ESPN’s Nate Taylor believes the Chiefs could alter their running game to move away from run-pass option plays.

01 March 2026

Taylor writes that the Chiefs led the league in run-pass option plays last year and the results were poor. New OC Eric Bieniemy just spent time in Chicago with one of the most varied run attacks in the game and is expected to “revamp” the Chiefs run blocking scheme. Getting away from the RPO game would give Kansas City’s linemen more space to operate in and let them potentially push open bigger holes without the fear of a penalty for illegal man downfield.