KSHB 41 reporter Tod Palmer covers sports business and eastern Jackson County. He also covers the Chiefs on game days as our digital reporter.Share your story idea with Tod.
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The Chiefs lost a starter on both sides of the ball in the first half Thursday at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
Safety Bryan Cook suffered an apparent right ankle injury on the second drive of the game, while right tackle Jawaan Taylor exited late in the second quarter with an elbow injury.
Officially, Kansas City listed both players as questionable for the second half. Taylor's status was changed to out early in the third quarter.
Initially, Cook, who entered the game tied for fifth on the Chiefs with 49 tackles, tried to play through the pain after getting his ankle retaped.
But that only lasted a snap before he retreated to the sideline for the remainder of the half.
Cook was hurt helping cornerback Trent McDuffie tackle CeeDee Lamb on a 17-yard pickup on third-and-9.
Veteran Mike Edwards, who was elevated from the practice squad for the game, saw more snaps with Cook out.
Taylor has never missed a game in his seven-year NFL career due to injury and has started in all 111 games in which he’s appeared.
That includes 66 games in his first four seasons with Jacksonville and 45 games during the last three seasons with Kansas City.
Taylor did sit out the Week 18 regular-season finale last season when the Chiefs rested their starters with the AFC West and the AFC’s No. 1 seed already wrapped up.
Veteran swing tackle Jaylon Moore, who started four games at left tackle when Josh Simmons was absent to deal with a family matter, according to the team, replaced Taylor along the offensive line.
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Tod Palmer