{"id":187339,"date":"2024-08-29T11:05:28","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T15:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=187339"},"modified":"2024-08-29T09:57:19","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T13:57:19","slug":"chiefs-fantasy-football-outlook-isiah-pacheco-samaje-perine-carson-steele","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/08\/29\/chiefs-fantasy-football-outlook-isiah-pacheco-samaje-perine-carson-steele\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs Fantasy Football Outlook For Isiah Pacheco, Samaje Perine, Carson Steele"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kansas City Chiefs running back Isiah Pacheco has been one of the biggest risers in fantasy football, but that could change with Samaje Perine in the picture. Originally a seventh-round pick in the 2022 NFL Draft, Pacheco overcame his unremarkable draft capital to establish himself as a legitimate weapon in both real and fantasy football. Last year, the running back finished the season as the RB16 in half-PPR formats while recording 935 rushing yards and seven touchdowns on 205 carries.<\/p>\n<p>Pacheco&#8217;s biggest fantasy limitation to date has been his relative lack of involvement in the passing. Splitting snaps with Jerick McKinnon, Pacheco finished the year with a respectable 44 receptions but only recorded 244 receiving yards. With McKinnon out of the picture, some believed Pacheco could take over as a true three-down back. However, now that Samaje Perine is in the picture, could Pacheco&#8217;s workload revert to career norms?<\/p>\n<p>[tgdcta items=&#8221;1&#8243; id=&#8221;170476&#8243;]<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">IsIah Pacheco&#39;s ADP has been steadily climbing for the majority of BBM<\/p>\n<p>Currently at 31.9<\/p>\n<p>With Samaje Perine signing and likely playing a bit of the McKinnon role, where do you think Pacheco&#39;s ADP finishes? <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cMHV04h98c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/cMHV04h98c<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Justin Herzig (@JustinHerzig) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustinHerzig\/status\/1828854844326629409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 28, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Fantasy Football: Isiah Pacheco, Samaje Perine Outlook<\/h2>\n<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.fantasypros.com\/nfl\/adp\/half-point-ppr-rb.php\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">According to FantasyPros<\/a>, Isiah Pacheco is currently the 11th running back off the board and the 22nd overall selection in half-PPR drafts. This could change with Samaje Perine, but it&#8217;s clear that the consensus believed the running back was ready to take on a larger workload.\u00a0 Even without Perine, this probably shouldn&#8217;t have happened. Pacheco is a ferocious north-south runner who earns his early-down work, but he&#8217;s nothing special as a receiver. The entire argument for his increased workload was that somebody needed to catch passes, and that type of analysis rarely works out for fantasy football.<\/p>\n<p>Coaches can talk all they want about increasing a player&#8217;s workload in the offseason, but nine times out of 10 that turns out to be nothing but white noise. Last year at this time, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/09\/21\/cam-akers-alexander-mattison-fantasy-football-outlook\/\" target=\"_self\">Alexander Mattison ruined several fantasy teams<\/a> because Dalvin Cook was gone and somebody needed to handle all those touches. Isiah Pacheco is better than Mattison, but nothing about his profile suggests he can handle a three-down workload to justify a top-10 positional ADP. Much like McKinnon, Samaje Perine is a decent enough receiver who will see a sizable portion of the passing work.<\/p>\n<h3>Carson Steele&#8217;s Impact<\/h3>\n<p>Of course, Samaje Perine isn&#8217;t the only new addition to the backfield. Ironically enough, Pacheco owes a sizable portion of last year&#8217;s success to the lack of competition in Kansas City&#8217;s backfield. While McKinnon took his share of targets, nobody could challenge Pacheco for carries and goal-line work. That won&#8217;t be the case in 2024, as <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/08\/23\/carson-steele-touchdown-preseason-week-3-bears\/\" target=\"_self\">undrafted free agent Carson Steele<\/a> made a name for himself with an impressive preseason. While he&#8217;s clearly the backup running back, <a  href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/32BeatWriters\/status\/1827338043591643213\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pete Sweeney of <em>Arrowhead Pride <\/em><\/a>believes Steele will &#8220;become the go-to for short yardage and touchdowns at the goal line.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s hard to envision a world where Carson Steele takes all of the touchdown opportunities, but his presence likely puts a ceiling on how effective Isiah Pacheco can be as a run-first fantasy football option. With Samaje Perine ensuring Pacheco won&#8217;t suddenly receive 100 targets, look for Pacheco to put together another high-end RB2 season in 2024.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo: Isaiah J. Downing &#8211; USA Today Sports<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Universal Responsible Gambling Disclaimer: Ages 21+. Gambling problem? 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