According to Jeremy Fowler of ESPN, the Kansas City Chiefs have ruled out left tackle D.J. Humphries (hamstring) for Wednesday's matchup against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Humphries will now miss his third-straight contest due to a left hamstring strain.
Humphries suffered a hamstring injury last week while facing the Los Angeles Chargers. His condition kept him from being a full participant in practice this week, and Humphries was officially listed as doubtful to play against Cleveland before being downgraded to out on Saturday.
As the Kansas City Chiefs continue to gear up for Week 16's game against the Texans, there's a fresh update on D.J. Humphries and Chamarri Conner.
The Chiefs are one of four teams making a quick turnaround from playing on Saturday to playing on Wednesday, so they issued an injury report on Sunday.
New Kansas City Chiefs left tackle D.J. Humphries will miss practice on Wednesday while the team welcomed the return of kicker Harrison Butker after sitting out a month following knee surgery.
The Kansas City Chiefs can’t seem to avoid the injury bug in 2024. With a glaring need at left tackle, the club was excited to welcome veteran left tackle D.J. Humphries to the lineup this past Sunday against the Los Angeles Chargers.
On Tuesday, the Kansas City Chiefs put out their game status report for their Christmas Day showdown with the Pittsburgh Steelers. For the Steelers, they will be minus starting cornerback Joey Porter Jr. but do get back several injured players including wide receiver George Pickens.
Due to the quick turnaround of the Kansas City Chiefs' Week 16 game against the Houston Texans and their Week 17 game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, head coach Andy Reid was questioned about the status of two injured players on Thursday.
As expected, the Kansas City Chiefs will be without left tackle D.J. Humphries for Sunday’s game against the Cleveland Browns.
The #Chiefs may be without Chris Jones and Jawaan Taylor during their Week 17 matchup against the #Steelers on Christmas Day.
Andy Reid will miss even more important players when the Kansas City Chiefs take on the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 17 of the 2024 NFL season.