Tag: non-football injury

Chiefs RB Clyde Edwards-Helaire placed on non-football illness list

Clyde Edwards-Helaire will miss at least four weeks of the regular season after the #Chiefs placed him on the non-football illness list.

According to a report by ESPN’s Field Yates, the Kansas City Chiefs have placed backup running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire on the reserve/non-football illness list.

Edwards-Helaire, who was drafted by the Chiefs in 2020 after a stellar college career at LSU, has helped them win back-to-back Super Bowls in 2022 and 2023. Despite losing his starting spot in Andy Reid’s offense to running back Isiah Pacheco, the former CFP National Champion has provided much-needed depth in Kansas City’s backfield, and figures to play a role for the Chiefs this season when he returns.

Despite the temporary loss of the fourth-year veteran, Kansas City’s ground game is still expected to be productive with breakout rookie Carson Steele, and former Cincinnati Bengal Samaje Perine backing up Pacheco.

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Edwards-Helaire is expected to be out for at least the first four games of the regular season. Though this loss is significant, the Chiefs’ deep running back room is expected to step up in his absence.

Broncos place RB Blake Watson on non-football injury list

The Broncos placed rookie running back Blake Watson on the non-football injury list ahead of the start of training camp.

The Denver Broncos placed undrafted rookie running back Blake Watson on the non-football injury list on Wednesday, according to KPRC-TV’s Aaron Wilson. Watson’s injury is not yet known.

As the name suggests, the NFI list is for players who suffer an injury away from the team’s facility unrelated to a game, practice or team workout. Watson still counts against the 90-man offseason roster and he can return from the NFI list once he’s ready to practice again.

Watson was also picked by the Memphis Showboats in the second round of the UFL draft on Wednesday. He will remain with the Broncos, but if Watson is off Denver’s roster next spring, the Showboats will have first dibs among UFL teams.

Watson isn’t the team’s only rookie running back dealing with an injury. Broncos coach Sean Payton revealed in May that fifth-round draft pick Audric Estime had a minor knee procedure in the spring.

Payton estimated that Estime would be recovered in time for training camp. We’ll find out if Estime is ready to go when Denver begins training camp practices next Friday.

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Bears place WR Dante Pettis on Non-Football Injury list

The veteran receiver will not be practicing when the Bears take the field on Wednesday.

The Chicago Bears begin training camp practice on Wednesday but will be without one of their receivers and special teams contributors when they do. On Tuesday afternoon, the team announced they placed Dante Pettis on the Active/Non-Football injury (NFI) list.

The NFI list is for players who have ailments that are unrelated to football activities, or injuries that occur outside of NFL practices and games. Pettis can come off the list at any point and he counts toward the team’s 90-man roster during camp.

Pettis joined the Bears in 2022 and had a modest year on both offense and special teams. He caught 19 passes for 245 yards and three touchdowns in 17 games. He also became the team’s primary punt returner, averaging 9.1 yards per return.

The former 2018 second-round draft pick re-signed with the Bears earlier this offseason and will compete for a reserve receiver spot with players such as Velus Jones Jr., Daurice Fountain, and newcomer Isaiah Ford, who was signed earlier in the day, when he’s activated off the list. Pettis will also look to retain his hold on punt return duties.

Chiefs place DE Malik Herring on non-football injury list, DB Armani Watts on PUP

The #Chiefs have placed DE Malik Herring on the active/non-football injury list and DB Armani Watts on the active/physically unable to perform list. More here:

The Kansas City Chiefs made two minor transactions on Saturday, relating to a pair of injured players.

According to the NFL’s official transaction report, the Chiefs have placed DE Malik Herring on the non-football injury list and DB Armani Watts on the physically unable to perform list.

Herring’s placement on the non-football injury list was expected. He sustained an ACL injury away from the team during Senior Bowl practices prior to the 2021 NFL draft. He’ll have the opportunity to recover while he’s on the list. The team did not receive a roster exemption for Herring, which means he will count toward the 90-man offseason roster.

If Herring remains on the active non-football injury list by the final roster cut date ahead of the 2021 NFL season, the Chiefs can move him to the reserve non-football injury list. If he’s placed on the reserve non-football injury list, the rules are similar to the PUP list. Herring wouldn’t be allowed to practice for six weeks and the team would eventually have to decide between activating him or placing him on the injured reserve list.

Watts, who is dealing with a foot fracture according to Andy Reid, was placed on the active physically unable to perform list. This means that Watts suffered his injury while with the team, unlike Herring. Watts can be activated at any point throughout training camp with this designation and he’ll also count toward the 90-man offseason roster.

If Watts remains on the list through 53-man roster cuts, he’ll revert to the reserve/PUP list. Players on the reserve/PUP list are required to miss the first six weeks of the regular season and if they’re not healthy after those six weeks, the team will be forced to either activate him or move him to injured reserve. The fact that Watts was placed on the active version of this list suggests that the team expects him back at some point during training camp.

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Rookie DE Darrell Taylor returns to team practice from NFI list

Rookie defensive end Darrell Taylor has returned to Seattle Seahawks practice from the non-football injury list, but he likely won’t play.

Just in time for the postseason, coach Pete Carroll has announced that rookie defensive end Darrell Taylor has finally been designated to return to the Seattle Seahawks’ practice activities. Carroll relayed the news during his press conference on Tuesday.

Seattle placed Taylor on the non-football injury list at the start of preseason training camp and the rookie missed the entire 2020 regular season, which he spent recovering from surgery due to a stress fracture he sustained at the University of Tennessee.

It is unlikely that Taylor will play in this year’s postseason following no regular-season experience in his rookie year, but being able to practice could be a plus for the long-term future, as he can get back into the groove of certain aspects of the game.

Fans will very likely have to wait until the 2021 season to see Taylor in action.

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Chiefs rookie CB BoPete Keyes placed on non-football injury list

A draft pick goes to the non-football injury list to start training camp.

One of the Kansas City Chiefs’ draft picks has been placed on the non-football injury list.

Many thought the 2020 NFL Draft was over for the Chiefs, but Brett Veach can’t resist a good trade. He moved up into the seventh round to select Tulane CB BoPete Keyes for their final pick of the draft.

On Sunday, according to the NFL’s official transaction report, the Chiefs placed Keyes on the active non-football injury list. The placement on this list means that Keyes sustained an injury away from the team and that he’ll have the opportunity to recover while he’s on the list. They also received a roster exemption for Keyes, which means that he won’t count toward the offseason roster, at least temporarily. Remember, the Chiefs have to trim the roster down to 80 players by August 16.

While we don’t know the exact nature of Keyes’ injury, we already know that he suffered an injury at Tulane that kept him from playing in their Armed Forces Bowl victory over Southern Mississippi. It also stopped him from participating fully in the 2020 NFL Scouting Combine as he only completed the vertical jump and broad jump competitions.

If Keyes remains on the active non-football injury list by the final roster cut date ahead of the season, the Chiefs can move him to the reserve non-football injury list. That means he wouldn’t count toward the 53-man roster in Kansas City. If he’s placed on the reserve non-football injury list, the rules are similar to the PUP list. Keyes wouldn’t be allowed to practice for six weeks and the team would eventually have to decide between activating him or placing him on the injured reserve list.

We’ll likely hear from Andy Reid later this week on Keyes’ injury and how long he’s expected to be out as training camp continues in Kansas City.

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