It’s the last day of training camp practice ahead of preseason Week 1 for the Kansas City Chiefs.
The team got some good news on the injury front as they kicked off their final practice session of the week. After missing the past eight practices with a quad injury, TE Jody Fortson was back in full pads and participating in practice on Thursday. He was spotted making his way down the hill to practice by a number of reporters in attendance.
Chiefs TE Jody Fortson (quad) back to work for first time since July 30. pic.twitter.com/zRqMoka9u1
— Herbie Teope (@HerbieTeope) August 11, 2022
It’s unclear just how much work he’ll do during the course of Thursday’s practice. The team proceeded with an overabundance of caution with Fortson’s quad as he’s coming off of a season-ending Achilles injury in 2021.
“Listen, he’s progressing,” Reid said of Fortson’s injury on Saturday, Aug. 6. “So, you never know on these things. That’s where I try not to put a time on them. We’ll see. We’ll see where it goes but it doesn’t seem to be serious but it’s serious enough where we need to keep him out here and not have it happen again.”
Expect the team to be cautious with his repetitions in practice early on as they work him back from this injury and work to ensure it stays a one-time thing.
[mm-video type=playlist id=01eqbwa53mtds520q2 player_id=none image=https://chiefswire.usatoday.com/wp-content/plugins/mm-video/images/playlist-icon.png]
[listicle id=133347]