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

The are making a change at the running back position Shane Bieber Jersey -- sort of.According to a report from NFL Media, Kansas City is rookie ahead of during the team's Week 7 game against the . CEH, though, is still expected to have a significant role in the offense and see significant snaps.Pacheco, Brad Hand Jersey a seventh-round pick out of Rutgers, has played only 55 offensive snaps so far this season. He has taken 31 carries for 149 yards, with the majority of his work coming late in a Week 1 blowout win over the (12 carries for 62 yards and a touchdown) and while mixing in throughout the Chiefs' Week 4 victory over the (11 carries for 63 yards). In the other four games, he Eddie Robinson Jersey combined for just 24 yards on eight totes. Edwards-Helaire was Kansas City's first-round pick back Nick Wittgren Jersey in 2020, after the Chiefs had defeated the 49ers in Super Bowl LIV. The Chiefs had just won it all with a backfield consisting of undrafted free agents and , plus late-career , so the pick was roundly criticized in some circles for being poor value. Considering the first two picks of the second round were wide receivers and and the Chiefs are now Tyler Clippard Jersey scaling back CEH's responsibilities in favor of a seventh-round rookie, those critics would appear to have had a point.