Chiefs news: Eric Fisher returns to practice

The Kansas City Chiefs saw Eric Fisher return to practice on Saturday.

After missing a week of practice after being placed in the team’s concussion protocol, Kansas City Chiefs left tackle Eric Fisher was able to return on Saturday.

On a day where the Chiefs allowed 2,000 season ticket holders the chance to watch practice from socially-distanced spaces around Arrowhead Stadium, Fisher was able to return to practice at least in some capacity after sitting out the last several days with a concussion. The team did state he remains in concussion protocol.

The Chiefs have placed Mike Remmers at left tackle during the reps that Fisher missed this week, revealing that the veteran free agent, who just signed with the team this offseason on a one-year contract, could be playing Cameron Erving‘s old role as the team’s swing tackle.

Fisher has been an iron man at the position ever since the Chiefs first selected him first overall in the 2013 NFL Draft out of Central Michigan. In that first season, Fisher missed two games and then started every single game for the next five years. It wasn’t until the 2019 season, just last year, that the Chiefs were forced to adjust to life without Fisher for any length of time. Unfortunately, he underwent core muscle surgery after dealing with a groin injury, and Fisher was forced to miss 8 games because of it.

In 2018, Fisher made his first Pro Bowl ever as a player and he’ll be looking to rebound to that form once again across from Mitchell Schwartz as the Chiefs attempt to “run it back” in 2020. Fisher, who is still only 29 years old, is under contract through the 2021 season.