The biggest questions surrounding KC Chiefs at midseason

The question of health

Look no one wants to jinx anything, but since I’m not superstitious to any real degree, I’m not worried about discussing injuries here.

The Chiefs have endured a number of injuries that have hurt the team in 2021 and we don’t want to ignore those. However, they’ve also been very lucky so far to avoid any sort of season-defining injuries that completely take out some franchises from contention.

So far this year, the Chiefs have lost Frank Clark, Chris Jones, Clyde Edwards-Helaire, Willie Gay Jr., Anthony Hitchens, Lucas Niang, Mike Remmers, Charvarius Ward and more to injury. That’s a tough list and the defense definitely suffered in the first half of the season to try to cobble things together while waiting for everyone to heal. But every one of these injuries was also a few weeks at most—maybe five maximum. That’s a testament to the training staff of the Chiefs, who are keeping the players healthy and ready to go.

Every year in the league, the Super Bowl teams tend to be those who were talented and well-coached while also being lucky enough to remain healthy down the stretch. It doesn’t mean they were without any concerns, but it means those franchises dodged the biggest bullets of all. So far, the Chiefs have done just that and actually look very, very healthy coming into the bye week. That bodes well for answering this question in a positive way, but it’s something no team can ultimately control.