{"id":648164,"date":"2026-01-02T13:27:35","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T13:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/648164\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T13:27:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T13:27:35","slug":"illness-continues-to-ravage-kansas-city-chiefs-locker-room-in-latest-injury-report-for-the-week-18-tilt-with-las-vegas-raiders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/648164\/","title":{"rendered":"Illness continues to ravage Kansas City Chiefs’ locker room in latest injury report for the Week 18 tilt with Las Vegas Raiders"},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs<\/a>\u00a0have released their second injury report of the week ahead of Week 18\u2019s regular-season finale against the\u00a0Las Vegas Raiders<\/a>\u00a0at Allegiant Stadium.<\/p>\n

It was hard to imagine the Chiefs’ injury report looking any worse after Wednesday<\/a>, but somehow it did. After having three non-participants to start the practice week, they’ve now got four non-participants, including a player who plays a highly specialized position. Three of those non-participant absences are due to illness, with flu and cold season in full swing in Kansas City.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a quick breakdown of the second injury report of the week for both squads.<\/p>\n

Chiefs\u2019 Thursday injury report for Week 18<\/p>\n

Player<\/p>\n

Injury<\/p>\n

Weds.\/Thurs.\/Fri.<\/p>\n

WR Xavier Worthy<\/p>\n

Illness<\/p>\n

DNP\/DNP<\/p>\n

RB Kareem Hunt<\/p>\n

Illness<\/p>\n

DNP\/DNP<\/p>\n

RG Trey Smith<\/p>\n

Ankle<\/p>\n

DNP\/DNP<\/p>\n

TE Jake Briningstool (IR)<\/p>\n

Hamstring<\/p>\n

FP\/FP<\/p>\n

OT Jaylon Moore<\/p>\n

Knee<\/p>\n

LP\/LP<\/p>\n

RB Isiah Pacheco<\/p>\n

NIR (Rest)<\/p>\n

LP\/LP<\/p>\n

DE George Karlaftis<\/p>\n

NIR (Rest)<\/p>\n

LP\/LP<\/p>\n

CB Kristian Fulton<\/p>\n

Knee\/Wrist<\/p>\n

FP\/FP<\/p>\n

LS James Winchester<\/p>\n

Illness<\/p>\n

FP\/DNP<\/p>\n

DT Derrick Nnadi<\/p>\n

Illness<\/p>\n

FP\/FP<\/p>\n

Observations<\/p>\n

After a full participation practice to start the week, Chiefs LS James Winchester was downgraded to a non-participant on Sunday. As one of the longest-tenured players on the roster, I’d expect him to play in Week 18 despite the illness. Look to see if they add a long-snapper to the practice squad over the next two days to find out if he’s at any risk of missing the regular-season finale.<\/p>\n

Xavier Worthy and Kareem Hunt also remain absent due to illness, while George Karlaftis and Isiah Pacheco were limited for the second consecutive day because of veteran rest days.<\/p>\n

A big question mark for Week 18: Will the Chiefs activate TE Jake Briningstool to the 53-man roster? They currently have four tight ends on the 53-man roster and kept all four of them active against the Denver Broncos<\/a> in Week 17.<\/p>\n

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Raiders\u2019 Thursday injury report for Week 18<\/p>\n

Player<\/p>\n

Injury<\/p>\n

Weds.\/Thurs.\/Fri.<\/p>\n

WR Jack Bech<\/p>\n

Back<\/p>\n

FP\/FP<\/p>\n

DT Adam Butler<\/p>\n

Biceps<\/p>\n

DNP\/DNP<\/p>\n

RB Raheem Mostert<\/p>\n

Knee\/Ankle<\/p>\n

FP\/DNP<\/p>\n

OG Dylan Parham<\/p>\n

Illness<\/p>\n

DNP\/DNP<\/p>\n

QB Geno Smith<\/p>\n

Ankle<\/p>\n

DNP\/DNP<\/p>\n

WR Tyler Lockett<\/p>\n

Shoulder<\/p>\n

–\/FP<\/p>\n

Observations<\/p>\n

Raiders starting QB Geno Smith is not expected to play in Week 18 after suffering a high-ankle sprain in Week 17’s game against the New York Giants<\/a>. Kenny Pickett is likely to start in his place on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Raiders DT Adam Butler is another player who could be shut down and placed on IR ahead of the Week 18 game due to his injury.<\/p>\n

Raheem Mostert was downgraded to a non-participant in practice after full participation on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Tyler Lockett was added to the injury report with a shoulder injury, but listed as a full participant in practice.<\/p>\n

Related: Nick Bolton reveals one reason Kansas City Chiefs rookie LB Jeffrey Bassa could be ahead of the curve heading into 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally published by A to Z Sports<\/a> on Jan 1, 2026, where it first appeared in the NFL<\/a> section. Add A to Z Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs\u00a0have released their second injury report of the week ahead of Week 18\u2019s regular-season finale against…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":648165,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2063],"tags":[19461,346,258,21126,7044,7,1507,303,17416,3188,4440,4499,58527,3503,118,110,2438,2437,751,570,5408,393,56,6,62007,7039,93423,1216,2864,10140,1080],"class_list":["post-648164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-adam-butler","tag-chiefs","tag-denver-broncos","tag-derrick-nnadi","tag-dylan-parham","tag-football","tag-geno-smith","tag-george-karlaftis","tag-injury-report","tag-isiah-pacheco","tag-jack","tag-jake-briningstool","tag-james-winchester","tag-jaylon-moore","tag-kansas-city","tag-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-kansascity","tag-kansascitychiefs","tag-kareem-hunt","tag-kenny-pickett","tag-kristian-fulton","tag-las-vegas-raiders","tag-new-york-giants","tag-nfl","tag-non-participant","tag-raheem-mostert","tag-regular-season-finale","tag-trey-smith","tag-tyler-lockett","tag-week-18","tag-xavier-worthy"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=648164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648164\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/648165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}