{"id":30940,"date":"2025-08-20T22:47:04","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T22:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=30940"},"modified":"2025-08-20T22:48:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T22:48:22","slug":"breaking-news-chiefs-fan-favorite-catches-tough-break-ahead-of-preseason-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=30940","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS : \ud83d\udd25 Chiefs Fan-Favorite Hit With Tough Luck Just Before Preseason Finale \u2014 What Happened? \ud83e\udd14\ud83c\udfc8"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jake-Briningstool4-e1755726360178.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jake-Briningstool4-e1755726360178.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jake-Briningstool4-e1755726360178.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jake-Briningstool4-e1755726360178.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Chiefs Fan Favorite Catches Tough Break Ahead of Preseason Finale\" width=\"780\" height=\"437\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Kansas City Chiefs revealed which players will not suit up for the preseason finale against the Chicago Bears, and fan favorite rookie tight end Jake Briningstool was among the injured inactives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere are the Chiefs who will not play against the Bears in the final preseason game,\u201d Arrowhead Pride beat reporter Pete Sweeney relayed on August 20. \u201cTE Jake Briningstool (hamstring), LB Jack Cochrane (knee), OL Ethan Driskell (appendix), S Mike Edwards (hamstring), CB Nazeeh Johnson (shoulder), DT Omarr Norman-Lott (ankle) and WR Jalen Royals (knee).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chiefs head coach Andy Reid also hinted that Patrick Mahomes and the starters will play at least one series earlier this week on August 18.<\/p>\n<p>This is a really tough break for players like Briningstool, most of all. The standout rookie of OTAs suffered a hamstring injury that derailed his chances of making the 53-man roster early on in training camp.<\/p>\n<p>Then, after working extremely hard to get back on the practice field this week, Briningstool was likely ruled out due to the short week leading up to a Thursday night game.<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, Thursday night was probably Briningstool\u2019s final opportunity to avoid being cut next week. It\u2019s hard to envision Kansas City keeping an undrafted rookie on its 53-man roster after that player missed the majority of training camp and the entire preseason \u2014 no matter how good he looked before his injury.<\/p>\n<p>Especially when you consider how well veteran tight end Robert Tonyan has performed while he\u2019s been out.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Chiefs Will Most Likely Offer Jake Briningstool a Place on the Practice Squad If He Passes Through Waivers<\/h2>\n<p>On the bright side, the expectation is that the Chiefs will offer Briningstool a spot on their 2025 practice squad.<\/p>\n<p>If they weren\u2019t interested in keeping the rookie tight end, they would have injury-waived him weeks ago, but instead, KC held on to Briningstool all this time. That\u2019s a clear tell that they would like to see more of the promising UDFA.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, there\u2019s a chance that another NFL team claims Briningstool off waivers, although that is typically unlikely when an undrafted prospect misses the majority of training camp.<\/p>\n<p>In all likelihood, Briningstool will go unclaimed. If that happens, and if the Chiefs offer him a practice squad role, it would be up to Briningstool on whether or not he wants to sign with Kansas City or a different practice squad (assuming he has other offers).<\/p>\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/ybmedia\/image\/upload\/c_crop,e_improve,h_675,w_1200,x_0,y_24\/c_fill,f_auto,h_1215,q_auto,w_2160\/v1\/m\/7\/7\/775f408929d8bea421ad82821177f6cb9676db8f\/syndication-arizona-republic.jpg\" alt=\"Chiefs HC Andy Reid confirms suspicion regarding the availability of starting players for preseason finale vs. Bears | Yardbarker\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2>Multiple Chiefs Bubble Candidates Will Miss Preseason Finale vs. Bears<\/h2>\n<p>Briningstool isn\u2019t the only Chiefs bubble candidate who is set to miss the preseason finale.<\/p>\n<p>From the list Sweeney provided, Johnson, Cochrane, Edwards and Driskell could all end up being cut, theoretically.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson and Edwards both have a decent chance to make the roster despite this setback, but Cochrane\u2019s future is less clear with the Chiefs drafting linebacker and special teamer Jeffrey Bassa in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson had been competing with fellow draftmate Joshua Williams for a backup cornerback role on the perimeter, while Edwards should serve as veteran safety depth behind youngsters Jaden Hicks, Bryan Cook, and Chamarri Conner.<\/p>\n<p>The most likely cut of this group of injuries is Driskell. The former UDFA offensive tackle had an opportunity to win a backup role this summer, but it doesn\u2019t feel like that will come to fruition.<\/p>\n<p>Similar to Briningstool, Driskell might be a candidate for the practice squad if he passes through waivers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the Kansas City Chiefs prepare for their final preseason outing vs the Chicago Bears, fan favorite rookie Jake Briningstool got bad news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kansas-city-chiefs"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING NEWS : \ud83d\udd25 Chiefs Fan-Favorite Hit With Tough Luck Just Before Preseason Finale \u2014 What Happened? 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