KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs plan to activate running back Isiah Pacheco from the injured reserve list and defensive end Charles Omenihu from the physically unable to play list in time to play in Friday’s game against Las Vegas Raiders. coach Andy Reid said Wednesday.
Pacheco and Omenihu will play, Reid said, “as long as they’re OK. We’ll check again today, try to take it day by day. If they’re OK after today, then we’ll play them.” ”
Pacheco, the Chiefs’ leading rusher the past two seasons, has been on the disabled list since early in the season with a broken leg. Omenihu tore his ACL in last season’s AFC Championship Game and has not played this year.
Kareem Hunt replaced Pacheco as the Chiefs’ featured running back. He leads the Chiefs in rushing with 577 yards and is second on the team in touchdowns with five.
Pacheco rushed for 830 yards as a rookie in 2022 and 935 yards last season. He rushed for 135 yards in two games this season.
Omenihu had seven sacks in 11 games for the Chiefs in 2023, his first season with the team. It would give the Chiefs another pass-rushing option to go along with Chris Jones, George Karlaftis, the recently acquired Joshua Uche and others.
The Chiefs will play the Raiders without rookie kicker Spencer Shrader, who scored the winning field goal last week against the Carolina Panthers in his first game with Kansas City. Shrader has an injured hamstring.
He will be replaced by Matthew Wright, who signed to the practice squad this week. Wright briefly kicked for the Chiefs in 2022.
Chiefs regular kicker Harrison Butker is on injured reserve after undergoing surgery to repair a torn meniscus.
