{"id":19362,"date":"2025-03-31T23:02:13","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T23:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=19362"},"modified":"2025-03-31T23:02:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T23:02:13","slug":"breaking-news-andy-reid-makes-strong-statement-about-chiefs-rb-isiah-pacheco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=19362","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS : Andy Reid Makes Strong Statement About Chiefs RB Isiah Pacheco"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Isiah-Pacheco8-e1743454055235.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Isiah-Pacheco8-e1743454055235.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Isiah-Pacheco8-e1743454055235.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Isiah-Pacheco8-e1743454055235.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Andy Reid Makes Strong Statement About Chiefs RB Isiah Pacheco\" width=\"780\" height=\"432\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kansas City Chiefs running back Isiah Pacheco is coming off a lost season.<\/p>\n<p>After rushing for 800-plus yards in each of his first two NFL campaigns, the former seventh-round pick turned starter achieved just 310 rushing yards and 389 scrimmage yards in 2024. Obviously, much of this was due to a fractured fibula injury, as Pacheco only appeared in 7 regular season games,\u00a0but his playoff impact was more concerning with just 37 rushing yards in 3 games and a postseason yards per carry average of 2.8.<\/p>\n<p>With Kareem Hunt re-signing and Elijah Mitchell joining the room \u2014 not to mention Kansas City is expected to add a rookie draft pick or UDFA considering running back is one of the strengths of the 2025 class \u2014 some have questioned Pacheco\u2019s role entering a contract year.<\/p>\n<p>Having said that, at the NFL owner\u2019s meeting on March 31, Chiefs head coach Andy Reid gave Pacheco a strong vote of confidence while addressing the media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think [Pacheco will] be even better this year,\u201d Reid told reporters on Monday morning (via The Kansas City Star\u2019s Jesse Newell). \u201cHe was forcing that [leg] coming back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reid went on to clarify that medically speaking, Pacheco was \u201cokay to go,\u201d but looking back at the film, the veteran HC could tell something was slightly off about his game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you\u2019re looking at [the film], it\u2019s minute stuff \u2014 just maybe that ability to cut as quick as he did before,\u201d Reid explained. \u201cNow, it\u2019s still quick, but you\u2019re talking inches here. Was it what he could do before? Well, it wasn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Chiefs head coach also noted that \u201cmost guys probably wouldn\u2019t have come back [from a fractured fibula]\u201d at all, but Pacheco is not most guys.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was getting better every week,\u201d Reid concluded. \u201cI think you\u2019ll see him [get] back to what he was before.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>NFL Insider Reported Chiefs Won\u2019t Extend Isiah Pacheco Until RB \u2018Proves\u2019 He\u2019s Healthy<\/h2>\n<p>KC has done well to retain several of their key free agents in 2025. But will we see Chiefs general manager Brett Veach proactively extend any of the 2026 free agents this offseason?<\/p>\n<p>In the case of Pacheco, veteran NFL insider Tony Pauline reported that an extension is unlikely to happen anytime soon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn extension for running back Isiah Pacheco, who is in the final year of his rookie deal, won\u2019t be considered until the season starts and the former seventh-round pick proves he\u2019s back to health and prior form,\u201d Pauline wrote on February 28.<\/p>\n<p>This makes sense, and is probably wise business practice by Kansas City, even if Reid still thinks highly of the energetic RB.<\/p>\n<p>Remember, former first-round running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire was never the same player after his early NFL injuries, and a fractured fibula is no stubbed toe. No matter what the Chiefs say publicly, Pacheco will have to earn starting snaps in 2025, as well as a new contract in 2026.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Chiefs Prefer to Employ Skill Position Players Who Are Familiar With &amp; Fit Their System<\/h2>\n<p>One thing Pacheco does have going for him is his familiarity inside Reid\u2019s system.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the running back position alone, we\u2019ve seen KC bring back the same ball carriers over and over again. So, barring an extreme regression this year, it feels likely that Pacheco will eventually re-sign with the Chiefs in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>That could be a one-year deal next offseason, similar to Hunt this March, or it could be a long-term extension if all goes well.<\/p>\n<p>Either way, whether it\u2019s Edwards-Helaire, Jerick McKinnon, Hunt or a role player like Charcandrick West going back to Reid\u2019s earlier years in KC, the Chiefs have made it clear that they would prefer to re-sign scheme fits at running back.<\/p>\n<p>The same outcome could occur with Pacheco, but that doesn\u2019t mean he\u2019ll continue on as the unquestioned RB1.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid addressed starting running back Isiah Pacheco and his future outlook in KC ahead of the NFL Draft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19363,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kansas-city-chiefs"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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