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The Kansas City Chiefs want some bang for their buck in the run game, and as a result, a veteran might have to make way.<\/div>\n
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The\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs<\/a>‘ run game last season was one of the worst in football, averaging just 101.2 points per game (ranked 26th).<\/p>\n

With Isiah Pacheco out injured, it was up to veteran\u00a0Kareem Hunt<\/a>\u00a0to shoulder the load, which he did well (728 yards, seven touchdowns), but the Chiefs didn’t have the breakaway threat out of the backfield.<\/p>\n

Both Hunt and Pacheco are bruising runners, but this offseason Elijah Mitchell was assigned in free agency, and Brashard Smith was drafted, with each offering a genuine home-run threat.<\/p>\n

Where does that leave Hunt? In a group of backs that now has himself, Pacheco, Mitchell, and Smith, there are a lot of mouths to feed and only one football.<\/p>\n

For\u00a0Bleacher Report<\/a>, he’s a potential cut candidate.<\/p>\n

And to us, that is a little odd.<\/p>\n

The Chiefs signed Hunt to a one-year, $1.5 million contract, so cutting him to save\u00a0$632,353 doesn’t exactly feel like a “Chiefs move” to us.<\/p>\n

Given that the running back room has a host of options, and Hunt was the bellcow last year, even in the playoffs when Pacheco returned, maybe he does have a role to play, at least this season.<\/p>\n

Mitchell didn’t play a single down in 2024 due to injury, so he likely won’t be hitting the ground running, and Smith is a rookie who will still be finding his way in the\u00a0NFL<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So Pacheco and Hunt might be the tandem the Chiefs go with more often than not, with Mitchell and Smith the change-ups.<\/p>\n

But cut Hunt? To us, that doesn’t make much sense.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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