JuJu Smith-Schuster, Marquez Valdes-Scantling sit out Chiefs practice

The Kansas City Chiefs are without a few of their top wide receivers in practice on Wednesday as they prepare for the Chargers.

As the Kansas City Chiefs prepare themselves for a road trip to Los Angeles to visit the Chargers at SoFi Stadium in Week 11, their own injury report is beginning to mirror that of their hosts. Coming into practice on Wednesday in their week of preparation, the Chiefs are missing multiple wide receivers including three of their top four.

Wide receivers JuJu Smith-Schuster, Mecole Hardman, and Marquez Valdes-Scantling are all sitting out of practice for the Chiefs on Wednesday as the team looks ahead. Smith-Schuster remains in the team’s concussion protocol, while Hardman and MVS are both dealing with an illness.

Hardman sat out the team’s last game and both Smith-Schuster and Valdes-Scantling left the game with injuries. The latter was able to return, but now MVS is sitting out of practice a few days later so it’s impossible to get a read on availability at this stage, at least with any certainty.

The Chiefs were also missing cornerback Chris Lammons in the concussion protocol as well.

As the week moves forward, the Chargers will also be watching their own wide receiver room knowing they’ve been waiting on high-ticket receivers like Mike Williams and Keenan Allen to come back from a high ankle sprain and a hamstring, respectively.

If the Chiefs can’t get any/all of the three players back by Sunday night, they still have a surprising amount of pass catchers for Patrick Mahomes. Travis Kelce at tight end is always a go-to target for Mahomes, but Kadarius Toney looked great in his second game with the team last weekend. In addition, Justin Watson has come up big in the past and Skyy Moore was the team’s second-round pick who has been largely pushed out by competition so far. That list doesn’t include anyone in the backfield or at tight end behind Kelce.