Kansas City Chiefs HC Andy Reid provided media members with some new injury updates on Monday.
After the game on Sunday night, Reid spoke about RB Clyde Edwards-Helaire and DT Chris Jones, but he neglected to mention CB Rashad Fenton, who sat out with a back injury. It’s the third consecutive week with a pregame injury for the Chiefs, and the timing of this one seemed to have more to do with his inactivity than the severity of the injury.
“By the way, I didn’t mention (Rashad) Fenton to you last night with the injury,” Reid began. “Right before the game, he came in and his back had locked up, so we had to sit him down. But again, that was right before we had to turn our (inactive players) slip in.”
It sounds like Fenton could be back in action in the divisional round, but it all will depend on how his back is feeling at the start of and throughout the week of practice. As for other injuries that Reid didn’t mention, Darrel Williams appeared in just eight snaps on Sunday night. He entered the game with a toe injury and that seemed to be bothering him more than the team anticipated when they made him active.
“Darrel (Williams) tried to go, but he was having a hard time pushing off that toe,” Reid said.
As a result, Jerick McKinnon saw the lion’s share of the carries and looked good doing so. He could be in line for more snaps moving forward with Williams dealing with the toe and Clyde Edwards-Helaire still struggling to return to practice due to a shoulder injury.
Edwards-Helaire started off last week with a limited practice before he was downgraded to a non-participant for the final two days. Reid doesn’t quite know what to expect from Edwards-Helaire this week.
“You know what, I haven’t had a chance to talk to him,” Reid said. “I thought we’d be able to do more last week, so I’m just curious to see. I think he almost has to get out on the field to feel that and see where he’s at. But I think he thought he could do more last week, too. It just didn’t work out that way.”
All things considered, the Chiefs are about as healthy as you could hope for at this point of the season. We’ll keep you abreast of any new injury updates when the team returns to practice on Wednesday.
