Sneed, Okafor and Hardman will be active Chiefs-Raiders

The Kansas City Chiefs released their inactive player roster prior to their Week 11 match against the Las Vegas Raiders at Sunday Night Football.

As expected, corner back Larius Snead and defensive end Alex Okafor will qualify for the match after being activated from the injured reserve on Saturday. Snead missed six matches after breaking his collarbone in Week 3 against the Baltimore Ravens, while Okafor missed his last three matches after suffering a hamstring injury in Week 6 against the Buffalo Bills. Mecole Hardman – who was just removed from the Reserve / COVID list on Saturday – will be active for the game.

On Saturday, broad receiver Sammy Watkins (hamstrings / calf) was downgraded to Outside For this game after it’s listed as Doubtful In the president’s final injury report on Friday. On Wednesday – after a week of rest during the farewell – there was hope that Watkins would be ready to return for this match, but that hope faded as he was limited in practice on Thursdays and Fridays. He’s been out since the sixth week.

Defensive ending Taco Charlton (ankle) hadn’t trained all week and was listed as Outside In a report on Friday. He also placed the heads of the reserves in the injured reserves on Saturday. Under special injured reserve rules, he and Schwartz will be on the reserve list for a minimum of three weeks.

Reserve offensive line man Mike Rimers (Rib) is listed as Doubtful On Friday, but it will be available to play on Sunday night. He is expected to replace the correct intervention by Mitchell Schwartz, who had been placed in the injured reserve by Chiefs on Saturday. But if the Remmers don’t start – or if his rib injury catches up during the match – expect rookie Yasser Durant to take his place on the right side of the streak.

Gehrig Dieter, widespread recipient of the coaching team, and offensive streakman Brian Weitzman have been raised to the active roster for this game. Under the one-game boarding rules, they will both automatically return to the coaching team on Monday.

The rest of the inactive heads should be considered healthy scratches. Defensive end Tim Ward will not be active in his first game since he was activated on the roster on November 12. Defensive tackling Calin Saunders would not be suitable for his third match in a row. Tedric Thompson’s safety will miss his second match in a row.

Raiders have also released their Idle List.

The raiders had listed defensive intervention Maurice Hearst (ankle) as a limited participant in practice throughout the week and categorized it as Doubtful For the game. Running Back Galen Richard (chest) didn’t train at all this week and he also got a Doubtful Friday. Neither of them will play against the presidents.

The biggest story this week was the number of players on the team’s backup / COVID roster. As many as nine Raiders defenders were on the list this week – but on Saturday, six were returned to the roster: Arden Key’s defensive ending, Johnathan Abram and Isaiah Johnson’s defensive appearances, and a defensive intervention on Maliek Collins, Johnathan Hankins and the Kendal Vickers. All of them will be active against the bosses.

Meanwhile, defensive clein Ferrell, right-handed Trent Brown and full back Corey Littleton remain on the Raiders / COVID reserve list and will not be available Sunday evening.

The defensive finish of coaching team David Irving was also knocked off the COVID roster on Saturday and was promoted to the active roster for the match, along with defensive finishers Chris Smith and defensive back Gavin White.