Andy Reid: Kareem Hunt "huge" in NFL

Andy Reid: Kareem Hunt "huge" in NFL News

Kareem Hunt bungled on his first-since forever NFL convey. He more than compensated for the misstep on his following 21 touches. 

In spite of losing the football on the Chiefs' first hostile snap of the 2017 season, mentor Andy Reid stayed with his tenderfoot running back and was remunerated enormously in Kansas City's 42-27 prevail upon the New England Patriots on Thursday night. 

Chase's 246 yards from scrimmage was the most ever by a player in their NFL make a big appearance. The Chiefs' third-round pick scrambled for 148 yards on 17 helps and included 98 more yards through the air on five gets. 

"We were going as Kareem was going," quarterback Alex Smith said of Hunt, who additionally scored three touchdowns. "He was truly a major lump of the offense today around evening time. For a youthful person, we put a ton on him in all features of the diversion today around evening time and he could deal with it. So surely caps off to him in both those zones, not simply physically but rather I mean he could deal with the course of action, so that was an a good representative for him." 

Anquan Boldin had already held the stamp for most scrimmage yards by a youngster in their first NFL diversion, however Hunt's epic frolic overshadowed Boldin's 2003 exertion by 29. 

The full back, who earned the main part of the running back snaps due to Spencer Ware's season-finishing damage, was relentless. He had a 58-yard run. He had a 78-yard touchdown gathering. He broke handles and kept running by Patriots safeguards. Toward the finish of the night, no New England player brought him down for a misfortune on any of his touches. 

"Our freshman running back simply made a huge showing with regards to," mentor Andy Reid said. "It began only a tad bit insecure yet it was all heart. I mean he was making a decent attempt, attempted perhaps a stage too hard and the ball flew out, yet I am glad for him for getting appropriate back on it and making a decent showing with regards to." 

Chase mishandled only one time in 855 endeavors in his four-year vocation at Toledo, however he recouped it. While he couldn't bounce on the ball he lost on his first NFL endeavor, it's sheltered to state he recuperated all around ok to help lead the Chiefs to a miracle in the group's opener. 

"We're similar to the underdogs and a ton people didn't have confidence in us and we as a whole needed to quiet the group and turn out with a major win and stun individuals," Hunt said after the amusement. "Stun the world."