#Chiefs CB Jaylen Watson, one of their emerging young players on defense, suffered a fractured ankle in Sunday’s win over the #49ers, sources say.
He’ll have more imaging done today to determine if a return this season is possible. But tough reality for an up-and-coming corner. pic.twitter.com/86J6M58zqm
Breaking: The #Chiefs are designating CB Jaylen Watson to return from IR, and he will practice today, sources tell @NFLonFOX. This is a huge boost for Kansas City, who has been without Watson since late October due to a broken fibula.
Knew he had a shot at playing but starting? He must be tearing it up in practice. The good thing is he played in the last preseason game and in six regular season games so he's not be totally cold this year like DJ and Nelson.
Hope to see him and Josh man the outside at times and let Trent play the slot. Both Watson and Joshua played 20 plus percent of the snaps in the superbowl so that experience is crucial. [Reply]
Let him get his feet all the way back Saturday, take care of business, then you reap the MAJOR rewards in potential future matchups.
BUF, BAL, and DET all have their best WRs primarily playing out of the slot with smaller, short-armed body types. To be able to use Trent there again while also being able to trust both boundary CBs is potentially season-saving. [Reply]
Originally Posted by pugsnotdrugs19:
We actually for the first time ALL YEAR have our full defense preparing to be on the field and it's for the freakin' playoffs
And Rice excluded (who has been partially replaced by Hopkins) the offense is at as close to full gallop as it's gonna be.
The only thing that concerns me at this point is Baltimore. They're it.
Because they're ALSO getting better as the season goes on. I expect Flowers will be ready to go against us and their defense seems to have FINALLY un-fucked itself. It just had too much talent to be as bad as it was in the first half of the season.
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
And Rice excluded (who has been partially replaced by Hopkins) the offense is at as close to full gallop as it's gonna be.
The only thing that concerns me at this point is Baltimore. They're it.
Because they're ALSO getting better as the season goes on. I expect Flowers will be ready to go against us and their defense seems to have FINALLY un-fucked itself. It just had too much talent to be as bad as it was in the first half of the season.
Man...that's gonna be a nerve-wracking game.
But it's the Super Bowl, IMO.
(So I still hope Buffalo wins this week).
This week's game will go such a long way towards figuring out if the Ravens are finally for real.... there are wide gaps between fucked, unfucked, good, and their elite tier last season, and they just haven't played anyone lately with an offense for me to make that leap beyond unfucked (maybe the Texans, but wondering if they just mailed it in that game).
We need to give Josh Williams credit here as well. He’s been a credible outside corner so far and that’s helped a lot, especially when you watch Nazeeh Johnson play.
Crazy. Even Andy didn't seem optimistic a couple of weeks ago. I don't expect him to be 100% on Saturday, but hopefully he can contribute and then be close to his old self when we get to the AFCCG (hopefully). [Reply]
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
And Rice excluded (who has been partially replaced by Hopkins) the offense is at as close to full gallop as it's gonna be.
The only thing that concerns me at this point is Baltimore. They're it.
Because they're ALSO getting better as the season goes on. I expect Flowers will be ready to go against us and their defense seems to have FINALLY un-****ed itself. It just had too much talent to be as bad as it was in the first half of the season.
Man...that's gonna be a nerve-wracking game.
But it's the Super Bowl, IMO.
(So I still hope Buffalo wins this week).
Yes. But we have the better clutch QB and coaching staff. We will win. [Reply]
Originally Posted by UChieffyBugger:
Knew he had a shot at playing but starting? He must be tearing it up in practice. The good thing is he played in the last preseason game and in six regular season games so he's not be totally cold this year like DJ and Nelson.
Hope to see him and Josh man the outside at times and let Trent play the slot. Both Watson and Joshua played 20 plus percent of the snaps in the superbowl so that experience is crucial.
Exactly this. If he can play well enough to man the outside, McDuffie in the slot elevates the defense. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DaFace:
Crazy. Even Andy didn't seem optimistic a couple of weeks ago. I don't expect him to be 100% on Saturday, but hopefully he can contribute and then be close to his old self when we get to the AFCCG (hopefully).
Yeah hopefully we won't need him to play 60 snaps to beat Texas. If the game is in hand, use him sparingly. [Reply]
Originally Posted by suzzer99:
Yeah hopefully we won't need him to play 60 snaps to beat Texas. If the game is in hand, use him sparingly.
You guys understand he needs to get in game shape for the AFCCG and SB, right? He plays as much as he can, but no more than he has to, not "sparingly" though. [Reply]
