Pacheco To Start Today - Nice Article

[mildone]

Chiefs to start rookie RB Isiah Pacheco over Clyde Edwards-Helaire vs. 49ers

Chiefs rookie RB Isiah Pacheco took the first-team reps in practice this week and is expected to be the starter over Clyde Edwards-Helaire, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reports.

www.nfl.com

 

[mdk01]

Nice article. And it's emphasis on pass pro is telling.

 

[jtung230]

Should I start him in FFL?

 

[knightfan7]

Should I start him in FFL?

I know NOTHING about Fantasy Football but I'll just throw this out.

SF is #1 in Total Defense and #2 behind Buffalo in Rushing Defense at 87.5 YPG. Any RB may have tough sledding vs their Defense.

 

[ashokan]

"What Pacheco barely showed in college was the ability to catch out of the backfield, rarely going out on routes and catching just 13 passes during his season season at Rutgers."

THAT is what I dislike about Schiano's beans-n-franks offenses - and it never really changes no matter the OC.
I remember when Rice was on verge of NFL draft, and many of the draft gurus were saying Rice couldn't catch out of the backfield since he only had 37 receptions in career at RU.
Then in NFL play Rice had receiving seasons with 78, 76, 63, 61, 58 receptions.
Britt went over 50 receptions just once in 10 years - and he had 5150 yds while Rice had 3,050 in six years.
RU leaves money on the table with the stingy passes to RBs (and while there is often no long passing game)

As for blocking - I always said Pacehco was the best blocking RB I ever saw in college after Zeke Elliot. I'm not surprised KC would start him vs SF with Mahomes passing game. Wonder if Turay gets in with SF

 

[mdk01]

"What Pacheco barely showed in college was the ability to catch out of the backfield, rarely going out on routes and catching just 13 passes during his season season at Rutgers."

THAT is what I dislike about Schiano's beans-n-franks offenses - and it never really changes no matter the OC.
I remember when Rice was on verge of NFL draft, and many of the draft gurus were saying Rice couldn't catch out of the backfield since he only had 37 receptions in career at RU.
Then in NFL play Rice had receiving seasons with 78, 76, 63, 61, 58 receptions.
Britt went over 50 receptions just once in 10 years - and he had 5150 yds while Rice had 3,050 in six years.
RU leaves money on the table with the stingy passes to RBs (and while there is often no long passing game)

As for blocking - I always said Pacehco was the best blocking RB I ever saw in college after Zeke Elliot. I'm not surprised KC would start him vs SF with Mahomes passing game. Wonder if Turay gets in with SF

The fact that Leonard was also catching passes out of the backfield held Rice's numbers down a bit.

 

[Tango Two]

Chiefs to start rookie running back Isiah Pacheco Sunday

According to NFL Network Ian Rapoport, the Kansas City Chiefs will be making a change at the running back position and will start rookie Isaiah Pacheco.

fox4kc.com

 

[PSAL_Hoops]

We needed Pacheco’s blocking on pass plays. The OL was dreadful. That’s why.

 

[RUChoppin]

Gus Edwards also started today, and is doing well so far. Have we ever had two NFL starting RBs on the same day before?

 

[RUtix4me]

Chiefs to start rookie RB Isiah Pacheco over Clyde Edwards-Helaire vs. 49ers

Chiefs rookie RB Isiah Pacheco took the first-team reps in practice this week and is expected to be the starter over Clyde Edwards-Helaire, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reports.

www.nfl.com

congrats to him, good day for former RU running backs

 

[T2Kplus20]

Chiefs to start rookie RB Isiah Pacheco over Clyde Edwards-Helaire vs. 49ers

Chiefs rookie RB Isiah Pacheco took the first-team reps in practice this week and is expected to be the starter over Clyde Edwards-Helaire, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reports.

www.nfl.com

congrats to him, good day for former RU running backs

The only thing that can hold Pacheco back is RU's O-Line! :)

 

[motorb54]

I'm hoping to see a
Burton block that springs Pacheco for a big gainer

 

[leftoright]

Who's watching? Great kick off return called back, but he looks good.

 

[G- RUnit]

Loved Starting Backfield announced:

Burton
Pacheco

 

[mildone]

Competitive game so far.

 

[leftoright]

49 kick off return

 

[Knight Shift]

The rookie out of [COLOR=%s]Rutgers[/COLOR] with an explosive return!"-

 

[mildone]

Kid can play.

 

[hoquat63]

Nice 17 yard run

 

[Knight Shift]

"You gotta see why they are so high on the rookie out of Rutgers." "Three time captain at Rutgers." After 17 yard run.

 

[Knight Shift]

SJD on fire-did not want to start a new thread:



Harmon with Pick 6:

 

[mildone]

KC looked pretty good today, playing against what is supposed to be a really good D. Pacheco looked great. KC must be thinking they got a steal with him.

 

[mildone]

SJD on fire-did not want to start a new thread:

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Harmon with Pick 6:

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Good day for RUFB in the NFL.

 

[Knight Shift]

Good day for RUFB in the NFL.

Gus the Bus had 2 TDs too, I think (at least one).

 

[RUsig]

Does anyone know the last time two RU runnings back started at the same time in the NFL, if ever?

 

[mdk01]

Does anyone know the last time two RU runnings back started at the same time in the NFL, if ever?

For the same team? No. Did Rice and Leonard?

 

[RUsig]

Diff. teams. Leonard was generally a full back, not sure if he started any games as a RB1.

 

[Rokodesh]

I think leonard had some games where he got carries for the Rams

 

[LETSGORU91]

Gus Edwards also started today, and is doing well so far. Have we ever had two NFL starting RBs on the same day before?

Two RBs starting on the same day? Someone mentioned Burton and Pacheco were announced as starters....on the same team!! That's quite a feat!

 

[RUChoppin]

Two RBs starting on the same day? Someone mentioned Burton and Pacheco were announced as starters....on the same team!! That's quite a feat!

Burton is a fullback, though. So two starting running backs and a starting fullback on the same day.

Did Leonard ever start as a running back on the same day that Rice started as a running back?

 

[RUChoppin]

Burton is a fullback, though. So to starting running backs and a starting fullback on the same day.

Did Leonard ever start as a running back on the same day that Rice started as a running back?

Answered my own question. It happened twice, once on 11/22/2009 and once on 11/17/2013.

 

[RUforJERSEY]

Odd thing is in spite of starting Pacheco only got 9 offensive snaps. Edwards-Helaire and McKinnon combined for 52.

 

[RUsig]

Odd thing is in spite of starting Pacheco only got 9 offensive snaps. Edwards-Helaire and McKinnon combined for 52.

Of course that happened, I saw the news and started Pacheco on my fantasy team and left Gus on the bench. 😂

 

[RUChoppin]

Odd thing is in spite of starting Pacheco only got 9 offensive snaps. Edwards-Helaire and McKinnon combined for 52.

From the box score, it looked like Pacheco got the plurality of snaps and yards, but overall usage was fairly balanced across several guys. Looking at players who had rushing attempts, Pacheco had 8 rushes/targets, Edwards-Helaire had 7, Hardman had 6, and McKinnon had 5.

Hopefully he starts seeing more touches as the season progresses.

 

[RUforJERSEY]

From the box score, it looked like Pacheco got the plurality of snaps and yards, but overall usage was fairly balanced across several guys. Looking at players who had rushing attempts, Pacheco had 8 rushes/targets, Edwards-Helaire had 7, Hardman had 6, and McKinnon had 5.

Hopefully he starts seeing more touches as the season progresses.

This is where I got it from. The NFL Network's weekly game summaries.


Chiefs' backfield shakeup ends up having interesting effect. In classic Andy Reid form, the Chiefs opted to make a switch at running back, starting Isiah Pacheco over Clyde Edwards-Helaire ... and then barely played Pacheco. He received nine offensive snaps and carried the ball eight times for 43 yards, although a few of those came late in a game that was already academic. Edwards-Helaire, meanwhile, had an efficient game with a 16-yard TD (set up by a brilliant Pacheco kick return) and 32 yards on his six carries, playing a team-high 27 offensive snaps among the backs. Right behind him was Jerick McKinnon, who had a bit of a revenge game, with 25 snaps. He ended the game with only four touches but made the most of them, including a back-breaking 34-yard screen (on third-and-20!) to set up Justin Watson's third-quarter score. The Chiefs received contributions from all three backs Sunday, as Reid's latest offensive tweak provided a big boost to a group that needed it.

 

[RUChoppin]

This is where I got it from. The NFL Network's weekly game summaries.


Chiefs' backfield shakeup ends up having interesting effect. In classic Andy Reid form, the Chiefs opted to make a switch at running back, starting Isiah Pacheco over Clyde Edwards-Helaire ... and then barely played Pacheco. He received nine offensive snaps and carried the ball eight times for 43 yards, although a few of those came late in a game that was already academic. Edwards-Helaire, meanwhile, had an efficient game with a 16-yard TD (set up by a brilliant Pacheco kick return) and 32 yards on his six carries, playing a team-high 27 offensive snaps among the backs. Right behind him was Jerick McKinnon, who had a bit of a revenge game, with 25 snaps. He ended the game with only four touches but made the most of them, including a back-breaking 34-yard screen (on third-and-20!) to set up Justin Watson's third-quarter score. The Chiefs received contributions from all three backs Sunday, as Reid's latest offensive tweak provided a big boost to a group that needed it.

Got it. Sounds like the other backs are seen as being more reliable in protection, and Pacheco was in primarily for running plays.

 

[czxqa]

Got it. Sounds like the other backs are seen as being more reliable in protection, and Pacheco was in primarily for running plays.

I suspect it's more that the other two are also receivers out of the backfield. Chiefs are a passing offense first.