{"id":7888,"date":"2024-09-20T15:20:56","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T15:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=7888"},"modified":"2024-09-20T15:20:56","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T15:20:56","slug":"exclusive-chiefs-coach-andy-reid-gives-worrying-isiah-pacheco-injury-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=7888","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: Chiefs coach Andy Reid gives worrying Isiah Pacheco injury update"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Isiah Pacheco has emerged as an integral part of the\u00a0Kansas\u00a0City Chiefs offense to counter-balance\u00a0Patrick Mahomes\u00a0and\u00a0Travis Kelce. They\u2019ll now have to forge a path to a three-peat without the running back.<\/p>\n

Chiefs head coach\u00a0Andy Reid\u00a0told reporters that Pacheco, who is sidelined with a broken fibula, may miss the rest of the season.<\/p>\n

Pacheco was originally given a six-to-eight week to return to the field, which would see him return to action around\u00a0Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n

Now, there is doubt as to whether a return will happen at all in 2024, if not, until next season.<\/p>\n

Last year, Pacheco\u2019s backfield contributions helped the Chiefs overcome a limited wide receiver\u2019s room to win a second-straight\u00a0Super Bowl.<\/p>\n

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Chiefs head coach Andy Reid addressed the injury concerns for running back Isiah Pacheco<\/p>\n

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Pacheco will be out several weeks with a broken fibula and may not return at all this season<\/p>\n

\u2018I can\u2019t give you a time when he\u2019ll return,\u2019 Reid said. \u2018We\u2019ll just see if it\u2019s this season or next season. We\u2019ll see how he does as he goes here.\u2019<\/p>\n

Pacheco\u2019s injury occurred during the fourth quarter of Sunday\u2019s game against the Bengals. Through two games, he had 34 rush attempts this season, ninth in the NFL.<\/p>\n

With Pacheco out of action, the Chiefs will turn to recently-signed Samaje Perine and rookie Carson Steele to carry the load.<\/p>\n

Kansas City also recently resigned Kareem Hunt to its practice squad to bolster its depth at running back with Pacheco expected to be out for at least two months.<\/p>\n

Hunt originally joined the Chiefs in 2017 as a rookie but was waived the following year after a video of him pushing and kicking a woman surfaced. The running back would end up in Cleveland after the Chiefs removed him from their roster.<\/p>\n

Reid admitted seeing improvements in Hunt that made them comfortable with bringing him back on board.<\/p>\n

\u2018We felt like he did that,\u2019 Reid said. \u2018He did a nice job in Cleveland and we talked to people there and there are no issues there.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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