Winchester (shoulder) was listed as a full participant during practice Monday, Matt McMullen of the Chiefs' official site reports. Winchester was held out of practice for the final week of training camp to recover, but he should be ready to go for Thursday's season opener against the Ravens.
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Team
Kansas City Chiefs
Birthdate
8/6/1989 (35)
Status
Active
HT/WT
6'3", 209 lbs
Birthplace
Washington, OK, USA
Position
LS
College
Oklahoma
Experience
10 seasons
Career History
Kansas City Chiefs
2015-Present
(10 seasons)
Winchester (shoulder) was listed as a full participant during practice Monday, Matt McMullen of the Chiefs' official site reports. Winchester was held out of practice for the final week of training camp to recover, but he should be ready to go for Thursday's season opener against the Ravens.
Special teams coordinator Dave Toub said Tuesday that Winchester (shoulder) will be held out of practice this week and should be ready for the Chiefs' regular-season opener against the Ravens, Matt Derrick of ChiefsDigest.com reports. Winchester suffered an AC sprain in his shoulder in Saturday's preseason game against the Lions. Toubs appeared optimistic Tuesday that the rest will be enough for Winchester to be ready for the regular-season opener. The Chiefs signed Randen Plattner on Monday to handle special-teams snaps in case Winchester is sidelined for longer than anticipated.
Winchester suffered a shoulder injury in the Chiefs' preseason game against Detroit and is questionable to return. The severity of the long snapper's shoulder injury is still up in the air, but he did not make it on the field with the punt team after this news was released. Tight end Noah Gray is stepping in at the long snapper position in place of Winchester.