• Isiah Pacheco gains some competition: Injuries to Pacheco ruined a promising start to the 2024 season. Now, he must share the backfield with Kareem Hunt, Elijah Mitchell and Brashard Smith, and ideally beat them all in training camp to remain a fantasy starter.
  
• Can the Kansas City Chiefs‘ offense improve?: The Chiefs used to be a consistent top team in points per game, but the last two seasons, they were closer to average. If the team is playing better, that should lead to more rushing touchdowns by whoever ends up leading the Chiefs' backfield.
  
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Player performance

Isiah Pacheco was a seventh-round pick in 2022 but managed to earn the Chiefs' starting running back job by Week 7 of his rookie season. He received double-digit carries most weeks but was rarely used at the goal line, while Jerick McKinnon was the receiving back and primary backup, leading McKinnon to have the 12th-most points per game from Week 7 on, compared to the 38th-most for Pacheco.

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