With RB Isiah Pacheco expected to be sideliend 6-8 weeks, the Chiefs are bringing their former RB Kareem Hunt back to Kansas City for a Tuesday visit, per league sources. Hunt could help fill the Chiefs’ running back void. pic.twitter.com/nDzNGlrcuH
Originally Posted by Hammock Parties:
Still want to see Kareem getting work in the passing game.
Pacheco has never looked "natural" in the passing game to me.
Feel like Hunt would've brought in that wheel route that Pacheco duffed in the Ravens game.
Pacheco doesn't look 'natural' doing a damn thing. He's just so aggressive in his movements. But in the case of the passing game, it probably does impact him a bit. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DaFace:
I'd almost forgotten what lateral movement looks like from a Chiefs RB. I'm drooling at the idea of Hunt and Pacheco both in the rotation.
The wheel routes that develop from having both of them in the backfield are gonna be sick [Reply]
Originally Posted by dirk digler:
Pat mentioned awhile back that they hated the early bye. Now they play 12 straight weeks with a couple short weeks thrown in.
We have a couple of long weeks in there too. We need to make hay before we hit the 3 games in 10 days stretch. Make those games less important. [Reply]
Originally Posted by philfree:
We have a couple of long weeks in there too. We need to make hay before we hit the 3 games in 10 days stretch. Make those games less important.
True and the last game of the regular season is like a bye with 10 days in between. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
I think the Chiefs went into this game fully prepared to take advantage of the bye.
I mean no, JJSS can't hold up to that kind of volume week after week. But boy, you can drive him like you stole him for an evening and then give him two weeks off.
And no, Hunt's not gonna be able to handle 25+ carries every week (he was reaching for his ribs/chest area a lot early in this game) but you can grind him up tonight and let him recover.
It was a really smart way to leverage the week off. They just decided to lean heavily into 3 guys who they really can't do that with every week (Hunt, JJSS and Kelce) but who you could count on for a game and give plenty of time to rest and recover.