The Kansas City Chiefs were beaten physically on the scoreboard last Sunday night against the Green Bay Packers, with essential players going down with injuries. A specific injury that caused plenty of concern was in the defensive secondary regarding starting safety Bryan Cook.
Cook went down with a lower leg issue, which was later revealed to be an ankle injury that had to have him carted off at Lambeau Field. According to a report from ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler on Monday, X-rays returned negative on Cook’s ankle, seemingly avoiding a much more severe injury. During his Monday Zoom press conference with reporters, Chiefs head coach Andy Reid couldn’t confirm Fowler’s report but provided some insight on the situation.
X-ray came back negative on #Chiefs safety Bryan Cook's ankle injury, per source. Will undergo more evaluation today but he did not break his ankle.
— Jeremy Fowler (@JFowlerESPN) December 4, 2023
“He’s had work done on that ankle before, and so that’s kind of what they’re going through right now,” said Reid. “Before anything’s put out there, I don’t want to give you anything either way on that because I don’t know. Because of the work that he’s had done on that ankle, so I’m gonna just save that for later until I can give the facts.”
This season, Cook had 35 tackles, one interception, two pass deflections, and two fumble recoveries.
