Kadarius Toney

The Kansas City Chiefs have ruled out Kadarius Toney and All-Pro guard Joe Thuney when they face the Ravens in the AFC Championship game on Sunday. Thuney, who helped lead this offensive line to being one of the best in the league will be missed on Sunday. Nick Allegretti gets the start in Thuney’s place.

Isiah Pacheco, who missed the whole week of practice, as expected will play. Pacheco was dominant in the Divisional Round against the Bills, averaging 6.5 yards per carry which led to 97 yards and touchdown on the ground. Look for the Chiefs to lean heavily on Pacheco and the run game once again, if they plan to keep Lamar Jackson and the high flying Ravens offense off the field.

Kadarius Toney and Skyy Moore have been ruled out for Chiefs for their divisional round game vs the Bills.

Look for the Chiefs to continue to lean on Rashee Rice, Travis Kelce and Isiah Pacheco in part 3 of the Allen/Mahomes playoff trilogy.

Rashee Rice will not play on Sunday due to a hamstring injury when the Chiefs face the Chargers in the final week of the regular season. Rice, who is having a great rookie campaign will come up 62 yards shy of the 1000 yard mark. Rice finished 2023 as the WR21, he was especially impressive in the last 8 games, in those games, he had 47 receptions for 560 yards and 3 touchdowns, and commanded a 23% target share during that time period.

The Chiefs have also ruled out L’Jarius Sneed and Kadarius Toney for Sunday’s contest as well. These aren’t surprising moves for the Chiefs as they are already locked into the  #3 seed and are playing it safe and allowing their key pieces to have important rest. 

The Kansas City Chiefs will be without two of their veteran playmakers when they face off against their hated division rivals in the Las Vegas Raiders on Christmas Day. Kadarius Toney and Jerick McKinnon were both ruled out for the game on Monday.

McKinnon will be missed the most in the Chiefs offense, coming off a nice 2 game stretch in which he was the RB15 during that span. Isiah Pacheco will be returning to the lineup and is an RB1 this week versus a weak Raider run defense that gives up an average of 124.9 yards per game on the ground. Clyde Edwards-Helaire, who also caught fire in Pacheco’s absence, is a sneaky flex play this week and will see a bump in snaps with the McKinnon news.

With Skyy Moore and now Kadarius Toney out this week, look for Richie James to take the majority of the slot role for the Chiefs, and could be a contributor for the Chiefs down the stretch. No Chiefs wide receiver is statable this week, outside of Rashee Rice who continues to be a smash play week and after week. Rice is a top 10 wide receiver this week against the Raiders.