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As the Chiefs prepare for Week 11 against the Broncos, WR Xavier Worthy was added to the injury report.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs\u2018 preparation for the\u00a0Denver Broncos\u00a0rolls on, but the club has some injuries to monitor as the week continues.<\/p>\n
Thursday\u2019s injury report saw not just running back\u00a0Isiah Pacheco\u00a0make his expected appearance, but another offensive player was added to the list.<\/p>\n
Per the team, wide receiver\u00a0Xavier Worthy\u00a0was limited in practice on Thursday afternoon. He was joined by defensive end\u00a0George Karlaftis, who\u2019s nursing a thumb ailment. Karlaftis was limited on Wednesday as well.<\/p>\n
Worthy didn\u2019t carry any injury status on\u00a0Wednesday\u2019s report.<\/p>\n
It isn\u2019t confirmed that this is a new issue for Worthy, which leads room for interpretation. The second-year wideout wasn\u2019t on Week 9\u2019s pre-bye injury report, but he\u2019d spent time prior to that with shoulder and ankle designations. The speedy receiver\u00a0originally got hurt\u00a0in Week 1\u2019s loss to the\u00a0Los Angeles Chargers. A collision with tight end\u00a0Travis Kelce\u00a0left him with a dislocated shoulder, causing him to miss Weeks 2 and 3 as a result.<\/p>\n
Worthy then developed the seemingly minor ankle problem. Nonetheless, he\u2019s appeared a bit hindered in games at times. The 2024 first-round pick has managed to play through any discomfort, logging 295 snaps in his last six games. That\u2019s good for 71.8% of available reps, peaking at the 84.1% and 83.3% marks in Kansas City\u2019s two most recent outings.<\/p>\n
Head coach Andy Reid didn\u2019t mention a Worthy injury when he spoke to the media on Wednesday. He\u2019ll address media again on Friday afternoon. With Sunday marking kickoff of Chiefs-Broncos, the team will soon reveal whether the ankle ailment is anything more than a blip on the radar.<\/p>\n
Worthy being available helps the Chiefs, giving them a good problem to solve. He,\u00a0Rashee Rice,\u00a0JuJu Smith-Schuster,\u00a0Marquise \u201cHollywood\u201d Brown\u00a0and\u00a0Tyquan Thornton\u00a0form quite the group of wideouts.<\/p>\n
Entering Week 11, Kelce and Brown are tied for the team lead with 53 targets. Among wide receivers, Brown\u2019s 389 yards and 4 touchdowns pace the field. Thornton (311 yards and 3 touchdowns), Smith-Schuster (291 yards and a touchdown) and Worthy (256 yards and a touchdown) are playing great complementary roles.\u00a0Since returning from suspension\u00a0in Week 7, Rice already has 215 yards and 3 times reaching pay dirt.<\/p>\n
Reid isn\u2019t worried about having to feed so many mouths.<\/p>\n
\u201cWell we try to get them all involved the best we can,\u201d Reid said. \u201cSome games, you\u2019re just going to have that where they\u2019re taking somebody away, and that\u2019s how it goes. That\u2019s how the coverage goes, that\u2019s how the play call goes, so on. We\u2019re not down on Xavier Worthy, we know he\u2019s a good player, and we like to get the ball in the good players\u2019 hands the best way we can. It just hasn\u2019t rolled that way.\u201d<\/p>\n
Offensive coordinator Matt Nagy echoed a similar sentiment on Thursday, praising the \u201cselflessness\u201d of the wideout collective.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs much as we can,\u201d Nagy said. \u201cThere are times you kind of look back after a game and you look at some of the playing time \u2014 where guys are, and where are they at schematically? Like Coach [Reid] said Week 1, there\u2019s only one football. I think when our guys understand that, which they do, they do such a great job.\u201d<\/p>\n
Now, the Chiefs will hope Worthy can play in a pivotal Week 11 bout and stay healthy thereafter.<\/p>\n
After\u00a0missing practice on Wednesday, the Baltimore Ravens saw their star quarterback, Lamar Jackson, return to the practice field on Thursday. He was absent on Wednesday due to knee soreness, but just as Head Coach John Harbaugh\u00a0anticipated, Jackson was back in full capacity on Thursday.<\/p>\n
While Jackson’s health was never too much in question ahead of their\u00a0Week 11 matchup\u00a0with the Cleveland Browns, it was still worrisome to see him pop up on the injury report with a knee issue. The two-time MVP is taking snaps\u00a0behind one of the worst offensive lines in football this year, especially when it comes to the interior. Guards Andrew Vorhees and Daniel Faalele have struggled, and certainly have not helped in Jackson\u2019s return from his hamstring injury.<\/p>\n
Still, Jackson will be ready to go on Sunday. Despite the poor performance of the offensive line, he has shown he can lead a steady, winning offense since he\u00a0retook the field in Week 9, and is as confident as ever heading into their bout in Cleveland.<\/p>\n
Following Thursday\u2019s practice, Jackson talked to the media about how he felt after being out of action the day before. When asked if he expects teams to blitz him more when he shows up on the injury report, he\u00a0gave a cool, calm, and collected response.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s cool with me,\u201d Jackson said. \u201cI\u2019m cool with it. We\u2019re gonna see.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n In the past, blitzes have given the Ravens\u2019 offense problems. However, ever since Jackson has made significant growth as a passer, those problems have not loomed as large. The lackluster offensive line may have issues, but as far as Jackson is concerned, he is ready for any potential challenge that may lie ahead.<\/p>\n The Browns have one of the fiercest defenses in the NFL in 2025. Through nine games, they are allowing the second-least amount of yards per game\u00a0at 264.9 yards, and their pass rush group has played a massive role in that.<\/p>\n Their defensive front is headed by All-Pro defensive end Myles Garrett, who is likely the best defensive player in the league. Cleveland has\u00a027 sacks this year, which ranks tied for eighth in the NFL, and 11 of those have come from Garrett.<\/p>\n In Baltimore\u2019s Week 2 contest against the Browns, Jackson was sacked three times. Garrett, Devin Bush, and Cameron Thomas were the culprits. The Ravens still put up 41 points in that one, but defense and special teams helped out in that department.<\/p>\n While the Ravens\u2019 offense line will likely have trouble against Cleveland\u2019s defensive front, Jackson\u2019s always shown an innate ability to stay composed when the pocket breaks down. If that happens again in Week 11, the 28-year-old should prove up for the challenge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As the Chiefs prepare for Week 11 against the Broncos, WR Xavier Worthy was added to the injury report. The\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs\u2018 preparation for the\u00a0Denver Broncos\u00a0rolls on, but the club has some…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7789,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t