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 ForeverIowan:
IMO Hunt is a lot better than Pacheco in short yardage situations. Hunt knows how to make himself skinny and has this little instinctive side jump to avoid defenders. His short yardage vision is pretty elite. Dude is just a Dawg as well will not be denied first down yardage.
Good luck to opposing defenses when Pacheco returns. 15 touches for Pacheco, 12 for Hunt and 2-3 from Steele a game. All of those touches from a fresh and hungry back. Good luck!
Once Pacheco is back, any touches from Steele need to be nothing more than change of pace runs from the up-back position.
Just make him the damn fullback he was born to be.
Originally Posted by dirk digler:
KH still has some juice
On Kareem Hunt’s 27 carries last night, he reached 15 miles per hour or more on three of them. So did Patrick Mahomes on 3 of his 6 carries per Next Gen Stats. Neither reached the 20+ mph mark. #Chiefs#ChiefsKingdom
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KC has run the ball on 47% of its plays, which ranks 13th in the NFL. Reid’s rank during his previous six seasons with Mahomes looked like this: 23rd, 23rd, 28th, 27th, 25th and 26th.
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Taking advantage of that interior strength also has pushed KC’s coaches in a different direction stylistically. For instance, Sports Info Solutions’ data says the Chiefs have called inside zone — a scheme that leans most heavily on the middle three — for 39 plays already this year, compared to 59 for the entire 2023 regular season. There’s been a similar uptick in “power,” a format that utilizes a pulling guard to get downhill in the run game. The Chiefs have gone to that 26 times this season compared to 40 all of last season, showing the team’s increasing trust in its big guys up front.
Can't wait to get Pacheco back, so that Hunt can do all the short yardage stuff and Pacheco gets everything else. Hunt is perfect at getting the 3rd and 1 and goal line stuff, but he's had 2.8, 3.5, and 3.8 ypc the last 3 games. Take out his first game and he's at 3.4 ypc and that's not good enough when we're running it 20+ times a game. He and Pacheco will be the perfect 1-2 punch. So excited for it. [Reply]
Need to find a way to move some of the wear & tear away from Kareem. More carries for the other RB’s or maybe some passing game stuff with Perine. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DRM08:
Need to find a way to move some of the wear & tear away from Kareem. More carries for the other RB’s or maybe some passing game stuff with Perine.
Guy came from the couch to 20 carries a game work horse. He is getting banged up and it isn't sustainable. Hopefully Pacheco comes back soon and we can load manage him better. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Pasta Little Brioni:
Herm nods slowly and smiles at this offense
It'll be a different offense in December when Pacheco and Brown are both back in the same huddle.
With Hunt staying healthy... him and Pacheco would be a dual threat. That wheel route could be crushed by Kareem. Brown and Worthy can get deep. Kelce and Dhop can feast in the 10-15 yard routes. JuJu may contribute too. Hardman do his thing with the gimmick stuff Reid comes up with.
