Texans vs. Chiefs: Key Injuries and Lineup Changes

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00:00Let's go to Saturday's key lineup changes and injury updates as we look first at Arrowhead

00:05and the Texans and Chiefs in Kansas City. Yeah, and it's going to be really cold weather,

00:11mid-20s, wind 11 to 13 miles an hour now. C.J. Stroud, look, it's been a rough season for C.J.

00:16Stroud. There's no question he's taken a little bit of a step back, but let's call it like it is.

00:19They've had major issues with their offensive line, injuries, lineup changes. They're down

00:24two of their top receivers for the season. Tank Dell, unfortunately, Scott, he had that horrific

00:29knee injury where he scored a touchdown at Kansas City in week 15. He's done until next season.

00:35By the way, they don't know exactly when he'll return, as I understand it. They expect him to

00:39play next season, but they couldn't tell you which month he'll be back. And Stephan Diggs

00:43also tours ACL. And then Robert Woods, by the way, who've been starting, he didn't practice

00:47this week due to injury. So they're really late at receiver right now. That's a concern.

00:51Now for the Chiefs, Scott, the one concern I have is that left tackle. D.J. Humphreys,

00:55a former first-round pick for the Cardinals who they signed to be a starter, he's been out for

00:59over four weeks with this hamstring issue, okay? He took a lot of work with the first team

01:03this week. He's going to play. The question is, can he play a full game? If they don't think he

01:08can, it's going to be Joe Tooney, their left guard, who would fill in for him and move it over from

01:12left guard to left tackle. That is the one issue, Scott. Remember, you and I talked about this

01:17years ago when the Chiefs had major offensive line problems for the Super Bowl, so that what

01:21they do, they got five new starters. Right here, they got to get the left tackle situation

01:25straightened out going into the offseason. That is the number one issue right now for this football

01:28team is left tackle. So you saw the Texans rake Orange Sherbert and the Chargers in that playoff

01:38game at NRG. Their pass rush was ferocious. Do you believe that the Texans will be able to

01:45have that kind of pass rush against this Kansas City line? They'll have their moments, Scott.

01:51They'll have their moments, but I trust their own line coach, Andy Heck, and Andy Reed as a play caller

01:56to make sure they've got this thing straightened out, whether it's playing more 12 personnel,

02:00which is two tight ends, two receivers, and one back, to make sure they got an extra tight end

02:05in there or an extra lineman. They'll do that. It's not like they don't know that they've been

02:08dealing with this for five weeks. It's been an ongoing problem, Scott. This should not be

02:12happening. Let's call it like it is. They drafted Kingsley Sumitaya, a left tackle from BYU. He

02:18clearly wasn't ready. They tried Juan de Amaras. He wasn't ready. They're now down to D.J. Humphreys.

02:23This is an issue. They're going to win Sunday. We're going to talk about this. We'll talk about

02:26the line and the number. By the way, it was five and two last week, but we're going to talk about

02:30that in the second segment. But it's fair to bring this up, Scott. This should not be happening this

02:34late in the season.