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The Kansas City Chiefs and Cincinnati Bengals released their first injury reports ahead of Wednesday’s AFC Championship Game. It was a remarkably short injury report for Casey, while Cincinnati was still missing two key players from practice.
Check out the injury reports for each team below:
Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports
| player | injury | Participation* |
| QB Patrick Mahomes | ankle | FP |
| LB Willie Gay Jr. | toe | FP |
| RB Jeric McKinnon | ankle | FP |
| WR Mecole Hardman | pelvis | LP |
*DNP = Did not participate. LP = Limited Partnership | FP = Full Participation | NIR = not related to injury
- Chiefs HC Andy Reid provided his usual practice pre-injury update. You can read his comments here.
- Reid said he expected Mahomes to be a full participant in practice. Mahomes said he is looking forward to testing his ankle in practice. How he feels tomorrow will be important.
- Hardman was limited in practice on Wednesday. It was his first practice since week 18.
- There is no El Jarius Sneed on the injury report this week despite a nose injury suffered in the AFC Divisional Round.
Eric Kanha-USA TODAY Sports
| player | injury | Participation* |
| C Ted Karras | Knee | FP |
| de sam hubbard | NIR – Rest | LP |
| cb tray flower | wing clipping | LP |
| lb joe baby | Foot | LP |
| OG Alex Kappa | ankle | dnp |
| OT Jonah Williams | Knee | dnp |
| dt dj reader | NIR – Rest | dnp |
*DNP = Did not participate. LP = Limited Partnership | FP = Full Participation | NIR = not related to injury
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