Chiefs Work Out a Former Bengals RB

by Joel Thorman on Nov 25, 2009 8:27 PM CST in 2009 Kansas City Chiefs Campaign

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The Kansas City Chiefs worked out free agent RB Chris Perry, reports Adam Caplan of Scout.

Perry was a 2004 Cincinnati Bengals first round draft pick and spent four years with the club.

He's had two seasons of significant carries. In 2005, he rushed 61 times for 279 yards. In 2008, he rush 103 times for 269 yards.

Last season, the Bengals cut starter Rudi Johnson paving the way for Perry to be the full time starter. However, things didn't go his way and he only averaged 2.7 (!) yards per carry before being benched for Cedric Benson.

Perry was also drafted by the UFL's Florida Tuskers this summer.

He's 6'0", 220 pounds or so and could fill an LJ-like role if the Chiefs chose to sign him. The Chiefs are a little light at RB with Dantrell Savage being down. Tim Castille has appeared to be a quick fix at running back seeing surprisingly a good number of carries last weekend despite signing last Wednesday.

Ryan over at KC Chiefs Blog seems to think he's worth taking a closer look at.

You can’t expect much from a guy that hasn’t gotten a sniff in the league since April, but he is still only 27 and wouldn’t cost the team anything to take a look. He was dynamic at Michigan and showed flashes (albeit small ones) during his time with the Bengals and might not be a bad idea to take a chance on him.

So, the Bengals sign a former Chiefs RB and now the Chiefs work out a former Bengals RB.

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by KansasCityShuffle on Nov 25, 2009 9:47 PM CST reply actions

(I'm such a sucker for former first rounders)

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by KansasCityShuffle on Nov 25, 2009 9:47 PM CST up reply actions

We need backs who can get hit a hole like this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmUZGdi7Ty4 (hit the mute button so you don’t have to listen to Joel’s favorite song)

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by KansasCityShuffle on Nov 25, 2009 9:55 PM CST reply actions

Lol. Take 2.

We need backs who can hit a hole like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vh1UJRVs_4Y

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by KansasCityShuffle on Nov 25, 2009 9:58 PM CST reply actions

This is what Cedric Benson did last year in 10 games.

att yds ave Fumbles TD
214 747 3.5 2 2

Chris Perry in 6 games
att yds. ave Fumbles TD
104 269 2.6 5 2

From the looks of the stats I’m assuming he was used as a short yardage back with Rudi Johnson as the starter in the beginning of the season. This isn’t a big time pickup, but if we can control his fumbles, and he can help out with 3rd down conversions I’m all about picking him up. Otherwise by these stats he doesn’t look very good.

Another thing to take into account is that Carson Palmer was injured last year so they had NO aerial threat… and no offense. Stacey Andrews was injured and overall it was a bad scene in Cincy.

by ravenhawk on Nov 25, 2009 10:26 PM CST reply actions

And Ghiaciuc was starting

Oh the horror

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by KansasCityShuffle on Nov 25, 2009 10:52 PM CST up reply actions

Looks like he was also a kick returner in 2007...

I wonder if that might be another reason to bring him in???

I forgot about Eric G. but ya the line was pretty bad last year for Cincy.

by ravenhawk on Nov 25, 2009 11:11 PM CST up reply actions

Chris Perry

Was a pretty outstanding receiver out of the backfield. I think he deserves a shot. Nice size with good hands.

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by Matt_Grbac on Nov 25, 2009 11:19 PM CST via mobile reply actions