With Isiah Pacheco again, the Chiefs have caught with Kareem Hunt as a key participant on offense. Hunt’s Chiefs reunion continued a season of inactivity for Clyde Edwards-Helaire. The previous first-round choose is now off the workforce’s roster fully.
The Chiefs lower Edwards-Helaire on Monday, the fifth-year running back announced. This may clear a roster spot in Kansas Metropolis, as Marquise Brown ramps up towards a potential Week 16 debut with the workforce.
Edwards-Helaire had begun his profession as a starter for the workforce, however he was unable to ship on expectations that got here with a No. 32 general draft slot. Pacheco, a former seventh-round choose, had usurped him; the Chiefs had Pacheco and Jerick McKinnon taking part in forward of Edwards-Helaire final season.
Regardless of the workforce not re-signing McKinnon, it didn’t discover room for CEH on its gameday rosters. Since being activated off the reserve/non-football illness list, Edwards-Helaire has been a wholesome scratch.
It’s potential Edwards-Helaire could possibly be introduced again on a follow squad deal, however the LSU alum’s message actually doesn’t level to that taking place. If that is it for the 5-foot-7 again in Kansas Metropolis, he’ll shut his Missouri run with 32 begins, 1,845 dashing yards and 12 touchdowns.
The Chiefs used considered one of their activations to return Edwards-Helaire to the 53-man roster, doing so after having positioned him on the NFI listing to start out the season. As soon as Pacheco suffered a damaged leg in Week 2, nonetheless, Hunt rapidly reentered the fray because the workforce’s main again.
Hunt stays on Kansas Metropolis’s roster, with UDFA Carson Steele nonetheless round as a third-stringer and Samaje Perine as a pass-down specialist. Groups don’t make a behavior of carrying 5 RBs, so the roster math is sensible right here — particularly with the Chiefs needing a spot for Brown.
Internet hosting J.K. Dobbins on a free agent visit April 2, the Chiefs as a substitute selected to re-sign Edwards-Helaire to a one-year, $1.7M deal. This launch will go away the workforce on the hook for simply lower than $200K in lifeless cash. Having neared a restoration from the shoulder harm that has sidelined him all through the season, Brown is on track to be activated soon.
