Davis Mattek told listeners he is happily burning an 18th-round pick on whoever winds up second on the Chiefs’ running-back depth chart, singling out Elijah Mitchell as the most likely winner if the season started today. Mattek reminded everyone that Isiah Pacheco is still recovering from a broken leg he rushed back from in 2024 and that Kansas City has no allegiance to him if a ‘hot hand’ emerges. He rattled off the candidates—Mitchell, Breschard Smith, Kareem Hunt, Deneric Prince and even Darwin Thompson—and said the only reason they are free is pure market uncertainty. In his view, if Hunt had not re-signed, Mitchell’s ADP would already sit in the Trey Benson/Isaac Guerendo tier several rounds earlier. Pacheco’s pedestrian efficiency (4.3 YPC, RB33 in elusive-rating) plus Andy Reid’s willingness to ride a back who flashes means the true RB2 could see 20 touches in any given week or inherit the job outright if Pacheco aggravates the leg. Until beat writers give clarity, Mattek is scooping Chiefs RB2 darts everywhere in Best Ball.