Chiefs: Shortage at DE
The Chiefs are now down to two healthy defensive ends. Turk McBride has a bruised spleen and now our other starting DE Tamba Hali was a surprise addition to the injury report, listed as having a sore knee. That leaves the Chiefs with 7th round draft pick Brain Johnston and former DT “The Fonze” (ALfonso Boone) as the two healthy ends.
At this time no one knows if Turk is going to play Sunday, but he hopes that he can:
- The second-year left end said he hoped to play against Atlanta but that he wasn’t yet certain of his status. He was limited in Thursday’s practice.
“We’re basically just taking it day by day,” McBride said. “My mindset is, I’m playing.”
Something else to consider is that linebacker Demorrio Williams has been lining up DE this season already, but only is passing situations. This is something we could see more of, especially if one or more of our starting ends can’t go on Sunday.
In my opinion (just guessing), I think that Tamba will play and I wouldn’t be surprised if Turk was held out. That kind of sucks since Turk has been our best DE, but that man needs to heal up. I wish them both speedy recoveries.
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