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The war of attrition is a natural part of the NFL, and the Kansas City Chiefs have learned that the hard way as of late. Despite coming off a Week 10 bye, the reigning AFC champs still have some injuries to tend to.<\/p>\n
With Sunday\u2019s Week 11 bout against the Denver Broncos approaching, several players popped up on the club\u2019s injury report. Running back Isiah Pacheco topped the list, with plenty of doubt surrounding his status for the weekend.<\/p>\n
Speaking to the media on Friday afternoon, head coach Andy Reid added some fuel to that fire.<\/p>\n
Reid didn\u2019t confirm that his starting halfback would miss Sunday\u2019s game, but he also did nothing to instill more confidence. If historical Reid trends hold, Pacheco could miss the Chiefs\u2019 Week 11 AFC West showdown in Denver with an MCL sprain.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlright, so the only person who didn\u2019t practice today was Pacheco,\u201d Reid said. \u201cEverybody else went.<\/p>\n
Earlier this week, Reid made it clear that he\u2019d \u201chave to see\u201d how Pacheco progressed before making a determination on his status. With the former seventh-round pick missing each practice this week, expectations for his ultimate decision became clearer.<\/p>\n
UPDATE: Kansas City officially ruled Pacheco out later on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n
Pacheco, now in his fourth season with the Chiefs, has logged 78 carries for 329 yards and a touchdown this year. In the games he\u2019s played, he was on the field for 56.4% of available offensive snaps (307 reps). In his last healthy outing, a 28-7 win over the Washington Commanders, he set a season-high mark with 58 rushing yards. Unfortunately, the Rutgers product sustained the knee injury in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n
With Pacheco out in Week 9\u2019s 28-21 loss to the Buffalo Bills, Kansas City went with Kareem Hunt as its lead halfback. He led the team in carries (11) and yards (49), also recording a rushing touchdown. Rookie Brashard Smith (3 carries for 7 yards) and 2020 first-round pick Clyde Edwards-Helaire (2 carries for 5 yards) supported Hunt.<\/p>\n
With a shorthanded running back rotation once again, it\u2019s reasonable to expect Hunt to be leaned on to produce.<\/p>\n
Pacheco, while the most pressing, wasn\u2019t the only injured Chief who needed to be accounted for. Two players, wide receiver Xavier Worthy and defensive end George Karlaftis, were limited at practice in various points of the week.<\/p>\n
Worthy\u2019s inclusion in the Thursday injury report caught many by surprise. After all, he wasn\u2019t on Week 9\u2019s pre-bye list, leaving most to assume he was past his ankle injury. On the contrary, Reid says the speedy wideout aggravated the issue a bit this week. He was a full participant in Friday\u2019s work, however, according to Reid.<\/p>\n
\u201cXavier, I know, was on that list,\u201d Reid began. \u201cHe\u2019s had an ankle. He just tweaked it a little bit, but he was good, good to go. He did everything today, no problem.\u201d<\/p>\n
Karlaftis, the Chiefs\u2019 leader in sacks (5) and tackles for loss (7), was limited on both Wednesday and Thursday. Despite his thumb injury, Reid didn\u2019t seem worried about the fourth-year man\u2019s availability for the weekend.<\/p>\n
\u201cGeorge did a nice job today, I thought,\u201d Reid said. \u201cGood.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kansas City won\u2019t be at 100% health against their division rivals, but things could certainly be worse for them as they look to climb back into the conference playoff picture.<\/p>\n
Recent intel suggests that General manager Mike Borgonzi and the Tennessee Titans’ front office are seemingly casting a wide net to find Brian Callahan’s successor. They’re scouring the NFL landscape to poach an assistant from another staff to become their next head coach. However, an interesting candidate from the collegiate ranks could reportedly emerge: Lane Kiffin.<\/p>\n
Kiffin is currently in his sixth season calling the shots at Ole Miss. His role overseeing the Rebels’ program has garnered attention around the league, with the Titans ostensibly taking notice.<\/p>\n
The Athletic’s Bruce Feldman revealed that a little birdie told him Kiffin is on the Titans’ radar during. This would certainly profile as an outside-the-box hire, albeit one with a notable connection to the Volunteer State.<\/p>\n
New-age fans may be too young to remember, but Kiffin was the head coach of Tennessee’s Division I football squad in 2009. He guided them to a Chick-fil-A Bowl (AKA the Peach Bowl) appearance in his lone campaign before jettisoning for USC’s vacancy roughly two weeks later. With that in mind, not everyone may have fond memories of him, though that apparently doesn’t bother Borgonzi and Co.<\/p>\n
“One industry source said there was at least a modicum of interest in [Lane] Kiffin among decision-makers with the Tennessee Titans,”\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Feldman wrote ($).<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n It’s worth mentioning that Feldman prefaced Kiffin’s reported ties to the Titans’ vacancy by higlighting that Ole Miss is likely to retain its sideline general. The former pointed out that the latter’s family is “all settled in Oxford,” so this is far from a foregone conclusion.<\/p>\n Nevertheless, Kiffin is perhaps the most shocking candidate to emerge among\u00a0the rumored names\u00a0the Titans might be eyeing. His nearly three decades of coaching experience in various roles are valuable. Yet, he has just three years in the pros, two of which were quite forgetful.<\/p>\n Before leading the Volunteers, Kiffin was a defensive quality control assistant for the Jacksonville Jagaurs in 2000. He also had a brief stint as the Las Vegas (then Oakland) Raiders’ head coach, getting fired just 20 months after being hired. Be that as it may, his success at Ole Miss (53-19 record) may be enough to give him another chance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The war of attrition is a natural part of the NFL, and the Kansas City Chiefs have learned that the hard way as of late. Despite coming off a Week 10 bye,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11165,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hot-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t