For Thursday night time’s sport towards the Chicago Bears, the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs sat a lot of their gamers in an effort to maintain them wholesome for the common season. Sadly, the preseason finale noticed a promising younger offensive lineman exit with an damage.
Offensive sort out Wanya Morris left Thursday’s contest within the first quarter. Crew reporter Matt McMullen mentioned in the course of the in-game broadcast that it is a knee damage for Morris. He will not return, which ends his 2024 preseason slate.
It has been a tough final month for Morris, who was chosen within the third spherical of the 2023 NFL Draft by Kansas Metropolis final yr. To shut out coaching camp and proceed the preseason, he is already handled a shoulder damage and a bone bruise in his knee. It is not confirmed whether or not Thursday’s ailment is to the identical leg, however Morris was seen leaving the sphere whereas grabbing his knee and later getting some consideration on the on-site medical coaching desk.
Morris was changed by Chukwuebuka Godrick following his damage. Lucas Niang and Ethan Driskell are among the many different reserve offensive tackles within the combine behind rookie Kingsley Suamataia (left) and veteran Jawaan Taylor (proper).
If Morris finally ends up lacking any prolonged time, it is exhausting to really feel too good concerning the membership’s present depth on the sort out place. In that occasion, a veteran addition would possibly make some sense. Maybe it is a reunion with Donovan Smith, who began most of Kansas Metropolis’s video games in 2023-24 and had Morris fill in for him whereas he was damage.
Earlier this offseason, Smith hinted at being keen to affix the Chiefs on their quest for a three-peat.
“That is the way in which to do it,” Smith mentioned. “A 3-peat? Simply to have the ability to have that accolade underneath your belt, your identify within the historical past ebook three straight occasions. You have to double-check and have a look at that s— like, ‘Maintain on, did they mess up?'”