{"id":38555,"date":"2025-11-27T16:30:35","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T16:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=38555"},"modified":"2025-11-27T16:30:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T16:30:35","slug":"breaking-chiefs-gush-over-warrior-kareem-hunt-turning-back-the-clock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=38555","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Chiefs Gush Over \u2018Warrior\u2019 Kareem Hunt Turning Back the Clock"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2236654193-e1764258300535.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2236654193-e1764258300535.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2236654193-e1764258300535.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2236654193-e1764258300535.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Chiefs Gush Over \u2018Warrior\u2019 Kareem Hunt Turning Back the Clock\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p><em>Getty Thanks to RB Kareem Hunt delivering a big-time performance, the Chiefs got back on track.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Kansas City Chiefs delivered a much-needed win in Week 12, and many players were to thank. Despite his fumble in the second half, running back Kareem Hunt should be at or near the top of the list.<\/p>\n<p>That may not seem appropriate, especially when considering his 3.5 average yards per carry. Going beyond the raw box score has been the story of Hunt\u2019s second go-round in Kansas City, though.<\/p>\n<p>This week, members of the Chiefs organization are letting it be known how much they appreciate Hunt\u2019s efforts.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Kareem Hunt Praised for Vintage Performance in Week 12 Against Colts<\/h2>\n<p>At age 30, Hunt toted the ball a career-high 30 times in Sunday\u2019s 23-20 overtime win over the Indianapolis Colts. The former third-round pick was effective, routinely moving the chains and amassing 104 rushing yards with a touchdown.<\/p>\n<p>Offensive coordinator Matt Nagy knows how rare it is for someone with Hunt\u2019s mileage to still be a workhorse back in any capacity. With nearly 1,350 regular-season carries under his belt, Hunt is closer to the end of his career than the beginning. Nagy believes that resilience and ability to show up reflected the entire team\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe joke with him,\u201d Nagy began. \u201cI mean, 30 carries, and for somebody that\u2019s no spring chicken for where he is at. He\u2019s so tough [and] is such a valuable part to this offense. For him to come back the way he did just shows his leadership. I think the guys, too, on the sideline were so great with him, just being there for him. That\u2019s probably one of the things that throughout that game, as that game went on, early on it didn\u2019t go the way we wanted it to go but the guys stuck together and then we found a way to win in the end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Quarterback Patrick Mahomes echoed that sentiment. The two-time NFL MVP recognizes that his leading halfback has been banged up this season. Playing through pain or discomfort is nothing new to Hunt, nor is fatigue. He responded by helping lift the Chiefs to a season-defining outcome.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_6000,h_3375\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/arrowhead_report\/01k8s3az2b6wzn0g3pwv.jpg\" alt=\"Hunt Shrugs Off Tush Push Comparison, Explains Why He's So Effective\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a warrior,\u201d Mahomes said. \u201cHe\u2019s someone that truly wants to win. He wants to compete \u2014 he wants to be out there for his guys and give everything that he has, and I think he showed that. He showed it all season long, but he really showed that this week, and I\u2019m sure he wasn\u2019t feeling great running some of those runs back-to-back-to-back, but he was going to do whatever it takes to win. You need those guys on your team.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Where Does Hunt Fit Into Chiefs\u2019 Backfield Picture Moving Forward?<\/h2>\n<p>Hunt\u2019s Week 12 showing was good enough to earn him AFC Offensive Player of the Week honors. He lifted Kansas City to a whopping 10 first downs against Indy, the second-most by a player this season. Their late-down rush success rate, 80%, slotted in at the 75th percentile according to rbsdm.<\/p>\n<p>In his return campaign last year, Hunt recorded 200 regular-season rushes with a 55.5% success rate and a 3.6 yard-per-carry average. This year, on 116 carries, he\u2019s up to a career-best 57.8% success rate and a 3.9 YPC mark \u2014 his best since 2021 (albeit still not great).<\/p>\n<p>Per SumerSports, among all running backs with 50+ rushes in 2025, Hunt is third in EPA\/play with 0.08. He also owns the second-lowest rate of rushes stopped for a loss at 3.45%. He\u2019s taking the workload in stride, as he\u2019s simply doing what the Chiefs need him to do.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, it\u2019s fun,\u201d Hunt said. \u201cDefinitely get to play a lot of football. That\u2019s what I love to do, so it\u2019s fun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The coming games will help determine what Hunt\u2019s end-of-year role will be. Running back Isiah Pacheco is returning for Thursday\u2019s Thanksgiving game against the Dallas Cowboys. As Kansas City reintroduces him to the lineup, it\u2019s fair to assume Hunt won\u2019t be involved quite as much.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps that will allow Hunt to be maximized, as well as a bit fresher for a potential playoff run.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RB Kareem Hunt played a critical role in getting the Kansas City Chiefs&#8217; offense back on track, and his team knows it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38556,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38555","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 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING: Chiefs Gush Over \u2018Warrior\u2019 Kareem Hunt Turning Back the Clock - Breaking News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=38555\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING: Chiefs Gush Over \u2018Warrior\u2019 Kareem Hunt Turning Back the Clock - 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