’s acquisition. While the one-year, $4 million contract McCoy signed isn’t huge, there is enough guaranteed money to assume he’ll play a role for the Chiefs this season.