Well, here's the bright side:

1. we always needed to take this season and move away from a Kelce-dependent offense. It's the start of the season, and the right time to start working the young guys in, so they are up to speed by the playoffs.

2. Any chance of the team sleepwalking into this home opener is GONE. Upset alert is at Defcon 1

3. WBF

4. He's probably going to play

Shush. He's a dentist. One step below a nurse and one stop ahead of a podiatrist

Barber college

Potayto, potahto.

Time to tank for Brock Bowers

They're listing him as limited, it's probably not the dreaded thing.

Smart decision staying within the Chiefs Kingdom demographic

fixed it for you

This his micro fracture knee??

A moment of silence during the banner ceremony is going to be really awkward.

I’m hoping the team was never going to sleepwalking in. I’m shocked at how many people think this game is an automatic victory.

We shall now call you frenchy

Let's be real here, it would explode on the second or third play from scrimmage lol

No it's his major fractured knee

I don't like the flag going up, the pomp and circumstance of celebrating last season's victory in this season's home opener.

They're going to be laser focused now

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Marvin Harrison Jr. is gonna go nuclear in this offense

The MRI is slower than MEHHHHHHHH.

JFC.

💀💀💀

Who the **** is reading this MRI, Stevie Wonder?

And hopefully shows the same amount of burst

They've listed him as limited. I'd imagine if it were that serious, Rap or Shefter would have it by now, right?

Be patient. This is the worst they've ever seen. Examining it and figuring out a treatment is going to take some time

If he's borderline, rest him. We are going to need him in week 2.

I’m with you on all points. I want Toney and kelce to play just because we have so many fresh faces and we can ease them in. But **** it… let’s throw them into the fire and ask them to step up instead of expecting kelce to open them up

I’ll add a few more…
- Reid knows how to put these guys in a position to win. Like when we shelved kelce and tyreek during covid. Hard to do multiple weeks but week 1s a spot where gameplanning can catch off guard
- we aren’t desperate. If we lose some early this team is good enough to recover later in the season. Hell, even with jones and kelce I expect this year to be somewhat of a rebuild anyway and I’m actually sorta ok settling for less if it means developing the living hell out of our young players

Hey O.city, you are aware most hyperextended knees are non contact injuries right?

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Against Jacksonville?

I think non contact is most likely better outcome then direct trauma causing it I could still lead to a tear but the force is normally less than someone hitting /landing on it , at my age I would probably blow every ligament I have .

I am anything but hyperextended right now

Yeah, most non contact knee injuries result in hyperextension of the knee.

Which usually leads to.....other things.

Direct trauma can hyperextended the knee .

I like to think this is going slow not because we don’t know the results but because we have to face a tough decision on whether to play him in 2 days.

They're not gonna let out anything of that nature if it's not serious.

Just GTD it at that point. I'm just waiting to hear on the seriousness side.

Yea I'm not so sure about that. Usually when a guy blows out his kneee he is twisting or planting to turn.

The longer they go without ruling him out the better obviously. (Duh)

Like fever, cough, nausea, shortness of breath, and lost of taste.

Right frenchy?

That's why you do the MRI.

If there's any chance of aggravating it or compounding the problem, you sit him. But to know if that's the case, you can't just ask him "How's it feel" because it can feel a little loose without any real structural damage.

But if you get an MRI and there's any structural damage - even if fairly light - that would increase the likelihood of making the injury worse. So now it's not a question of pain tolerance - it's knowing that you really should shut him down, even if it's only a week.

I'm guessing the immediate MRI is to determine how aggressive they can be with his playing status. If he blew it out, we'd know it by now (typically laxity tests will tell you that before you need an MRI) and you probably wouldn't even DO an MRI until after a little swelling subsides in the next few days.

I'm still not too worried here...

Meanwhile at the Chiefs practice facility, a lone janitor locks the front door and switches off the lights after the last person leaves the facility for the day. After the thread on ChiefsPlanet did not reach the 1,000 post threshold required for the MRI to be read today, Chiefs staff called a lid until Wednesday afternoon.

Technically, he was limited in practice because he didn't finish.

They aren't required to report anything further. Even if they list him as Questionable for the game, it doesn't mean we're in the clear - they could still be debating the results.

DJ's right, we probably don't want news - because that means it's a season ender and no reason to hold info back. Otherwise, they're just playing the mind game and it's frustrating AF.

If he wasn’t ruled out on the spot I would assume your looking a grade 1-2 sprain or better

I'm no knee scientist, is it possible to hyperextend the knee without light damage? It seems like something is getting pushed beyond where it should be for the hyperextension to be possible.

Yep, they played us tough in the playoffs. I expect that will be a harder game than the Lions.

I had one playing baseball in my teens. Got hit at home; hyperextended it. It was sore but I played the next day. It really felt more than anything like a bone bruise but the knee felt fairly stable, fairly quickly.

I wasn't 35, though - may be a different animal.

Mahomes dislocated his patellar without any real damage , I mean sprains are technically damage to varying degree and risks

Originally Posted by KC Hawks View Post
Time to tank for Brock Bowers transition to an offense that uses its wide receivers

Oh my god why don’t we have a WR1!!!

Sounds like a bone bruise and a capsular sprain is bare minimum with a hyperextension.

I figured we'd get a "no structural damage" from someone atleast.

OCity bringing his doctor knowledge out today!

Good to have you here Doc!

You also weren't carrying 265 pounds on your frame when that knee bent.

I'm at week 6 in a walking boot with some new hardware in my ankle over what is really just the mother of all high ankle sprains (syndesmosis ligaments had a bad time).

'sprain' is about the most worthless diagnosis that exists these days.

This is true.

I'm just saying it CAN happen.

It is. You're not Travis Kelce.

No doubt - I understand the gamesmanship part of this, but **** me - at least tell us there's no structural damage and lets get on with it.

Does he know Dr. Chao?

ESPN pushing out 10 fantasy notifications in the last 30 minutes about everyone other than Kelce is annoying to say the least.

Chiefs don't owe us anything. If Kelce is totally fine and a green light for Thursday night, they should do exactly what they are doing and list him as GTD and say nothing else.

Sounds like being anywhere other than in a padded room ain't your thing

damn hope he recovers quick

CAN WE GET A ****ING UPDATE?????

Update: we have no update

There you go!

https://x.com/rapsheet/status/169916...q1JdPhn3NHJAOg

Update^^

Shouldn’t be long term according to Rap

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chiefs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Chiefs</a> star TE Travis Kelce’s status is in doubt for Thursday night’s opener vs. the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Lions?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Lions</a> because of his knee injury, but sources tell me and <a href="https://twitter.com/TomPelissero?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TomPelissero</a> it’s not believed to be a long-term injury. They’ll wait for swelling to go down and go from there. <a href="https://t.co/pzuOYz2wt2">pic.twitter.com/pzuOYz2wt2</a></p>&mdash; Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1699162105457312228?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 5, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Big exhale.

BUT WHERE'S THE ****ING MRI?

Mahomes would have carried this team to wins anyway, but it's a relief to know it's not a long-term thing. Having Kelce around come playoff time makes things a hell of a lot easier.

Tank for Caleb, but trade him for 3 first round draft picks to the Rams, proceed to draft Marvin Harrison jr, a LT, and an edge. Trade CJ for another first and draft a DL. We good boyos

The MRI could be negative and he still might not play or it could be a small tear and still play , troubleshooting the human body over the internet is freaking hard lol.

Oh you mean there's the tweet from Rap and Peli? Almost like I knew it would come?

Everyone get in here to eat some shit. I've got 2 fists full and their rated E for everyone.

Yeah, my point is that this happening right before game time makes them extra careful about communicating. They’ll take a little more time before even hinting at a leak. Way different to say “we’re being cautious” versus “we’re so confident he’s fine that he’s clear to play in 48 hours

Not optimal star t to season so far .

Pretty sure Prison Bitch gonna want the T for Teen Version though.

I think the MRI Machine is broken

This was good timing

WBF

Let that revampled OLine do some work and pound it right up their asses with Pikachu.

Freaky timing on how on their most recent Kelce podcast they were talking about having Gumby knees.

Time for Noah to step up. Let's see what he has got.

Yes, he is his dentist.