Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid provided his usual injury update to reporters after the team’s first practice of the week on Wednesday. Reid said that every player practiced in some capacity with the exception of LB Willie Gay Jr., who is still dealing with a high ankle sprain. That means Patrick Mahomes as well as other key players like Clyde Edwards-Helaire, Sammy Watkins, and Rashad Fenton all practiced in a limited capacity at the very least.
Reid also provided some more information on Chiefs star QB Patrick Mahomes and his practice participation.
“Yeah, so he looked good,” Reid said. “He’s just— he’s in the protocol. So there are only certain things he can do and it’s a limited basis, but today is a little bit of a limited practice. So this fit right into what he could do. But he took all the snaps and he feels good. So we’re just going to follow this protocol as close as we possibly can.”
Mahomes practicing on a limited basis and taking all of the repetitions in practice is certainly a good sign, even if today’s practice was one of the lighter days of the week. We’ll likely find out more about how Mahomes has progressed in the next few days.
“He’s done well up to this point,” Reid added. “Today was limited work and no-contact, I think, was the schedule for today. That’s kind of what we’re doing on Wednesday’s so it sort of fits in with that.”
Reid did also clarify that starting CB Bashaud Breeland, who also entered the concussion protocol in Sunday’s win over the Browns, is also working through the concussion protocol. He likely will be listed as a limited participant as well.
All-in-all, this seems to be good news for the Chiefs. They’re trending toward healthy, which they couldn’t exactly say at this time last week.
