Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid spoke to the media on Monday for his first Zoom press conference since the bye week. He expressed his appreciation for the immediate impact of Kareem Hunt’s return to the Chiefs offense.
“I mentioned before that he (Kareem Hunt) came back in pretty good shape other than not having played football, and that’s held true to this point. He’s been able to do a good job in practice when he was on the scout team,” said Reid. “Then, he worked through that (and) he was able to get in the game. We started him off relatively slow and then increased it, and he was able to handle both of those things. We’ll just see how the game goes, but I feel comfortable with him carrying the ball. We had (Carson) Steele backing him up there (and) he had a few carries that were productive, so we’re in pretty good shape there.”
Hunt gave the team an impressive performance in the Week 5 victory over the New Orleans Saints. The 29-year-old carried the ball 27 times in his first start of the season, tallying 102 yards; Reid mentioned the possibility of a returning Clyde Edwards-Helaire this week to help with a share of the workload.
“He’ll (Clyde Edwards-Helaire) be back in tomorrow. We’ll be able to talk to him then,” said Reid. “I haven’t had the chance to talk to him here, so I want to just get with him first before I put anything out there publicly. We’re awful glad to have him here.”
Edwards-Helaire hasn’t played this season as he continues to deal with PTSD, and the Chiefs are remaining patient and more focused on his mental health above everything else.