On Monday, the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs continued their preseason preparation on the crew’s coaching facility on the grounds of the Truman Sports activities Advanced.
Monday’s large observe headline is that extensive receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster — whose signing to the crew had been famous simply hours earlier than — was current for the session. He was carrying his outdated No. 9 jersey, which rookie working again Louis Rees-Zammit had been carrying. Throughout Monday’s session, Rees-Zammit was carrying No. 49 — the identical quantity as punter Matt Araiza. (Up till the ultimate cutdown, it isn’t uncommon for gamers to have duplicate numbers).
Whereas observing the observe, Arrowhead Satisfaction’s Pete Sweeney famous that two injured gamers have been lacking:
DE Charles Omenihu (ACL) (Energetic/PUP checklist)
DE BJ Thompson (sickness) (Energetic/NFI checklist)
Which means that DT Chris Jones (shoulder) participated within the session. So did LS James Winchester (shoulder). Each missed Tuesday’s observe — the final one for which reporters have been current. DE Truman Jones didn’t take part in final Tuesday’s session however was again to work on Monday.
CB Nazeeh Johnson (hamstring) was restricted on Monday. Cornerback Joshua Williams was current however and not using a helmet. So was extensive receiver Hollywood Brown. It was the primary time Brown has been at observe since struggling his sternoclavicular dislocation within the preseason sport in opposition to the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Rees-Zammit left observe early with a again damage. Tight finish Irv Smith Jr. and proper guard Trey Smith left observe early due to the warmth.
5 different absent gamers are already off the roster:
WR Jaaron Hayek (Reserve/Injured)
OL McKade Mettauer (Reserve/Injured)
QB Ian E book (Launched)
DL Alex Gubner (Waived)
WR Kyle Sheets (Waived)
12 gamers have been absent for unspecified causes. Most are more likely to have been waived from the roster upfront of Tuesday’s ultimate cutdown deadline — see our roster cutdown tracker for the most recent adjustments — however a few of these may have been absent due to beforehand undisclosed accidents:
T Nick Torres
OL Griffin McDowell
TE Izaiah Gathings
WR Geor’Quarius Spivey
WR Phillip Brooks
LB Swayze Bozeman
LB Luquay Washington
LB Curtis Jacobs
CB Kelvin Joseph
CB Ekow Boye-Doe
S Tyree Gillespie
LS Randen Plattner
The 2024 season opener will probably be one week from Thursday, when the Baltimore Ravens come to GEHA Area at Arrowhead Stadium on September 5.
