Dontari Poe out for training camp with back injury
The Kansas City Chiefs have a major problem on their hands already. Nose tackle Dontari Poe is going to miss all of training camp and likely some games after suffering a herniated disc during the offseason program. Poe had the surgery on July 15 and now begins his rehab, according to multiple reports.
Reid says Poe's back problems started in OTAs.
— RIP Terez A. Paylor (@TerezPaylor) July 28, 2015
Reid says DeVito and Nunez-Roches also got some work at nose in OTAs.
— RIP Terez A. Paylor (@TerezPaylor) July 28, 2015
Reid thinks it will be sometime early in the season for Poe
— Arrowhead Pride (@ArrowheadPride) July 28, 2015
Poe will be in meetings all camp long and will be rehabilitating. Andy Reid said Jaye Howard will take reps there for the time being.
— Pete Sweeney (@pgsween) July 28, 2015
This is devastating if Poe is out for any length of time. The Chiefs can likely get by for a few weeks without Poe, but losing him for a month, or more, would probably spell doom. Poe eats up double-teams and forces the opposing offensive line to block Justin Houston and Tamba Hali with one man. Now, teams can kick out and block in an entirely different fashion.