Chiefs Place DT Xavier Williams on Injured Reserve
By Chris Pyo
In a huge blow to an already shaky Kansas City Chiefs defense, it's been announced that defensive tackle Xavier Williams has been placed on injured reserve.
Williams, who was signed this past offseason and was expected to provide much-needed depth at DT, suffered a high-ankle sprain in last week's loss against the Indianapolis Colts.
Moves for the #Chiefs: DT Xavier Williams (high-ankle) was placed on Injured Reserve, while G Ryan Hunter was waived. Meanwhile, veterans DT Terrell McClain and G Stefen Wisniewski were signed.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) October 9, 2019
Evidently, that ankle sprain was bad enough that the Chiefs felt it necessary to place Williams on IR. Steve Spagnuolo's defense, which finds itself having one of the worst run units in the NFL, is going to miss Williams' presence.
The Chiefs went on to sign nine-year veteran DT Terrell McClain, as their only other healthy nose tackles are Derrick Nnadi and Khalen Saunders.
With starting DT Chris Jones also out with a groin injury, the Chiefs' front four will be as weak as ever, even with monster DE Frank Clark bringing pressure off the edge.
So far tonight the Chiefs have lost:
— James Palmer (@JamesPalmerTV) October 7, 2019
Chris Jones is out with a groin injury.
Xavier Williams is out with an ankle injury.
Anthony Hitchens is out with a groin injury.
Sammy Watkins is out with hamstring injury.
The Chiefs have been hammered by injuries left and right as they look to continue their highly-expected Super Bowl run. With their last loss against the Colts, however, it remains to be seen whether they'll live up to their potential and finally win Andy Reid his first Super Bowl or limp to the finish line and face an early playoff exit.