{"id":114945,"date":"2025-10-28T08:36:27","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T08:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=114945"},"modified":"2025-10-28T08:36:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T08:36:27","slug":"night-of-contrast-chiefs-celebrated-big-but-the-roar-dimmed-when-pacheco-went-down-hearts-froze-in-the-glow-of-victory-whispers-turned-into-panic-as-the-highlight-reel-turned-bittersweet-and-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=114945","title":{"rendered":"NIGHT OF CONTRAST: Chiefs celebrated big, but the roar dimmed when Pacheco went down, hearts froze in the glow of victory, whispers turned into panic as the highlight reel turned bittersweet, and now every fan\u2019s asking if the win just came with a price too steep to cheer\u2026ll"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"article-body\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/statico.profootballnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/31205928\/auto-draft-09-01-25-1920x1280.jpg\" alt=\"Is Isiah Pacheco 100% Healthy After Last Year's Injuries? Latest on the  Chiefs RB's Health and Week 1 Status\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Kansas City Chiefs were having a great night on Monday Night Football.<\/p>\n<p>So was Isiah Pacheco, who has finally started to hit his stride.<\/p>\n<p>Momentarily, though, things looked bad.<\/p>\n<p>Pacheco took a big hit to his right knee on a fourth quarter carry, and he exited the game.<\/p>\n<p>Trainers examined Pacheco&#8217;s possible injury on the sideline.<\/p>\n<p>There was good news soon, though.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The trainers started laughing, and Pacheco got up and started clapping his hands.<\/p>\n<p>The momentary scare seemed to be a non-issue.<\/p>\n<p>The Chiefs likely had no reason to sub Pacheco back in with a 28-7 lead late. He&#8217;ll probably rest up.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a big game next week for the Chiefs. They take on AFC rival Buffalo in a 4:25 p.m. ET kickoff against the Bills.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;ll need Pacheco for that one.<\/p>\n<p>And after a quick scare, it seems like Pacheco will be OK.<strong>MORE:\u00a0<\/strong>Jonathan Taylor&#8217;s MVP case has recent NFL history working against him<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This was a painful one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":114946,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NIGHT OF CONTRAST: Chiefs celebrated big, but the roar dimmed when Pacheco went down, hearts froze in the glow of victory, whispers turned into panic as the highlight reel turned bittersweet, and now every fan\u2019s asking if the win just came with a price too steep to cheer\u2026ll - 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