The Kansas City Chiefs and Denver Broncos released their first injury reports of the week on Wednesday. The Chiefs are about as healthy as you could possibility be at this time of the year. The Broncos, on the other hand, have some questions about key players heading into the practice week.
Check out the injury report for each team down below:
Chiefs
| Player | Injury | Participation* |
| TE Noah Gray | Shoulder/Knee | FP |
| DT Derick Nnadi | Achilles | FP |
| FB Michael Burton | Groin | FP |
| RT Andrew Wylie | Hip | FP |
| DT Khalen Saunders | Illness | FP |
* DNP = Did not participate | LP = Limited participation | FP = Full participation | NIR = Not injury related
- Chiefs HC Andy Reid provided an injury update ahead of Wednesday’s practice. You can read what he had to say here.
- WR Mecole Hardman practiced on Wednesday. The team is not required to report on his practice participation or game status until he has been activated to the 53-man roster.
- Khalen Saunders was back to work this week after missing Week 16 due to an illness.
- The Chiefs are as healthy as they’ve been at any point this season with no non-participants in practice to start the week and only five players on the injury report.
Broncos
| Player | Injury | Participation* |
| LG Dalton Risner | Foot | LP |
| WR Kendall Hinton | Hamstring | LP |
| WR Jerry Jeudy | Ankle | LP |
| WR Courtland Sutton | Hamstring | LP |
| OLB Randy Gregory | Knee | DNP |
| OL Billy Turner | NIR – Personal | DNP |
| DE DeShawn Williams | NIR – Personal | DNP |
| S Kareem Jackson | NIR – Rest | DNP |
| RB Latavius Murray | NIR – Rest | DNP |
| DT Mike Purcell | Elbow | DNP |
| OL Quinn Meinerz | Ribs | DNP |
| DT D.J. Jones | Knee | DNP |
| OT Calvin Anderson | Ankle | DNP |
| CB K’waun Williams | Knee | DNP |
| OLB Baron Browning | Back | DNP |
| TE Greg Dulcich | Hamstring | DNP |
* DNP = Did not participate | LP = Limited participation | FP = Full participation | NIR = Not injury related
- Broncos WR Jerry Jeudy left the practice field with members of the training staff at the end of the portion of practice open to the media per ESPN’s Jeff Legwold. Something to monitor as the week progresses.
- A total of eight players were non-participants in practice with some sort of injury for the Broncos to start the week. The injury woes continue for this team as the end of the season nears.
