The Kansas City Chiefs have also placed OL Martinas Rankin on the physically unable to perform (PUP) list according to the NFL’s official transaction report.
Rankin, 25, suffered a knee injury during the Chiefs’ Week 10 loss against the Tennessee Titans. We’d find out the following Monday that the injury was a season-ending injury. The only description we ever heard about Rankin’s injury is that it was to his patella.
The Chiefs acquired Rankin in trade with the Houston Texans, swapping RB Carlos Hyde ahead of the 2019 season.
No Stranger to Pain… Unfortunately the 2019 season is over for me but everything happen for a reason so I don’t question it so all I can do is come back harder… Thanks to everyone who have reached out to show love and support #ChiefsKingdom #OutTheMudFr pic.twitter.com/XXccaeBChc
— Martinas Rankin™ (@MTRankin_57) November 11, 2019
Like Thornhill, who was also added to the PUP list today, Rankin can participate in Chiefs’ team meetings, do solo conditioning and work with the team training staff. He’s simply prohibited from practicing with the team while he’s on the PUP list.
Rankin can also be activated from the PUP list at any time during training camp. If he remains on the PUP list through training camp he’ll be sent to the reserve/PUP list to start the seasons. From there he’ll have to wait six weeks before he can return to practice. After those six weeks, another six-week window will open where he can resume practicing. If he doesn’t return to practice during that window, the Chiefs will be forced to place him on injured reserve.
This one is a real bummer because Rankin had some serious potential to come in and earn a starting job for Kansas City. He played really well filling in for Andrew Wylie at LG starting in Week 6 of the 2019 season. Now, he’ll likely be competing for a reserve job when he returns from the PUP list.
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