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First-round running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire never quite lived up to expectations with the Kansas City Chiefs — turning into a rare draft miss under KC general manager Brett Veach.
And after much trade speculation in recent years, the “CEH” era is finally expected to end with the former LSU playmaker set to hit free agency for the first time in his NFL career in 2024.
“With Jerick McKinnon’s age and injury history, it’s unclear whether or not Veach wants to bring him back for another year,” Arrowhead Pride analyst Mark Gunnels told readers while discussing the RB room on February 24. Adding: “With Clyde Edwards-Helaire, on the other hand, it just feels like it’s time to move on from both parties..”
Although both McKinnon and Edwards-Helaire become free agents this March, the latter is not as likely to return — stuck in an RB3 role behind Isiah Pacheco and McKinnon over the past couple of seasons.
Instead, it’s more probable that Veach and head coach Andy Reid look to replace CEH in the draft, or by promoting a cheaper in-house candidate like former New York Jets draft pick La’Mical Perine, 2023 UDFA Deneric Prince or former Arizona Cardinals draft pick Keaontay Ingram.
“I’m not saying the Chiefs will spend big money on a running back because it just wouldn’t make any sense,” Gunnels added later, concluding: “I do see a world where they could bring back McKinnon on a cheap one-year deal and then draft a guy in the later rounds, a la Pacheco.”
