{"id":288910,"date":"2023-09-06T20:34:57","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T20:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=288910"},"modified":"2023-09-06T20:34:57","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T20:34:57","slug":"chiefs-te-travis-kelce-knee-questionable-to-play-thursday-vs-lions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/nfl\/chiefs-te-travis-kelce-knee-questionable-to-play-thursday-vs-lions\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs TE Travis Kelce (knee) questionable to play Thursday vs. Lions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kansas City Chiefs tight end \ufeffTravis Kelce\ufeff is officially listed as questionable for Thursday night&#8217;s season opener against the Detroit Lions.<\/p>\n<p>Kelce injured the knee in Tuesday&#8217;s practice, putting his availability to open the campaign in question.<\/p>\n<p>The start tight end is\u00a0believed to have suffered a bone bruise\u00a0and avoided a long-term knee injury, NFL Network Insiders Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero reported.<\/p>\n<p>The big question heading into Thursday night is whether the swelling will have gone down and if any pain is manageable enough for Kelce to play through.<\/p>\n<h2>          <span>            Related Links          <\/span>        <\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>              Nine last-minute predictions for 2023 NFL season: Josh Allen wins MVP, 49ers win Super Bowl LVIII            <\/li>\n<li>              Chiefs DT Chris Jones opens up on holdout: &#x27;All I&#x27;m doing is asking for a raise&#x27;            <\/li>\n<li>              2023 fantasy football flex rankings: Top 150 RB\/WR\/TE options in Week 1            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Kelce hasn&#8217;t missed a game due to injury since 2013, his rookie campaign.<\/p>\n<p>It would be a big loss if \ufeffPatrick Mahomes\ufeff&#8217; favorite target can&#8217;t suit up Thursday, but the good news is it doesn&#8217;t appear to be a long-term issue.<\/p>\n<p>In better news for K.C., Kelce is the only player listed with a game status for Week 1. Wide receiver \ufeffKadarius Toney\ufeff (knee) and cornerback \ufeffL&#39;Jarius Sneed\ufeff (knee), who were limited earlier in the week, were full participants Wednesday and are off the injury report.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/chiefs-te-travis-kelce-knee-questionable-to-play-thursday-vs-lions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kansas City Chiefs tight end \ufeffTravis Kelce\ufeff is officially listed as questionable for Thursday night&#8217;s season opener against the Detroit Lions. Kelce injured the knee in Tuesday&#8217;s practice, putting his availability to open the campaign in question. The start tight end is\u00a0believed to have suffered a bone bruise\u00a0and avoided a long-term knee injury, NFL Network [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288909,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Chiefs TE Travis Kelce (knee) questionable to play Thursday vs. Lions - Sports Life Tale<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/nfl\/chiefs-te-travis-kelce-knee-questionable-to-play-thursday-vs-lions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chiefs TE Travis Kelce (knee) questionable to play Thursday vs. Lions - Sports Life Tale\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kansas City Chiefs tight end \ufeffTravis Kelce\ufeff is officially listed as questionable for Thursday night&#8217;s season opener against the Detroit Lions. 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