Coming into the weekend, the Kansas City Chiefs had a relatively clean bill of health. The reigning AFC champions have just a couple of minor injury situations to monitor, or at least they thought, as Saturday’s practice arrived.
There’s a new development as the club heads south to face the Jacksonville Jaguars. It’s a classic good news, bad news situation from head coach Andy Reid.
Andy Reid Drops News of Surprise Injury to Chiefs DT Omarr Norman-Lott
In his Saturday afternoon media availability, Reid revealed that defensive tackle Omarr Norman-Lott is nursing a shoulder injury. He sustained the ailment on Friday.
“The only one that didn’t practice today was Lott, Omarr,” Reid said. “He nicked up his shoulder yesterday. We’ll just see how he does here in the next couple of days.”
When asked whether it’s a serious injury, Reid erred on the side of caution but said the rookie should be fine in the grand scheme.
“Listen, I think he should be OK,” Reid said. “We’ll see.”
It remains to be seen whether this will impact Norman-Lott’s availability for Monday night’s game.
This marks the continuation of what’s been a slow start for Norman-Lott’s rookie season. The 63rd overall NFL Draft pick dealt with an ankle injury in August, limiting his availability and effectiveness during the preseason. He then got a sack in his NFL debut in Week 2.
In Weeks 2-4, Norman-Lott combined to play 55 defensive snaps. In those opportunities, he has 5 tackles (4 solo efforts and 1 for loss) and the aforementioned quarterback takedown. The former Tennessee standout owns a 50.2 Pro Football Focus overall grade, which ranks 132nd among 179 interior defensive linemen. His 62.3 pass rush grade, however, is 71st.
This story is being updated.