Kansas City Chiefs tight finish Travis Kelce is formally indexed as questionable for Thursday’s season opener towards the Detroit Lions.
Kelce hyperextended his knee all over Tuesday’s follow and has irritation on account of the shock. The group says it believes Kelce’s ACL is intact, a supply instructed ESPN’s Adam Schefter, next assessments have been carried out Tuesday.
Designating Kelce as questionable assists in keeping alive the chance he may play games Thursday evening towards the Lions. Necessarily, it presents the Chiefs extra week to form a choice on his availability.
Kelce’s brother, Philadelphia Eagles heart Jason Kelce, instructed WIP on Wednesday morning that the 2 spoke Tuesday.
“He’s got some swelling going on,” Jason Kelce mentioned. “From what we know right now, his knee is fine. It’s about getting that swelling down and [seeing] how bruised that bone is.”
Vast receiver Skyy Moore mentioned he was once working a direction when Kelce was once injured.
“He was limping when I saw him, like, just walking off the field,” mentioned Moore, who added that Kelce left the follow ground with out aid. “It was a good sign to see him get up by himself and get off the field.”
“The next guy steps in and we roll,” educator Andy Reid mentioned when requested how the sport plan would possibly exchange with out Kelce. “That’s what you do if [he doesn’t play].”
The Chiefs have two alternative tight ends on their energetic roster, Noah Gray and Blake Bell. Grey stuck 28 passes with a landing closing season. Bell neglected lots of the pace with a hip flexor shock however has 60 catches with one landing in 8 NFL seasons with 5 groups.
The Chiefs even have two tight ends on their follow squad, and one, Matt Bushman, was once with the Chiefs in coaching camp. Bushman mentioned he gained a couple of snaps with the foundation staff next Kelce’s shock, one thing that most often wouldn’t occur if he wasn’t committing to play games within the nearest recreation.
ESPN’s Adam Teicher contributed to this document.
