The Kansas City Chiefs don’t currently have a timetable for two players who are currently on the Physically Unable to Perform list.
Both DB Juan Thornhill and OL Martinas Rankin started games for the Chiefs in 2019. Rankin suffered a knee injury during the Week 10 loss against the Titans. Thornhill suffered a knee injury during the Week 17 win over the Chargers.
Now, Kansas City looks to be without both players through the beginning of training camp and possibly longer. Chiefs HC Andy Reid spoke on the prospect of both players returning to action during his Sunday media availability.
“We’ll have to see how and when [Juan Thornhill is able to return to practice],” Reid said. “He is doing well at this time. Once we get into that phase where we’re moving him around — the trainers are moving him around a little bit more — we’ll be able to tell. But he’s not ready, obviously, right now.”
It’d seem that right now, Thornhill isn’t doing much with training staff in terms of moving around. That’s not exactly a good sign with just over a month until the season opener against the Houston Texans.
Reid reiterated the same thing with Rankin and his return from injury.
“I’d say the same thing,” Reid said of Rankin. “I mean, they’re all making good progress, it’s just a matter of when they can come back. As they ramp them up — the trainers — we’ll see. But neither one is ready to go right now.”
It’s good to know that both players are making good progress at the very least. It’s entirely possible that both players start the 2020 season on the PUP list, which would cost them at minimum the first six weeks of the year before they could practice and be activated to the 53-man roster.
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