Who wins the RB3 job?
 

Veach seemed to indicated the plan is to let the 2 UDFAs battle it out with Ingram and Prince.

Emani Bailey
Carson Steele
Keaonte Ingram
Deneric Prince

Who wins?

CEH

He's locked in as RB2.

Of that list Ingram is actually a really good fit....

There will also be some RB's that get cut before the year so it may be someone not here at the moment.

Yeah I think Ingram would get my vote

I think Carson Steele might compliment Pacheco and CEH the best in regards to being a true short yardage back, also seems to have a nose for the endzone. The RB3 spot will probably go to the back who can offer the most on special teams.

None of the guys on the roster right now have the talent of McKinnon per say to really steal reps, I would rank them as:

1. Deneric Prince
2. Keonte Ingram
3. Carson Steele
4. Amani Bailey

Could be so wrong though.

Sounds like pass protection will be a big deciding factor.

I've seen Bailey praised for his pass pro, and he runs eerily similar to Pacheco (but smaller).

I kind of think it'll be him if they don't bring somebody else in before camp or after cuts.

Could we trade for Derrick Henry?
He'd be a good RB3.


.......Prince or Ingram. Battle it out in camp/preseason.

I have thought La'Mical Perine had a shot at the McKinnon role. He showed a bit of pass pro ability, had some pop, and showed he could catch out of the backfield in his limited opportunities. I think it will come down to him or Bailey over the summer and through camp.

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I honestly wonder how is RAS score is so ****ing bad.

It doesn't make any sense when you watch the tape. He looks much faster and explosive than his measurables would indicate.

No love for Rugby guy?

I feel he's our kickoff return guy to go along with emergency RB/WR person if people go down, although I do think Andy will dream up some screen play/wheel route shit specifically for him at some point.

Ask this question again in 12 months.

None of the above...Steele is the only one that has a prayer of chipping a DE. My $ would be on picking up a cut in August. I would love to see Bailey on the practice squad and replace CEH next year, at least he offers something.

Jerick McKinnon

He will have an exempt spot, right? Or is it too late because the tackle got it and the designation can't be transferred? These rules are getting to be of soccer complexity.

Bailey was pretty good in college

Yeah I don't care if they're calling him a RB now, he's not going to be one.

I love Jet as much as the next guy, but it just feels like his time is done here.

Keep his number handy if injuries take a toll throughout the season, for sure.

Rumors were is he may retire, if he does decide to. Hell of a career for Jet McKinnon. Will always appreciate his time here and what he’s done for us. His pass blocking was incredible

Xavier Worthy getting his # is a pretty good indicator that he won't be back...

Hopefully CEH

Wow. Figured there'd be a veteran still worth picking up but the market is absolutely barren.

Was wondering why he wasn’t in the list.

Could see somebody worth adding shake loose after cuts, but yea, there's nothing there today.z

Veach didn't even mention him, which doesn't bode well...

So dude not on the roster

You can see this so much on his tape. He’s also very shifty and quick. Kinda Kareem Hunt like.

He’s the classic case of bad testing but plays faster type guy.

Will be really fun to see in camp

Yeah, he found his groove with us for sure.

https://www.pro-football-reference.c...M/McKiJe00.htm

And I’m sorry, bringing back CEH was a mistake and will cost us at some point next season. Just because Clyde didn’t suck last year didn’t mean we should bring him back. I’ve never seen a RB go down so easily after initial contact or run down from behind.

If he hadn't been brought back we'd literally have 1 RB right now...

Prince or Ingram probably have the most upside but Prince doesn’t seem to have a good feel for the game and he doesn’t use his size. I’d guess that Ingram would be the favorite. Ingram is a 220 lbs back that ran a 4.5 40 and has good experience at usc and Texas, a highly recruited back. He flashed for the cards at times but hasn’t been able to put it all together.

I like Matt Breida as a McKinnon replacement. He could experience a similar career revival with the chiefs like jet did.

He changed his style a fair bit this year. I'm pretty sure at the coaches behest. He's not trying to hit homeruns anymore, no more dancing, whatever. Just go. He's not here to rack up huge yards and be a weapon. Just go get the tough yards.

And he did a fine job of that. And I've always been comfortable with him catching the ball.

I wish we had better talent to push him off, but it's hard for me to take it from the WR or secondary rooms.

Or they would have picked someone up or drafted someone...?

Hopefully Bailey can take the 2nd RB spot. Don't really care who's RB3 but CEH shouldn't be RB2 for sure.

When you have the opportunity to bring back a 3.2 YPC bruiser who can run into the back of his line and be stuffed for 2 yard gains, you take it.

It wasn't a mistake if they were bringing him back as the #3. Since it seems like they are counting on him to be the #2, that would be the mistake. If Pacheco goes down, it's going to be very difficult if CEH is all we have left. I don't think they're planning to let our new rugby player do anything but return kicks this year, but who knows, he might shock them and earn some playing time.

There will always be guys on the street, and I'm sure that's their logic here. Let the young guys fight it out and if none of them look like they can handle a real role, you'll probably see someone brought in.

What happened to Ealy? ...I liked him in the draft that year and was stoked we grabbed him as UDFA.

I still think players should do Combine and Pro Day workouts in full pads. 1000% more accurate if you ask me.

Probably won't happen because the Ravens would need a new QB2.

Not sure if he'll be RB3 or our new FB, but I would be willing to bet that Steele makes the roster unless he has no Pass Pro ability.

I think Bailey has a real shot at it if he buckles down and works his tail off at camp. His last year in college was better than any year Pacheco had and his physical and mental traits look solid.

Carson Steele looks like a very good fullback in waiting imo. I hope Andy develops him there because if everything goes right I think he could be a Kyke Juszczyk type of guy moving forward.

Fine, simply save him for the post-season where he averaged 4.8.

Define “cost us”? As in we’ll lose a game we would’ve won if he wasn’t in there and some other relatively random guy was? Because I’m not sure any backup RB has that much power on a team as offensively stacked as this one.

It would be the ugliest-looking SB victory to date...

Great point.

Chiefs win SB

Chief Fan: "Yeah, but, our backup running back..."

What a time to be a Chiefs fan! We are actually talking about RB3.

A discussion on RB3?

Tell me you’ve won back-to-back SB’s, without telling me you’ve won back-to-back SB’s…

:)

LMAO

After watching a couple of videos, I think Emani Bailey could possibly be good competition for it.

He joins Clark, Marquez on the mount Rushmore of "Useless in the Regular Season".

LRZ

Could we get a 4th Chief up there or do we need to borrow Alcides Escobar?

we really have it made

Steelers passing on Najee Harris… is there anything left after 5 years?

Maybe KC would bite for 5 Mil if they throw in Brooke Pryor.

Really don't care at this point, our new stable of prospects look promising... hopefully someone is man enough to relegate CEH to 3

God bless him, he gave us some very redemptive moments last year but we clearly need an upgrade at 2

How did you all forget CJ Spiller??!?!??!

What's LAZ up to these days? Heard he can still run a sub 20 second 40...