The Kansas City Chiefs have opted to not elevate any practice squad players to their active roster ahead of their “Monday Night Football” matchup with the Baltimore Ravens. While the Chiefs did protect RB DeAndre Washington and DB Chris Lammons earlier in the week, neither player has been called up to the active roster for Kansas City.
One of the new features of NFL practice squads during the 2020 season is the “Standard Elevation Addendum.” This gives teams the ability to elevate two players from the practice squad to the active roster on game day. The Chiefs haven’t really used this much so far. Last week they elevated Braxton Hoyett to provide some defensive tackle depth with Khalen Saunders being placed on injured reserve and Mike Pennel still on suspension.
This bodes well for WR Sammy Watkins, LB Dorian O’Daniel and CB Charvarius Ward who were each listed as questionable heading into the game. The Chiefs have shown us that they really only intend to elevate players in case of an injury. I’d expect each of Watkins, O’Daniel and Ward to be available to play in Week 3.
The Ravens, on the other hand, have added some three players to their roster for tonight’s game. According to the NFL’s transaction report, Baltimore signed DB Jordan Richards and elevated both DB Terrell Bonds and DB Khalil Dorsey. This will provide some depth in the secondary after losing CB Tavon Young for the season with a knee injury.
