Raiders injury report: Gareon Conley, Corey Liuget questionable vs. Chiefs

The Kansas City Chiefs and Oakland Raiders are ready to kick off Week 2. Here are the full injury reports for each team as they prepare for their first divisional contest.

We’re only one week into the regular season, and some teams are already piling up the injuries. As the Kansas City Chiefs prepare to visit the Oakland Raiders in their Week 2 contest, both teams are dealing with lingering and new injuries that will create concerns and alter coaching strategies for this AFC West showdown.

For the home team, cornerback Gareon Conley is questionable after suffering a scary neck injury—at least at the time—in the team’s Week 1 win over the Denver Broncos. The fact that Conley is even questionable is a major step forward given that fears were initially much greater for Conley’s condition going forward.

The Raiders are also without Johnathan Abram, their starting rookie safety, after he suffered a rotator cuff injury. He required surgery and was placed on injured reserve earlier this week. If Conley is unable to go, those are two major holes in the secondary against the best passing offense in football.

Elsewhere, the front line could be without longtime Chargers lineman Corey Liuget, who is questionable with a knee injury. Liuget was limited in practice all week long. On the offensive side, J.J. Nelson, a new wide receiver who came over from the Arizona Cardinals in free agency, has already been declared out for the game as an ankle injury heals up.

For the Chiefs, starting left tackle Eric Fisher is being called a “longshot” to go after suffering a groin injury in practice late in the week. His status is questionable and the idea of missing a game for Fisher is a rarity given that he last missed a start in the 2013 season—his rookie campaign. The Chiefs are also without star wide receiver Tyreek Hill, who is “week to week” with a sternoclavicular dislocation.