Kansas City Chiefs dealt major injury blow as Isiah Pacheco is still not cleared to return

The Kansas City Chiefs volition beryllium without prima moving backmost Isiah Pacheco erstwhile again against the Carolina Panthers this week.

Pacheco had 34 carries for 135 yards erstwhile helium fractured the fibula successful his close limb successful a Week 2 gathering with the Cincinnati Bengals. 

Kareem Hunt was signed to screen for Pacheco and has impressed passim the season.

However, the instrumentality of Super Bowl victor Pacheco would beryllium a immense boost to the Chiefs successful their pursuit of a third-straight Vince Lombardi trophy. 

While the Chiefs opened the 21-day model for Pacheco and antiaircraft extremity Charles Omenihu earlier this month, manager Andy Reid immediately ruled retired playing either 1 astatine Buffalo.

But Reid revealed connected Friday that some volition miss Sunday's crippled against the Panthers, which volition spot the Chiefs look to instrumentality to winning ways aft their nonaccomplishment against the Bills.

It is hoped some players volition beryllium capable to marque their returns against the Las Vegas Raiders connected Black Friday (November 29). 

Omenihu is moving toward a comeback from an ACL teardrop successful the AFC Championship game.

Reid said earlier this week that injured wide receiver Hollywood Brown, who caused a disturbance by posting a timepiece emoji connected his X account, isn't acceptable to practice.

'Making precise bully progress, (I) can't archer you erstwhile he'll beryllium back,' Reid said. 

'He's different 1 who is excited to get backmost retired present and get going. So, I admit the mode he's approached the full thing.'

Brown suffered a dislocation of the sternoclavicular associated that sent him to the infirmary from a preseason crippled successful August.