{"id":190228,"date":"2024-09-17T17:00:07","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T21:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=190228"},"modified":"2024-09-17T16:55:40","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T20:55:40","slug":"dolphins-hill-message-chiefs-hunt-pacheco-steele-perine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/09\/17\/dolphins-hill-message-chiefs-hunt-pacheco-steele-perine\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyreek Hill Sends Strong Message on Chiefs&#8217; New Addition Amid Starter&#8217;s Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Kanas City Chiefs are banged up at running back. Starter Isaiah Pacheco is <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/09\/16\/fantasy-football-impact-of-chiefs-rb-isiah-pacheco-injury\/\" target=\"_self\">out for the next month-plus<\/a> after fracturing his fibula in the Chiefs\u2019 Week 2 win over the Cincinnati Bengals\u00a0 Chiefs head coach Andy Reid suggested rookie Carson Steele \u2013 who <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/08\/29\/chiefs-fantasy-football-outlook-isiah-pacheco-samaje-perine-carson-steele\/\" target=\"_self\">serves as the team\u2019s fullback<\/a> \u2013 could take on a larger workload.<\/p>\n<p>The Chiefs added reinforcements, though, signing <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/09\/20\/fantasy-football-impact-of-kareem-hunt-signing\/\" target=\"_self\">former starter Kareem Hunt<\/a> in free agency for a reunion that had been six years in the making.<\/p>\n<p>Tyreek Hill was still in KC when Hunt last donned a Chiefs uniform.<\/p>\n<h2>Tyreek Hill Reacts to Kareem Hunt&#8217;s Return to Chiefs<\/h2>\n<h3>Kareem Hunt Back With Cheifs Amid Isiah Pacheco\u2019s Injury<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cMy boy Kareem back in kc <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cheetah\/status\/1836133946771353692\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">I love it<\/a>,\u201d Hill, who now stars for the AFC rival Miami Dolphins, posted on X on September 17.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Browns will get a healthy Kareem Hunt in Week 9&#8230; <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/crz2Aodc9g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/crz2Aodc9g<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Luke (@BrownsnOrange) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrownsnOrange\/status\/1137335233332895744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 8, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cReunion: Veteran RB Kareem Hunt is signing with the #Chiefs practice squad, per source,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomPelissero\/status\/1836121659004088812\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NFL Network\u2019s Tom Pelissero reported<\/a> on X on September 17. \u201cAfter the injury to Isiah Pacheco, Kansas City brought in Hunt \u2014 the team\u2019s 2017 third-round pick \u2014 for a workout. He should have a chance to play soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hunt spent <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2019\/02\/11\/cleveland-browns-sign-kareem-hunt\/\" target=\"_self\">five seasons with the Cleveland Browns<\/a> from 2019 through the 2023 campaign. He rushed for 2,285 yards and 25 touchdowns on 577 carries in that span; a 4.0-yards-per-carry clip, including 135 carries for 411 yards and a career-best 9 touchdowns in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Hunt was a Pro Bowler and led the NFL in rushing as a rookie in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The Chiefs selected Hunt with the No. 86 overall pick in the 2017 NFL Draft, the now 29-year-old Hunt has carried the ball north of 100 times in three of the last four seasons.<\/p>\n<p>He has passed that mark five times in his seven-year NFL career. Steele rushed nine times for 27 yards alongside and then in relief of Pacheco. The Chiefs also have former Bengals and Denver Broncos runner Samaje Perine on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chiefs.com\/team\/players-roster\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the roster<\/a>. Steele and Perine should handle duties, at least until Hunt gets back up to speed.<\/p>\n<p>He was not part of an offseason program after hitting free agency in May. His familiarity with the offense should speed up that process, though.<\/p>\n<h3>Chiefs\u2019 Patrick Mahomes Shouts Out Jason Kelce<\/h3>\n<p>On the eve of the Chiefs deal, Monday Night Football featured a pair of the top feature backs in the NFL in Bijan Robison and Saquon Barkley. The former\u2019s Atlanta Falcons got the better of Barkley\u2019s Philadelphia Eagles and the former New York Giant was at the forefront.<\/p>\n<p>Before Barkley\u2019s drop ended the game though, former Eagles center and Super Bowl champion Jason Kelce took the stage for the pregame show as he transitions to a broadcasting career.<\/p>\n<p>Kelce proceeded to dance enthusiastically, drawing a shoutout from Patrick Mahomes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatrickMahomes\/status\/1835800180706177338\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">go crazy then<\/a>!! @JasonKelce,\u201d Mahomes said while quoting a clip of the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/03\/05\/a-tribute-to-jason-kelce\/\" target=\"_self\">now-retired NFL star<\/a>\u2019s dance moves.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jason Kelce is BACK in Philly \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02 <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TlsaCV81Wf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/TlsaCV81Wf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ESPN (@espn) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/espn\/status\/1835797352285700147?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 16, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Kelce is far from new to the media world. He hosts the \u201c<a  href=\"https:\/\/www.newheightshow.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Heights<\/a>\u201d podcast with brother and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/07\/27\/chiefs-kelce-training-camp-hall-fame\/\" target=\"_self\">Chiefs star Travis Kelce<\/a>. He has also seen his endorsement career take off, appearing in commercials for Tide laundry detergent and Buffalo Wild Wings.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo: Troy Taormina-Imagn Images:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kareem Hunt and Tyreek Hill were teammates on the Kansas City Chiefs and in the 2017 Pro Bowl.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2879,"featured_media":190231,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_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":[32373,7811,9537,9416,2234,1576,1913,297],"class_list":["post-190228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chiefs","tag-carson-steele","tag-chiefs-featured","tag-isiah-pacheco","tag-jason-kelce","tag-kareem-hunt","tag-patrick-mahomes","tag-samaje-perine","tag-tyreek-hill"],"modified_by":"Josh Buckhalter","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190228","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\/2879"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}