Chiefs make HUGE move... - Amazing Injury Updates | Kansas Chiefs News

Big news, the Chiefs have not only just made a major move that has a ton of Chiefs fans excited, but we just got some fantastic news surrounding injuries involving a wide receiver. It's going to be a very exciting week and we just got a ton of good news. But not only that, Andy Reid spoke out about the Chiefs acquiring Justin Tucker and some more updates surrounding trade talks. There's a lot to go over today. I want to start with the big move of the day, which is surrounding Omar Norman Lott because this move flew under the radar but it is massive for the team. Lott was the Chiefs second round pick in 2025 number 63 overall and he's a defensive tackle out of Tennessee and as a rookie he got into the rotation made five tackles and got his first NFL sack but then on October 19th 2025 against the Raiders he tore his ACL that was almost one that was over rather one year ago and something fans aren't talking about enough was his last year in Tennessee he had the best pass rush win rate of any interior defensive lineman in the country this was a guy developing into a future star now on wednesday the big move literally about an hour ago the chiefs designated him to return from the physically unable to perform list which is a massive move and what this means exactly it now opens a 21 day practice window before the club must add him back to the 53 man roster so the clock is now officially running he can practice right now he can be around the team and the Chiefs have until November 18th to put him on the roster and if they don't he's done for the year but again this is massive news this is somebody that the Chiefs can hopefully use this season and somebody that quietly we were all waiting to return with all the talk about trades I mean ridiculous signings this just went under the radar now Andy Reid has been hinting at this for weeks October 14th he said he's getting better he's getting closer Brett Veach said back in April that he expected Norman Lott to be ready for training camp but unfortunately it took longer than that, opened up the season on the PUP, and that meant missing at least the first four games. But here's why this is a lot bigger than just a depth move on the defensive line. Through week seven, the Chiefs have only seven sacks. The Dolphins are the only team that has fewer, and the team they play on Sunday, Denver, has 21, which is tied for most in the NFL. Two guys that carry the pass rush are missing it. In 2023, Chris Jones and George Karlaftis had 10.5 sacks each year. This year, Jones has half a sack, and of course, George only has one. Peter Woods this year's first round pick has half a sack as well but Norman Lott was drafted to rush from the inside and as a rookie according to PFF he got six pressures on 48 pass rushes before the injury. Now obviously the rotation inside is Chris Jones and they have a few other names as well including recently undrafted rookie they signed Bryson Eason who has played 18 defensive snaps all year. These are all snaps that Norman Lott is coming for. Now he's not going to fix the pass rush by itself but a fresh healthy interior rusher on a defense that can't get home is exactly the kind of move that matters in late October. But the good news doesn't stop there. We got a huge update surrounding Rasheed Rice. Matt Derrick had it from Reid's press conference. Andy Reid said that everyone will practice today, which means right tackle Jalen Moore and receiver Rasheed Rice are expected to work, which means Rasheed Rice is nearing a return very, very soon. Now, of course, Rice injured his hamstring on October 4th in Las Vegas, and he missed the Chargers game and the Seattle game. Before that, though, he had 13 catches, good for 190 yards in three games which is 63 yards a game and look at the scoreboard in the three games Rice finished the Chiefs scored 29.3 points a game in the two games without him only 12.5 points per game now Mahomes was asked about Rice on Wednesday and he said he's such a physical receiver he does a great job within zone concepts as well as being physical versus man coverage having him back out there will be big for us and with Rice availability has been the whole story in 2024 he played four games before he needed his LCL repaired and then in 2025 of course the suspension but when he's on the field he produces as simple as that i mean realistically as a rookie he put together almost a thousand yards and after the suspension last year 571 yards in just eight games with five touchdowns he is a very very good wide receiver and we talked about all the trades that are going to happen which they will make one four wide receiver where Rasheed Rice is kind of the X factor here now Reed didn't promise he plays Sunday so be careful with some of the hype i mean Wednesday is obviously step one. We'll see what happens with Friday's injury report, but at the end of the day, tomorrow and Friday, you're going to tell the true story. But even if he's not back this weekend, it's still a good sign going forward. And if Rasheed Rice is good to go, keep in mind, he walked into a receiver room where Travis Kelsey still leads the team with 343 yards. The last time Rice saw Denver back in week one, he caught a touchdown. Now there is one more receiver to talk about because Andy Reid did, rookie Cyrus Allen. He played five snaps in week four, nine in week six, and 16 in Seattle. And Reid said it's going up again. We're growing him as we go. Talented. He got a little bit more last week. He'll get a little bit more this coming week. And if you're enjoying the Daily Chiefs content, make sure to hit that subscribe button, folks. We upload every single day, multiple times a day. But now let's talk about the offensive line a little bit, because Reid also mentioned Jalen Moore. Moore took a concussion against the Chargers in week six. He missed the game against Seattle. And of course, Joshua Isiodu played every snap at right tackle. And in one week, the whole line got completely shuffled. And Mahomes was honest about Seattle. After watching the film, he said, I think I should have more confidence I moved sometimes I didn't necessarily have to move myself into pressure I created some of those pressures and that's Mahomes basically taking the blame and straying the blame away from the offensive line but getting his starting right tackle back will obviously make it a lot easier for him to have trust in himself in the pocket now the tackle that isn't coming back is Josh Simmons the Chiefs put their 2025 first round pick on injured reserve last Thursday he'll miss at least four games and there's increasing speculation and reporting that he is going to miss, you know, maybe the rest of the year or at the very least, he will not play another game for the Chiefs. And all of this stemmed from that big meeting that came out on Monday about how Andy Reid, Patrick Mahomes were in a meeting room and Josh Simmons had his feet up. And that was obviously weird. Mahomes was asked about it today. And he said, you have to have hard conversations at some point. We've had great conversations after, and I think we're moving in the right direction. But again, Ian Rapoport said this week that he isn't even sure Simmons plays for the Chiefs again. So more being back isn't a bonus right now. They basically need every tackle they can have. It's not a luxury. It's a very, very big deal. Now, finally, Reid spoke out on Harrison Bucker, but Reid said surrounding Butker that there is a problem with his technique, and that's why the Chiefs added Justin Tucker to the practice squad. He also said there's nothing physically wrong with Harrison. Now, Tucker hasn't kicked a game in a game rather since 2024, had that suspension. There's a lot of question marks about him as a person. I'm not a fan of the move, but at the end of the day, I mean, the Chiefs went with it, so it is going to be interesting. Now, Andy Reid did confirm that it's Harrison Bucker's job this week to lose. He's going to get the bulk of the reps and he's expected to kick in Denver, Reid said. And he also said that Harrison will probably go this week. And when he was asked if both kickers could be active, he said, I haven't seen that scenario. No. And Reid also said, we love Harrison Butker. He understands the business and how it works. He's struggling a little bit. It's fluid. It's fluid is not necessarily the best thing to hear from your coach when you are a kicker. Here's where things stand. The Chiefs are 5-1. The Broncos are 5-2. half a game back and the Chiefs beat them 31 to 10 back in week one so to summarize all this here's a quick checklist of everything that happened folks Rasheed Rice he is back at practice Moore is back at practice Norman a lot of big moves surrounding him go beat the Denver Broncos so folks let me know down below what your thoughts are at the end of the day you have Rasheed Rice potentially coming back a big move for a young and up-and-coming defensive end but I think at the very least or defensive tackle rather I think at the very least right now they're going to need to take care of business now on the Denver side of things Jalen Waddle he is now questionable so we're going to have to see what happens with him that would be helpful to the Kansas City Chiefs you obviously never want to see another player injured but I think Rice is a huge piece here with the trade deadline coming more moves are absolutely going to be coming for this team and more moves are going to happen and if Rice is healthy and he goes out and dominates on Sunday does that change Brett Beach's plan that's a big question so let us know down below what your thoughts are on this do you want to see Rice back or where do you kind of see your comfort level there and do you think the chiefs are going to be able to take care of business against a very very good especially defensively denver broncos team thank you guys for watching we'll see you