The Kansas City Chiefs went through a little late-game attrition against the Oakland Raiders.
Starting RB Damien Williams was ruled questionable to return to the game with a knee injury in the fourth quarter. After the game, the injury update from Andy Reid was relayed through Chiefs Digest’s Matt Derrick. Andy Reid confirmed it was merely a knee contusion for Williams, just as I suspected. However, there was another injury to the running back position as the clock winded down in the fourth quarter.
New Chiefs RB LeSean McCoy left the game with an ankle injury according to Reid. The severity of this ankle injury isn’t known but it also wasn’t an apparent injury.
McCoy’s last carry was a three-yard run with 2:47 remaining in the fourth quarter. He was slow to get up and get off the field, but CBS put up a graphic so fans didn’t see it. On the play, McCoy had two defenders and his center Austin Reiter fall on top of him. That is a lot of bodies to get tangled up and perhaps cause an injury. The final carry of the game went to rookie RB Darwin Thompson.
If McCoy and Williams are unable to go the Chiefs will likely look to Thompson and Darrel Williams in the ground game. The Chiefs didn’t need to run the ball much against the Raiders much and they might not need to attack the Baltimore Ravens with the ground game in Week 3. What they will need is to utilize some running backs in the passing game. They were useful as receivers and in pass protection against the Raiders in Week 2.
