Steele carried seven times for 24 yards while playing 14 of the Chiefs' 65 snaps on offense in Sunday's 26-25 win over the Bengals.

Steele is now averaging just 3.0 yards through his first nine NFL carries, but the undrafted rookie out of UCLA could nonetheless be headed for an expanded profile in the Kansas City offense in the weeks to come with lead back Isiah Pacheco (fibula/ankle) expected to land on injured reserve, according to Charles Goldman of AToZSports.com. Along with Steele, Samaje Perine -- who played nine of 65 snaps in Week 2 -- should take on extra work, though the Chiefs may prefer to deploy Perine as more of a change-of-pace or passing-down back. Kansas City will almost certainly add another running back or two to the 53-man roster before Sunday's game in Atlanta to help replace Pacheco, making it difficult to project what exactly Steele's role might look like.