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After the Kansas City Chiefs’ first practice of the week on Wednesday, Andy Reid provided his usual post-practice injury report to media members. The team had a new injury to report on Wednesday and it doesn’t bode well for an already dire situation for the team. In addition to the back injury suffered by RT Mike Remmers during the game on Sunday, starting left tackle Eric Fisher sat out practice with a back issue on Wednesday.
“Really today, Fish (Eric Fisher) had a tight back and didn’t practice,” Reid said. “(Mike) Remmers, likewise, had a tight back. He didn’t practice.”
Remmers suffered his injury after about playing 60% of the snaps on Sunday against the Dolphins. Undrafted rookie Yasir Durant finished the game in his place, playing 24 snaps and earning some praise from Reid for his performance. Fisher finished the game without exiting, playing 100% of the snaps.
If both players were unable to play on Sunday, the team would likely be looking at Durant and practice squad OL Bryann Witzmann as their starters at the tackle position. It’s possible that starting RG Andrew Wylie could flex out and play tackle as well. It’s not an ideal situation and puts the Chiefs in a compromising position heading into a very tough matchup with the New Orleans Saints.
In addition to these injuries on the offensive side of the ball, LB Damien Wilson wasn’t present at practice to start the week. He missed the previous week with a knee injury.
“And then Damien Wilson, with the knee contusion, he didn’t practice,” Reid concluded.
There was one good piece of news from Reid on the injury front on Wednesday. Byron Pringle, who has been on injured reserve since Week 12, returned to practice today. That suggests he has been designated to return from injured reserve and has begun his three-week practice window this week.
The release of Marcus Kemp foreshadowed Pringle’s return from IR. It’ll likely come on Saturday, so long as everything goes according to plan during the practice week.
Unfortunately, Reid confirmed that Mitchell Schwartz is not yet ready to return to practice even though he’s eligible to return.
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