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Chiefs injury update: Tershawn Wharton, Frank Clark, Bryan Cook, Rashad Fenton, Chris Lammons

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The Kansas City Chiefs held on to win an AFC West Monday Night Football thriller against the Las Vegas Raiders, but they were unable to come out injury-free.

Chiefs head coach Andy Reid provided an injury update at the podium following the 30-29 win. Reid started by saying that defensive tackle Tershawn Wharton tore the ACL in his left knee, meaning his season is over. Wharton suffered the injury in the game’s first quarter.

In four games for the Chiefs in 2022, Wharton recorded eight tackles (four solo) and a sack. Entering Monday, Pro Football Focus credited him with five quarterback pressures.

Wharton’s season-ending injury leaves a defensive tackle room made up of Chris Jones, Derrick Nnadi and Khalen Saunders. The Chiefs also currently have Cortez Broughton, Danny Shelton and Taylor Stallworth on their practice squad. The expectation is that one of those players would be called up to the 53-man roster to fill Wharton’s shoes.

The Chiefs had four other minor issues. Defensive end Frank Clark left the game due to illness, safety Bryan Cook suffered a concussion, cornerback Rashad Fenton cramped up and cornerback Chris Lammons hurt his right hip.

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Chiefs-Bengals injury updates: Tyrann Mathieu, Rashad Fenton, Darrel Williams

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Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid took the podium Wednesday — as the Chiefs began their preparation for the AFC championship game against the Cincinnati Bengals. Reid started his press conference with a couple of injury updates.

“The only person that didn’t practice [Wednesday] was Tyrann [Mathieu],” said the Chiefs head coach. “He’s in the protocol, so, [he’s] doing very well. We’ll just see how he does [Thursday], and there’s a chance if everything works out that he’ll be able to get back.”

Mathieu suffered a concussion just seven plays into the Chiefs’ Divisional Round game against the Buffalo Bills. He was dearly missed, as the Chiefs allowed 422 net yards against Buffalo, including 329 passing yards. He will need to pass through the league’s concussion protocol to play in the next game.

Cornerback Rashad Fenton and running back Darrel Williams also practiced. Fenton has missed the first two games of the playoffs with a back injury while Williams suffered a toe injury in the Chiefs’ initial playoff game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Williams put in a limited practice on Friday but ultimately was inactive against the Buffalo Bills.

“Yeah, they did good [Wednesday],” said Reid of Fenton and Williams.

The Chiefs will post their first official injury statuses — full or limited participation — later Wednesday afternoon.

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Chiefs-Raiders inactives: Sneed out, but Fenton and Niang will dress

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The Kansas City Chiefs have released their list of inactive players for Sunday’s game against the Las Vegas Raiders. Cornerback L’Jarius Sneed (personal) and defensive back Chris Lammons (ankle) will not dress for the game. But offensive lineman Lucas Niang (ribs) and cornerback Rashad Fenton (knee) are available to play.

On Saturday, Sneed was listed as questionable for the game after his brother was killed in their Lousiana hometown on Friday. Niang and Fenton had both been listed as questionable in Friday’s final injury report. Friday’s report also designated defensive back Chris Lammons (ankle) as out — and on Saturday, the Chiefs placed Lammons on their Reserve/Injured list.

To make up for the personnel shortage in its secondary, Kansas City also gave practice-squad defensive backs Dicaprio Bootle and Josh Jackson standard single-game elevations to the active roster. Jackson will play on Sunday, but Bootle is inactive. As elevated players, they will automatically be returned to the team’s practice squad after the game.

With Sneed out — and Fenton perhaps on a limited snap count — we can expect cornerbacks Mike Hughes and Deandre Baker to see plenty of work. Jackson could see limited use on defense, but is likely to be used mostly on special teams.

It is not known if Niamg will return to the starting lineup as the team’s right tackle. The Chiefs may choose to let him rest for one more game before Thursday’s big matchup against the Los Angeles Chargers, keeping backup Andrew Wylie in for his fourth start of the season.

The Raiders have also released their list of inactives for the game. Tight end Darren Waller (knee/back), defensive end Carl Nassib (knee), linebacker Patrick Onwuasor (hamstring) and linebacker Denzel Perryman (ankle) will all miss the Chiefs game — as will running back Kenyan Drake (ankle), linebacker Nick Kwiatkoski (ankle) and running back Jalen Richard.

Waller, Nassib, Onwuasor were all declared out on Friday — and Perryman was listed as doubtful for the game. Drake and Kwiatkoski both missed Monday’s practice with their injuries and were placed on the team’s Reserve/Injured list. Early in the week, Richard was added to the Las Vegas Reserve/COVID list.

On Saturday, the Raiders gave practice-squad wide receiver Tyron Johnson and defensive back Trayvon Mullen standard single-game elevations to their active roster. Linebacker Javin White was given a single-game practice-squad elevation as a COVID replacement. All three will dress for Sunday’s game — and will then be returned to the practice squad.



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