Chiefs vs Jaguars Injury Report: Andy Reid Deals With 2 Concerns as Liam Coen Gets Troubling Update

There’s a specific kind of dread that settles in when you realize you’re trapped in a loop. For the Jaguars, that loop is colored red and gold, and it’s lasted for 8 straight games. 8 consecutive losses to the Chiefs. It’s a stat that feels less like a trend and more like a haunting, a ghost that shows up on the schedule every year to remind Duval County that some mountains are just harder to climb. The Jags are 3-1, playing their best ball in recent memory. This Monday night should feel different.

Look, Andy Reid isn’t exactly strolling into this matchup with a perfectly healthy roster, either. The Chiefs have their own troubles brewing in the trenches. DE Mike Danna, a reliable rotational piece with 2 Super Bowl rings and 20.5 career sacks, is questionable with a quadriceps issue. On the other side of the ball, cornerback Kristian Fulton, a journeyman who posted a respectable 71.1 PFF grade with the Chargers last season, is nursing a tender ankle.

These aren’t minor concerns. Losing Danna thins out the pass rush, and a hobbled Fulton, who has 5 career INTs, creates a potential soft spot for Trevor Lawrence to target.

The stats paint a picture of 2 teams separated by the thinnest of margins. The Chiefs score 24.3 points per game; the Jags score 24.0. The Chiefs allow 19 points per game; the Jags allow 18. Just as the Jaguars looked poised to finally break the curse under the prime-time lights, the injury report dropped.

Troubling update for Coen’s Jags

The word from ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler is that star pass rusher Travon Walker is officially “week-to-week” after consulting a specialist for his wrist. For a team trying to recover from a decade-long losing streak against this very opponent, losing its top defensive end is devastating.

This is the man who set a franchise record for sacks in his first three years, racking up a staggering 20.5 sacks over the last two seasons alone. Walker isn’t just a guy on the line; he’s an engine. With 13 pressures and 2 sacks already logged this season, he represents Jacksonville’s best shot at making Patrick Mahomes uncomfortable.

Without him, the task falls on Emmanuel Ogbah and Dawuane Smoot to somehow contain a quarterback who, even on an off day, is a walking cheat code. It’s a nightmare scenario for Jacksonville’s D-line.