The Kansas City Chiefs are putting the finishing touches on their preparations for their AFC Championship Game clash with the Buffalo Bills. Injuries are always a big storyline at this time of the year, and the Chiefs latest injury announcement ahead of this game will surely catch attention.
KC has been hit hard by injuries on the year, as they missed key pieces of their offense, such as wide receivers Rashee Rice and Marquise Brown, and running back Isiah Pacheco, for long stretches. After resting their starters in a meaningless Week 18 game and earning a first-round bye, though, the team got some down time to get healthy.
That time off served the team well in their divisional round win against the Houston Texans, and the hope is the same will be true when they take on the Bills. While the game hasn’t been played yet, the Chiefs are entering this one with a clean bill of health, as no players will carry injury designations into this one.
“There are no injury designations for Sunday’s AFC Championship against the Bills,” the Chiefs said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, when revealing their injury report for Friday.
Of course, everyone is dealing with bumps and bruises at this point of the year, but to have no one on the injury report is a huge win for Kansas City. Buffalo was the only team to beat them when they were playing their full cast of starters during the regular season, so they will need everything to go their way if they want to exact revenge.
The healthiest team isn’t necessarily guaranteed to win this game, though, so the Chiefs will still have to go out and play their best football if they want to find their way back to the Super Bowl. Kickoff for the AFC Championship Game against the Bills is scheduled for Sunday, Jan. 26 at 6:30 p.m. EST.