The running back looked frustrated last season when he lost the starting job, even skipping the Super Bowl championship parade.
KANSAS CITY — It was like old times for Clyde Edwards-Helaire during most offseason practices with the Kansas City Chiefs. He took his place as the starting running back, just as he had done for much of the time since the Chiefs they selected him in the first round of 2020.
It was easy to think that nothing had changed for Edwards-Helaire but, in fact, you have been enough. He lost his starting job last year to rookie Isiah Pacheco even before suffering a high ankle sprain that sidelined him for half a season.
He was inactive for the victory of the Chiefs in it Super Bowl LVII Over the Philadelphia Eagles, even after being activated from injured reserve. The Chiefs they decided this spring not to activate the option on his fifth year of his rookie contract, meaning he could be about to start his final season with the club.
Without Isiah Pacheco and Jerick McKinnon in offseason practices, the Chiefs had no choice but to give Clyde Edwards-Helaire a lot of work. AP Photo
Edwards-Helaire was working with the headlines at the start of the campaign break just because Pacheco rehabilitates after surgery and another runner, Jerick McKinnonI was not participating.
Once Pacheco y McKinnon are back in training camp, Edwards-Helaire he could hope to return to his third place on the roster order, at best. Edwards-Helaire said shortly after the Chiefs his off-season practice sessions would wrap up that he would worry about his future later.
For now, he will focus on being a more consistent producer than he was in his first three years of NFL.
“I can’t think two years from now or where I’ll be in 12 months,” he declared. Edwards-Helaire. “He would really come and figure things out and see what he could work on, and from there, move on.
“I know what I have to do to be able to get on the field and the things I need to do this year.”
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One important thing for Edwards-Helaire is to stay healthy. In each of his three seasons, he was interrupted by an injury that forced him to miss at least three games.
Even when he was in the lineup, Edwards-Helaire It wasn’t as productive as expected. Chiefs when it was selected. He led the Chiefs rushing as a rookie with 803 yards, but was second with 517 yards behind Darrel Williams in 2021 and third with 302 yards behind Pacheco y del quarterback Patrick Mahomes Last season.
He also made little impact as a wide receiver, collecting 72 passes over three seasons.
Edwards-Helaire he seemed frustrated with what happened last season. He was absent from the championship parade of the Chiefsthough he said that was due to a prior engagement.
“I wouldn’t say it was a roller coaster,” he said. Edwards-Helaire. “I wouldn’t even say it was one of the hardest things. You go through something, you figure it out.
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“You bring into focus what you need to focus on and stick with it. You can’t really aim for the stars if you don’t aim for the things that take you to the stars. You have to go through some planets and other things to get where you want to be. There were some challenges and challenges over time, but I was never out”.
The running coach, Todd Pinkstonadmitted that Edwards-Helaire he had been upset by what happened last season, but said he put it behind him when offseason work began.
“His mentality is totally different,” he noted. Pinkston. “I told him to hit the reset button and start from scratch and we’d go from there.”
Sin Pachecoinjured, and with McKinnon absent from practices due to his advanced age, for a runner (31), the Chiefs they had few alternatives except to give a lot of work to Edwards-Helaire. The other runners are Deneric Princean undrafted rookie and La’Mical Perinewho joined the practice squad of the Chiefs last year during the playoffs.
“It was great for him to get all the reps he got,” explained the head coach. Andy Reid. “He did a good job with it. Obviously, he’s talented.”
Edwards-Helaire time passed after Super Bowl working with two of his assistant coaches at the collegiate level to LSUthe former runner of the NFL, Kevin Faulky Tommie Robinson. The goal was to make him the player he was in LSU.
“I worked on some of the things we did in college,” he described Edwards-Helaire. “Those guys are the ones who know me best. They saw who I was in college; they identified who I was during that time. They saw me in high school because they were the ones recruiting me. They gave me a lot of pointers here and there, and then we evaluated it. and we work on it.”
When Pacheco y McKinnon come back to training, there might not be much time available to Edwards-Helaire. Pacheco y McKinnon They were important players for the Chiefs Last season.
But the Chiefs They’ve needed to dig deep into their roster order at running back because of injuries in recent years. If the next campaign is similar, Edwards-Helaire you could end up playing quite a bit.
“We are going to require that monster with three, four heads,” he declared. “It’s a 17-game campaign.”
2023-07-20 04:00:36
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