{"id":185104,"date":"2024-08-15T14:00:31","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T18:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=185104"},"modified":"2024-08-15T07:49:39","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T11:49:39","slug":"carson-steele-chiefs-could-beat-out-clyde-edwards-helaire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/08\/15\/carson-steele-chiefs-could-beat-out-clyde-edwards-helaire\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs Undrafted Free Agent Could Beat Out Former First-Round Pick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s still early, but Kansas City Chiefs running back Carson Steele is making a name for himself in training camp. The undrafted free agent had a great <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.chiefs.com\/game-day\/2024\/pre\/chiefs-at-jaguars\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">preseason debut<\/a>, making the most of his limited opportunities by recording 29 yards and a touchdown on four carries. The UCLA product looked like an NFL-caliber talent, and recent reports indicate that he&#8217;s climbing up the depth chart. According to Jessee Newell, the Chiefs are giving him &#8220;a long look&#8221; with the first- and second-team offense, implying that he could start the season as Kansas City&#8217;s RB2 ahead of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2021\/09\/07\/nfl-rumors-clyde-edwards-helaire-james-robinson-justin-fields\/\" target=\"_self\">former first-round pick Clyde Edwards-Helaire<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Chiefs rookie RB Carson Steele had his most reps with the 1s and 2s today out of all the days at camp. Chiefs giving him a long look after his standout game Saturday. OC Matt Nagy today: &quot;What I like about him is, right now, he&#39;s doing a lot of good things and being in the right\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jesse Newell (@jessenewell) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jessenewell\/status\/1823413611575783470?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 13, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Carson Steele Receiving First-Team Reps For Chiefs, Could Beat Out Clyde Edwards-Helaire<\/h2>\n<p>Isaiah Pacheco is the unquestioned starter in Kansas City&#8217;s backfield, but the RB2 position is up for grabs. Entering the offseason, Clyde Edwards-Helaire was the safe bet to land this job. While the first-round pick never came close to justifying his selection, the LSU product had the most familiarity with the offense and had no real competition. Kansas City didn&#8217;t select a running back during the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024-nfl-draft-profiles\/\" target=\"_self\">2024 NFL Draft<\/a> and only added journeyman veterans to fill out the bottom of the roster. However, Carson Steele is proving that he can overtake the two-time Super Bowl champion and provide more of a physical presence in the running game.<\/p>\n<p>Weighing in at 6&#8242;-0&#8243; and 228 pounds, Carson Steele is more of a fullback than a traditional early-down runner. While the preseason action indicates he could handle regular carries, he will have a similar physical running style to Pacheco. In many ways, this makes him the ideal backup with Edwards-Helaire can see snaps on passing downs and as a change of pace back. These three could combine to form Kansas City&#8217;s backfield as the team chases their third title in as many seasons.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo: Corey Perrine &#8211; USA Today Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chiefs backup running back job is up for grabs, and Carson Steele could beat out an established veteran for the role.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2376,"featured_media":185105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[32373,7811,6260],"class_list":["post-185104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chiefs","tag-carson-steele","tag-chiefs-featured","tag-clyde-edwards-helaire"],"modified_by":"David Latham, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2376"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}