Chiefs announce status of RB Clyde Edwards-Helaire for Week 17 vs. Bengals
By Sydney Hunte
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The Kansas City Chiefs visit the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday in an important Week 17 matchup at Paul Brown Stadium. Kansas City will be looking to clinch the No. 1 seed in the AFC, which it will do with a win coupled with a Tennessee Titans tie or loss, or a tie paired with a Titans loss.
But the Chiefs will be without running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire. The team ruled him out of Sunday’s game due to a collarbone injury:
We have now ruled RB Clyde Edwards-Helaire OUT for Sunday’s game. He will not travel with the club.
We have added RB Jerick McKinnon to the 53-man roster from IR. McKinnon should be listed on the injury report with a hamstring injury and no designation for Sunday. pic.twitter.com/XR0QueVzx8
— Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) January 1, 2022
Edwards-Helaire had 9 carries for 27 yards and a touchdown on Dec. 26 against the Pittsburgh Steelers, but exited in the 3rd quarter after suffering his injury. For the season, he has 119 carries for 517 yards and 4 scores.
It’s not the first time the former LSU star has faced injury issues this year. He missed over a month due to an MCL injury sustained on Oct. 10 in a game against the Buffalo Bills, returning on Nov. 21 against the Dallas Cowboys.
Kansas City and Cincinnati kick off at 1 p.m. Sunday on CBS.
Sydney is an Atlanta-based journalist who has covered everything from SEC and ACC football to MLS, the U.S. men's national soccer team and professional tennis. His work has appeared on such platforms as SB Nation, Cox Media Group and FanSided.
