Chiefs fans baffled by Isiah Pacheco’s mysterious disappearing act

Kansas City Chiefs running back Isiah Pacheco has a single forced missed tackle across the team's two losses to open up the 2025 NFL campaign. One. Pacheco's elusiveness and speed have waned since fracturing his right fibula early last season. He appeared no worse for wear and ready to return to pre-injury form by virtually all accounts this past offseason. Chiefs head coach Andy Reid declared that the 2022 seventh-round pick "looked tremendous" in late May (h/t The Kansas City Star's Sam McDowell). However, Reid and the Kansas City media's optimism hasn't come to fruition thus far this year. Pacheco's production (or lack thereof) and the good ol' eye test don't resemble the player that led the Chiefs in rushing in 2022 and 2023. Yet, internally, no one seems to understand why the talented young tailback hasn't regained his footing. Per Dan Graziano of ESPN, members within the Chiefs' organization are "puzzled by [their] struggles in the run game." Moreover, Kansas City believed Pacheco was "his old self in