Chiefs see most stars return to practice
The Kansas City Chiefs put in their last practice of the week before facing the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday, and had everyone on the field except for one man.
While the official injury report has not been released yet (that will be coming later this afternoon), the Chiefs have to feel better today than they did yesterday about Sunday. After placing Jaye Howard on Injured Reserve and seeing defensive lineman Kendall Reyes go from limited to a non-participant, things were getting ugly. Then, Justin Houston didn’t practice, and people went into meltdown mode.
On Friday, the only players who did not practice were Tamba Hali and Dontari Poe. Hali was getting a normal rest day and will be fine for Sunday. Poe is continuing to deal with back spasms, and we will get a designation on him later.
The best news of the day belongs to both Jeremy Maclin and Dee Ford. According to head coach Andy Reid, both men had full practices after being limited on Wednesday and Thursday. Typically speaking, that means they will likely play this weekend.
Tamba Hali (normal), Dontari Poe (back) did not practice. Houston (shoulder) did partial. Maclin (groin), Ford (hamstring) practiced.
— Pete Sweeney (@pgsween) December 2, 2016
Houston was back on the field as well, although he was limited with his shoulder injury. Hopefully he can play. We also don’t see the names of Derrick Johnson, Marcus Peters, Alex Smith or Travis Kelce on the injury report, who all have been on in recent weeks and days. This is huge.
Finally, it appears Steven Nelson will be back this week after dealing with a neck injury. Chris Conley and Mitchell Schwartz were also on the field Friday after being limited on Thursday with Achilles and ankle issues, respectively.
Although it looks like a week off for Poe, there’s a real chance the rest of the team is actually on the field as a unit come Sunday. It would be the most healthy this team has been all year, and just in time for December. Fingers crossed.