The Kansas City Chiefs had one of the worst run games in football last season, but it didn’t seem to matter. The franchise finished with a 15-2 regular-season record and a third straight Super Bowl appearance.

Averaging just 101.2 yards per game (ranked 26th), the Chiefs didn’t get much bang for their buck with Kareem Hunt (728 yards, seven touchdowns) and Isiah Pacheco (when he returned from injury), while Carson Steele and Samaje Perine both played bit-part roles.

Now, the Chiefs have brought in speedster Elijah Mitchell, who injuredly missed the entire 2024 season, to add some competition this offseason, but is that enough?

Charles Goodman of AToZ Sports doesn’t think so.

“Isiah Pacheco, Kareem Hunt, and Elijah Mitchell are a good start to the 2025 running back room for Kansas City, but that’s all it is: A start,” Goldman writes. “Consider that everyone in the room outside of second-year FB Carson Steele is on a one-year deal, and there’s some measure of need to find some long-term stability in the position group. It also just challenges the entire room to elevate their game when a team invests draft capital in a young player at the position.”

Given the question marks over the room and the loaded running back class in this year’s draft, the Chiefs could add another body to set up a competition for spots in training camp.

Pacheco will still be the leading guy, with Hunt pushing 30, while Steele is still finding his way and Mitchell a complete unknown due to his injury.

Having a highly touted rookie come in could be the spark that this room needs. If the Chiefs are to get their revenge for the Super Bowl loss, they can’t be ranked 26th for rushing yards again in 2025.

They have to have an eye towards the future at the position, and if there ever was a draft to grab a solid back in the later rounds, this is it.

Will the Chiefs do it?