Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid provided a brief update on some injuries during his press conference after Monday night’s win over the Chargers. Things seemed to still be fluid for several players and he really only had the preliminary information on each injury.
“As far as the injuries go, just real quick,” Reid began. “Tyreek Hill strained his hamstring early in the game. Damien Williams hurt his ribs, they’re looking at those as we go here. Jordan Lucas hurt his shoulder. (Austin) Reiter came out but went back in, and then LeSean (McCoy), I’m not sure exactly all what happened there but something with his head. So I’m not sure exactly what the final decision was there.”
Hill had his strained hamstring after the first series and a few plays into the second series. He eventually returned to the sidelines but he didn’t have his helmet, which suggests the Chiefs shut him down.
As for Damien Williams, his injury looked to be the worst of the bunch. He was squirming in pain on the ground after taking a knee to the chest area. Reid explained that he was getting those looked at and it wasn’t entirely clear if it was the Chiefs training staff or doctors that were doing the looking. Hopefully, it’s only a minor injury such as bruised ribs.
Finally, McCoy left the game late and the broadcast said he’d be evaluated for a concussion. Reid said he wasn’t exactly sure what happened or whether McCoy was actually ruled out and placed in the NFL’s concussion protocol. We’ll have to wait for more information on that one.
The updates on Lucas and Reiter didn’t really provide much new information. All in all, the Chiefs seem to be fairly healthy coming out of this game and heading into the bye week.
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