Overview
- Waddle aggravated a prior chest injury near his left shoulder during a poorly executed reverse that featured a bobbled pitch and a 12-yard loss.
- NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport and 9News Denver’s Mike Klis report the injury came on that play and that Waddle is not a lock to play in Week 8.
- Sources say the team will base Waddle’s status on his work in practice this week and that he is expected to be listed as questionable.
- Coach Sean Payton publicly called the reverse an “awful” play and apologized after the game, underscoring that the play design contributed to the incident.
- If Waddle is limited or out, Courtland Sutton would assume primary target duties while Troy Franklin and the running back group would receive larger roles, and Denver’s game plan for the Chiefs would need to change.