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The Kansas City Chiefs have activated second-year linebacker Willie Gay Jr. from the injured reserve list, as announced on the official team Twitter account on Saturday afternoon.
We have activated LB Willie Gay from Injured Reserve. Gay will appear on the injury report with a toe injury and is questionable for Sunday’s game.
We activated DE Demone Harris from the practice team via Standard Elevation.
We gave up on LB Darius Harris. pic.twitter.com/47q7ESNH1u
– Kansas City Chiefs (@Chefs) October 9, 2021
The team gave up linebacker Darius Harris to make room for Gay on the 53-man roster, and they also announced the elevation of the practice squad to defensive end Demone Harris.
Gay, who returns to training on Wednesday, joins defensive end Chris Jones and cornerback Charvarius Ward to be officially questionable for the team Sunday night football game against the Buffalo Bills.
“We’ll have to see – see how it goes here in the next few days with this,” Chiefs head coach Andy Reid said of Gay status. “As long as he can walk in, know his stuff, and feel comfortable with his foot, we’d be fine there.”
The Chiefs put Gay on the injured list after sustaining a turf toe injury in the team’s last preseason game against the Minnesota Vikings. He left Chiefs training on Friday for personal reasons, according to Reid.
Demone Harris’s promotion on game day may suggest Jones may not be playing in the game, especially since he hasn’t practiced all week. Rookie defensive end Joshua Kaindoh is also currently in the injured reserve.
Demone has appeared in five regular season games for the Chiefs over the past two seasons. As a senior player, he will automatically be reinstated to the practice squad after Sunday night’s game.
Darius joined the Chiefs as an undrafted free agent in 2019. He played 33 special teams snaps for the Chiefs in 2021 but saw no action in defense.
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