{"id":4603,"date":"2024-11-27T23:35:11","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T23:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=4603"},"modified":"2024-11-27T23:35:11","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T23:35:11","slug":"breaking-kansas-city-chiefs-rb-isiah-pacheco-expected-to-play-vs-raiders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=4603","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Kansas City Chiefs RB Isiah Pacheco expected to play vs. Raiders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Isiah-Pacheco-768x432.jpg\" alt=\"Kansas City Chiefs running back Isiah Pacheco runs with the ball as Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Akeem Davis-Gaither defends during the first half of an NFL game Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP\/Charlie Riedel)\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"components_paragraph__b8N_5\">\n<p>Reinforcements are coming for Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"components_paragraph__b8N_5\">\n<p>Running back Isiah Pacheco is expected to play Friday against the Las Vegas Raiders, head coach Andy Reid announced.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"components_paragraph__b8N_5\">\n<p>Pacheco has been on injured reserve after suffering a fractured fibula in Week 2. He rushed for 135 yards and a touchdown prior to his injury.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"components_paragraph__b8N_5\">\n<p>The 25-year-old&#8217;s return is a welcome site for the Chiefs, who have been ravaged by injuries on offence this season, particularly at wide receiver. Rashee Rice suffered a season-ending knee injury in Week 4, while wideouts Skyy Moore and Juju Smith-Schuster have also missed time.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Isiah Pacheco and Charles Omenihu will play for the Chiefs on Friday against the Raiders as long as they don&#39;t have any setbacks, Andy Reid said.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adam Teicher (@adamteicher) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/adamteicher\/status\/1861848542052053076?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 27, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"components_paragraph__b8N_5\">\n<p>Pacheco, a seventh-round pick in 2022, was expected to be a bell-cow back for the Chiefs after rushing for 925 yards and seven touchdowns last season in only 14 games. Kansas City brought back RB Kareem Hunt in Week 4 to ease the burden until Pacheco&#8217;s return.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"components_paragraph__b8N_5\">\n<p>Hunt has 577 yards and five touchdowns on the ground this season and is expected to remain involved in the game plan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"components_paragraph__b8N_5\">\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ll find a way,&#8221; said Reid on Nov. 20 about getting Hunt involved once Pacheco returns. &#8220;Both of them are good players. We&#8217;ll find a way to get both of them in if and when that takes place.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"components_paragraph__b8N_5\">\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s a good problem to have.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"components_paragraph__b8N_5\">\n<p>On the other side of the ball, the reigning back-to-back Super Bowl champions are also getting pass rusher Charles Omenihu back Friday vs. the Raiders. He tore his ACL in the AFC Championship game last season.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"components_paragraph__b8N_5\">\n<p>In 11 games in 2023, Omenihu recorded a career-high seven sacks. The 27-year-old has 18.5 in his career.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"components_paragraph__b8N_5\">\n<p>After the Black Friday matchup, the Chiefs host another divisional rival, the Los Angeles Chargers, on Dec. 8.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reinforcements are coming for Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4603","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: Kansas City Chiefs RB Isiah Pacheco expected to play vs. Raiders - 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=4603\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING: Kansas City Chiefs RB Isiah Pacheco expected to play vs. Raiders - 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