The Kansas City Chiefs took out a win versus the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday to relocate to 2-0, however they lost a crucial piece along the method: star running back Isiah Pacheco.
According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, Pacheco fractured his ideal fibula late in the Chiefs’ 26-25 success and is “set to miss out on actual time.” ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported Pacheco will be put on hurt reserve, suggesting he’ll miss out on a minimum of 4 weeks before he can return. That should not be an issue for Pacheco, who is supposedly anticipated to miss out on 6 to 8 weeks.
Head coach Andy Reid didn’t have much to state about the injury when he talked to the media following the video game. He had not yet spoken with Pacheco, who was still going through tests. When Pacheco left the arena, he was seen using a strolling boot and utilizing crutches.
To change the open hole Pacheco leaves on the offense, the Chiefs are apparently generating their previous running back and present totally free representative Kareem Hunt for a go to on Tuesday. The Chiefs prepared Hunt in 2017 in the 3rd round and he had a breakout novice season for them, hurrying for over 1,300 backyards, making the Pro Bowl, and ending up 2nd in AP Offensive Rookie of the Year ballot.
The Chiefs launched him in November 2018 after a video emerged that supposedly revealed Hunt physically pressing and kicking a female on the ground. He was put on the commissioner’s exempt list and didn’t bet the rest of the 2018 season. He was signed by the Cleveland Browns the list below year and bet them after serving an eight-game suspension.