{"id":50295,"date":"2025-04-06T08:35:33","date_gmt":"2025-04-06T08:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=50295"},"modified":"2025-04-06T08:36:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T08:36:31","slug":"chiefs-andy-reid-has-positive-scouting-report-on-new-rb-elijah-mitchell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=50295","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs\u2019 Andy Reid Has Positive Scouting Report On New RB Elijah Mitchell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/shape\/cover\/sport\/f87c2bf14bf777d1ca3c7e1fb99c98b080572621b01e29b794641343c803b3db.jpg\" alt=\"Fantasy football: 49ers RB Elijah Mitchell is a tricky target for owners\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Kansas City Chiefs were the AFC&#8217;s No. 1 seed after a 15-2 regular season and made it to the Super Bowl last year, and that was with a below-par run game.<\/p>\n<p>Ranked 26th for rush yards per game (101.2), led by Kareem Hunt, who took over from Isiah Pacheco, who suffered a leg injury early in the season, the Chiefs chugged away with Hunt&#8217;s bruising style, pounding teams into submission.<\/p>\n<p>But the rushing attack lacked a serious speed threat to break big gains in the blink of an eye. That led general manager Brett Veach to sign free agent Elijah Mitchell, who didn&#8217;t play a snap in 2024 due to a hamstring injury.<\/p>\n<p>And it is hoped that Mitchell can bring a different style to a run game that needs it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s got a little quickness and speed,&#8221; Reid said via ESPN. &#8220;He&#8217;s also got the ability to catch the ball out of the backfield or [the Chiefs can] flex him out. When he was healthy, he did a pretty good job in San Francisco.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mitchell posted 963 yards and five touchdowns in his rookie season, but injuries took a toll from then on. Just five games in 2022 and then 11 in 2023 before missing the entire 2024 season.<\/p>\n<p>So Elijah comes to Kansas City with a chip on his shoulder after a fair fall from grace after his solid rookie season.<\/p>\n<p>Now part of a trio with Hunt and Pacheco, Mitchell will give the Chiefs a different element out of the backfield, one that could also open things up for Patrick Mahomes in the passing game.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, there will be some rust, and Elijah&#8217;s health will be closely watched this offseason, but if the Chiefs can get a healthy and fully firing Mitchell for 2025, then fireworks might be on the way.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The Kansas City Chiefs were the AFC&#8217;s No. 1 seed after a 15-2 regular season and made it to the Super Bowl last year, and that&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":50296,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50295","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>Chiefs\u2019 Andy Reid Has Positive Scouting Report On New RB Elijah Mitchell - News 365<\/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:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=50295\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chiefs\u2019 Andy Reid Has Positive Scouting Report On New RB Elijah Mitchell - News 365\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; 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