The Kansas City Chiefs will be without two key players when they host the Cleveland Browns in the AFC divisional round contest on Sunday. The Chiefs ruled out wide receiver Sammy Watkins and linebacker Willie Gay Jr. due to injury.
Watkins has been a clutch playoff performer for the Chiefs as well as one of the team’s top receivers. He caught 37 passes in 10 games for Kansas City in 2020. Gay is the Chiefs’ top coverage linebacker.
Cornerback Rashad Fenton, tight end Deon Yelder and running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire are questionable for Sunday’s game. Edwards-Helaire is efforting to return from an ankle injury that has kept him sidelined for several weeks. The rookie RB was the team’s leading rusher and a very effective receiving option out of the backfield, too.
From our friends at Chiefs Wire, the official injury report:
| Player | Injury | Participation* | Designation |
| CB Rashad Fenton | Ankle/Foot | LP | Questionable |
| LB Willie Gay Jr. | Ankle | DNP | OUT |
| WR Sammy Watkins | Calf | DNP | OUT |
| RB Clyde Edwards-Helaire | Ankle | DNP | Questionable |
| TE Deon Yelder | Groin | DNP | Questionable |
| RB Le’Veon Bell | Knee | FP | – |
| OT Mike Remmers | Back | FP | – |
| LB Ben Niemann | Hamstring | FP | – |
| DT Derrick Nnadi | Knee | FP | – |
| WR Demarcus Robinson | Back | FP | – |
| DB Armani Watts | Concussion | FP | – |
* DNP = Did not participate | LP = Limited participation | FP = Full participation | NIR = Not injury related
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