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The Kansas City Chiefs football team is reported to have lost Isiah Pacheco for the rest of the season owing to an injury update presented by the team’s head coach, Andy Reid. Pacheco sustained a broken fibula some days ago and was expected to recover fully in 6 to 8 weeks.
However, what Reid has stated of late paints a different picture altogether. When asked reporters if he was able to provide a prognosis of the player, Reid replied, “I can’t give the time when he’ll be back.’’ “I won’t even try to say if it’s this season or next season.
We will see how he progresses as he goes here”. Initially, it was believed that Thanksgiving was Pacheco's targeted come-back date, but such expectations now appear to be rather unusual. Subsequent tests were performed, and the Chiefs running back did not sustain a ligament injury, which calmed fears about a lengthy period of rehabilitation.
Pacheco Impactful Absence
To begin with, Pacheco was a key feature in the Chiefs’ offense unit in week one against the Ravens, managing 15 out of the possible 20 carries and 19 out of 32 in the subsequent game against the Bengals.
The injury took place early in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s game, and it has left a huge void in the lineup. Twenty-one-year-old rookie Carson Steele has joined veteran Samaje Perine to take over this area. The team has also reinstated Kareem Hunt, a former Chiefs standout who harbored dreams of making it to a Super Bowl but had his dreams disrupted in 2018.
“We’ll get him in here and get some work,” Reid said about Hunt. “Get him back in the swing of playing. Then we’ll see as the game gets closer. Try to get him in a position where he’s ready to play either this week, next week, or the following week." Hunt returned to play in the Kansas City Working after five years with the Cleveland Browns after his ban and subsequent ouster from the Trois.
Reid also spoke of how Hunt’s excursion after the incident changed him, “ He wanted to get out of there, go to work, and seek assistance. We think he did that here. He performed well in Cleveland: I have linked with people there, and there were no problems. There’s a sense of discomfort against bringing him back at 29. It appears that he has matured a bit”.
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