By: Jake Rajala

The Kansas City Chiefs possess a greek god-like quarterback in Patrick Mahomes, but it shouldn’t overshadow their other talent in the backfield. They have a superb running back duo with Clyde Edwards-Helaire and Ronald Jones. CEH had a bit of a bumpy sophomore season — as he only accumulated 646 total yards and 6 combined touchdowns. It should be noted that he missed seven games last season. The Chiefs 2021 first round pick garnered a pedestrian 64.3 grade by PFF. He will set his sights on bouncing back and even squashing his rookie statistics (1,100 total yds and 5 total TDs) in 2022.

R-Jo’s best season came in 2020 — where he ran angry for 978 rushing yds (including an 98-yard TD) and 7 rushing TDs. He posted the sixth best RB grade by PFF in the same season. Jones unveiled 428 rushing yds and 4 rushing TDs last season. PFF also gave him an 62.3 grade for his 2021 performance.

The Chiefs will also anticipate production from Jerick McKinnon — as he quietly made an impact for KC in the recent post-season — as he notched 300+ all-purpose yds. Jet signed a one-year deal to return to the Chiefs this off-season. Derrick Gore may be the odd man out, but he could stay on the practice squad. Gore had 256 rushing yards and 105 receiving yards last season.

The Chiefs had the 16th ranked rushing offense last season. They could certainly improve to a Top-10 rushing attack with R-Jo in their mix. A succesful Chiefs rushing attack in 2022 might just pin the Chiefs as Super Bowl LVII favorites.

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By: Jake Rajala

It’s safe to say that a large portion of the NFL world believes the Kansas City Chiefs transitioned into the Avengers team at the beginning of Avengers: End Game after Tyreek Hill was delivered to Miami. They may have lost a bit of their Super Bowl 54 pixy dust after Hill departed, but I believe they could absolutely still return to the SB next season. With that said, I’m going to simply untwine three reasons why KC could return to the SB in the 2022-2023 season.

WR talent

Outside of the Chiefs exhibiting a greek god-like character in Travis Kelce, the Chiefs actually brought in a few fascinating WR faces this off-season. JuJu Smith-Schuster will surely look to unveil production similar to his 2018 season as the new WR1. The rookie Skyy Moore can be an excellent YAC player in Andy Reid’s offense. MVS is an excellent deep threat (17.5 career Y/C) and Josh Gordon might be a diamond in the rough, as a low-risk signing ($1.2 million in 2022).

JuJu Smith’s career season in 2018: 111 receptions, 1,426 yds, and 7 touchdowns

Tyreek Hill’s career season in 2018: 87 receptions, 1,479 yds, and 12 touchdowns

RB position

The Chiefs quietly have one of the most talented 1-2 RB tandems in the NFL. I expect Clyde Edwards-Helaire to return fresh (7 missed games last season) and be highly motivated for his third season in the league. Ronald Jones is an upgrade over Jerick “Jet” McKinnon and he should be an x-factor in the Chiefs offense (1,143 all-purpose yds and 8 total touchdowns in 2020). It will be vital that the Chiefs can have a lethal rushing attack in all four quarters against opponents like Cincinnati and Buffalo. R-Jo could have certainly helped the Chiefs bury the Bengals in the recent post-season contest.

Chris Jones

The Chiefs have one of the NFL’s unearthly defensive linemen in Chris Jones. The Chiefs DT has made the Pro Bowl in each of the past three seasons, despite not making the Pro Bowl in his 15.5 sack season (which took place in 2018). I fully expect the soon-to-be 28-year-old Jones to continue to be the biggest stud for the Tyrann Mathieu-less Chiefs defense. If Jones could be joined by a friend in Jadeveon Clowney, it would really be hard for other ascending AFC signal-callers to go blow for blow with Mahomes.

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