Chiefs place Trent McDuffie on injured reserve plus 6 different roster strikes – newsdubai

Tuesday afternoon, Kansas Metropolis Chiefs announced that they have placed rookie cornerback Trent McDuffie on injured reserve. McDuffie damage his hamstring throughout the staff’s 44-21 Week 1 win over the Arizona Cardinals.

Along with the McDuffie memo, the membership introduced six different roster adjustments via his official Twitter account.

Throughout Tuesday’s media availability, head coach Andy Reid coyly admitted that the turf at State Farm Stadium in Arizona performed a job within the accidents to McDuffie and kicker Harrison Butker.

“It was a part of the Butker harm and the McDuffie harm,” Reid mentioned. “The turf picked up, and I’ll inform you that had one thing to do with it. If it didn’t, I’d inform you, too. In order that’s not an excuse by any means, however I imply, you all can watch it. Watch the tape.”

McDuffie’s placement on IR means he’ll miss the Chiefs’ subsequent 4 video games — at house in opposition to the Los Angeles Chargers, away on the Indianapolis Colts and Tampa Bay Buccaneers and at house in opposition to the Las Vegas Raiders.

Linebackers Elijah Lee and Jack Cochrane have been activated to the 53-man roster forward of the staff’s sport in opposition to the Chargers. Lee performed eight snaps on protection and logged 20 special-teams snaps within the Chiefs’ first sport.

The staff additionally signed kicker Matt Ammendola ( extra on that right here ), cornerback Dicaprio Bootle and vast receiver Corey Coleman to their follow squad. Each Bootle and Coleman hung out on Kansas Metropolis’s 90-man roster throughout coaching camp and the preseason, however had been unable to make the preliminary roster lower.

Security James Wiggins, who spent every week on Kansas Metropolis’s follow squad, was launched to make room for the strikes.