Kansas City Chiefs HC Andy Reid provided his usual post-practice injury update on Friday.
He kicked things off by listing the three players who didn’t practice on Friday. It’s safe to assume that most or all of this trio won’t play against the Rams in Week 12.
“As far as the injuries go, (Chris) Lammons didn’t practice today,” Reid said. “(Juan) Thornhill nor (Kadarius) Toney (practiced).
Lammons is still in the NFL’s concussion protocol and after some full practices earlier this week, they had to dial him back. Thornhill has been dealing with a calf injury. It sounded as if Steve Spagnuolo was preparing to be without Thornhill in Week 12 from the outset of the practice week.
As for Toney, Reid confirmed this is the same hamstring issue he dealt with prior to his trade to Kansas City. They’re simply being cautious with it so as to not make it a worse issue.
“He had (the hamstring injury) in New York,” Reid said. “He just felt it kind of coming back, so we just said, ‘Listen, let’s not go any further with it and make it more serious. So, we backed off on him.”
Moving onto the good injury news, Reid confirmed that starting LG Joe Thuney returned to practice and is making progress.
“So, the rest of the guys practiced,” Reid said. “(Joe) Thuney practiced and did a nice job. He’s working back in there.”
It sounds like Thuney will play on Sunday. The Chiefs will also be getting back one of their leading targets in the passing game. JuJu Smith-Schuster has officially cleared the concussion protocol and will be available to play against the Rams.
“JuJu (Smith-Schuster) did a good job,” Reid said. “He looked good. He’ll be available.”
There was one more absence during practice, with Chiefs DT Chris Jones getting what Reid described as a personal day. The absence will not put him at risk of missing the game on Sunday, though.
“No, he wasn’t here today for personal reasons,” Reid said of Jones. “Yeah, he’ll play.”