Chiefs sign SF RB Elijah Mitchell

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by RunKC

Can’t believe there are people that want Kareem Hunt or Samaje Perine back.

Good ****ing God man. Am I the only one who saw how slow and godawful our RB room was last year without Pacheco? These guys were as fast as Derrick Nnadi with the ball in their hands.

Mitchell is a 1 year depth piece. He’s not gonna be starting. And by midseason he’ll likely be RB3 behind Pacheco and whoever this team drafts.

He’s a young explosive playmaker with elite speed that will likely get 10 or so snaps a game at most. And $3 million is an inflated 2024 $2 million. This was a good move.

This team badly needed speed. The offense was painfully slow and the SB more than exposed that.

You solve some problems but also create others. In a third down role perine had a terrific nose for the first down marker. Hunts days as a bellcow are done but he was automatic in short yardage which we haven’t had in years. The problems last year had more to do with Pacheco regressing than these guys not playing their role. But I agree… we do need more speed and we’ve got a lot of RBs in the room and ideally we can find guys who can fill multiple roles.

[MahomesMagic]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

You solve some problems but also create others. In a third down role perine had a terrific nose for the first down marker. Hunts days as a bellcow are done but he was automatic in short yardage which we haven’t had in years. The problems last year had more to do with Pacheco regressing than these guys not playing their role. But I agree… we do need more speed and we’ve got a lot of RBs in the room and ideally we can find guys who can fill multiple roles.

Mitchell is not a 3rd down back or short yardage guy.

We do need a guy that can get that yard and a guy that can catch still.