Kansas City Chiefs announce flurry of roster moves following TE Jared Wiley's ACL injury
The Kansas City Chiefs made several roster moves on Saturday, shortly after Andy Reid revealed that TE Jared Wiley had suffered a season-ending non-contact ACL injury in practice.The Chiefs wasted little time placing Wiley on injured reserve with his injury. He's now the eighth player to be placed on injured reserve by Kansas City this season. He […]
The Kansas City Chiefs made several roster moves on Saturday, shortly after Andy Reid revealed that TE Jared Wiley had suffered a season-ending non-contact ACL injury in practice.
The Chiefs wasted little time placing Wiley on injured reserve with his injury. He's now the eighth player to be placed on injured reserve by Kansas City this season. He joins TE Jody Fortson, who was placed on injured reserve with an ACL and meniscus injury earlier this week.
Naturally, the Chiefs have some depth issues at tight end with just three healthy players between the 53-man roster and practice squad (Travis Kelce, Noah Gray, and Peyton Hendershot).
The first move the Chiefs made was to sign Hendershot to the 53-man roster from the practice squad. Kansas City acquired Hendershot in a trade with the Dallas Cowboys during 53-man roster cuts. He appeared in just one game for the Chiefs before he was waived and signed to the practice squad.
(Peyton) Hendershot will be brought up, and he'll work in there," Reid said. "He's been taking reps and he's played before, so he'll be okay."
The next move was to reinforce their depth following the injuries. . .
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