{"id":36566,"date":"2025-10-27T23:17:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T23:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=36566"},"modified":"2025-10-27T23:19:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T23:19:06","slug":"breaking-news-chiefs-continue-puzzling-decision-pattern-in-week-8-inactives-for-mnf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=36566","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS : \ud83e\udd14 Chiefs Continue Their Puzzling Moves: Week 8 MNF Inactives Leave Fans Asking Why \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\/10\/GettyImages-2236654174-1-e1761603926380.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2236654174-1-e1761603926380.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2236654174-1-e1761603926380.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2236654174-1-e1761603926380.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Chiefs Continue Puzzling Decision Pattern in Week 8 Inactives for MNF\" width=\"780\" height=\"440\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Having dug themselves out of an early-season 0-2 hole, the Kansas City Chiefs are back in a prime-time slot. Week 8 sees head coach Andy Reid\u2019s crew take on the Washington Commanders, this time on the Monday Night Football stage.<\/p>\n<p>The good news for the reigning AFC champions is players like halfback Brashard Smith (toe) and wide receiver Xavier Worthy (shoulder\/ankle) are both good to go. On the flip side, Kansas City will be without a key piece for their pivotal inter-conference bout.<\/p>\n<p>Right guard Trey Smith is out for Week 8. He\u2019s joined by cornerback Kristian Fulton, wide receiver Jalen Royals, tight end Jared Wiley, running back Elijah Mitchell, tackle Josh Simmons and defensive end Malik Herring on the Chiefs\u2019 list of inactives for Monday night.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Chiefs Will Miss RG Trey Smith on Monday Night Football<\/h2>\n<p>Unfortunately for the team, Smith being out shouldn\u2019t come as a big surprise. The fifth-year man was limited to just 17 snaps in Week 7. He suffered an early-game back injury against the Las Vegas Raiders, subsequently never returning to the contest.<\/p>\n<p>Smith missed each Chiefs practice this week, which put the writing on the wall as far as his Monday participation was concerned. When paired with him carrying a \u201cdoubtful\u201d designation into the Week 8 bookend game, it was a relatively straightforward call to predict.<\/p>\n<p>Head coach Andy Reid announced leading up to the game against Washington that Smith wasn\u2019t trending in the right direction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlright, really the only one, injury-wise, is Trey,\u201d Reid said. \u201cHe didn\u2019t practice today, a little back spasms, we\u2019ll list him as doubtful. We\u2019ll see how he does here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Reid said he hadn\u2019t broken things down with general manager Brett Veach in the event of Smith\u2019s now-confirmed absence. He did admit the Chiefs had options, though.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, there [are],\u201d Reid said. \u201cI\u2019m not going to get into that right now but yeah, we have enough guys. I haven\u2019t talked to Veach, so I\u2019ll get with him on that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, it was reported that the Chiefs elevated guard C.J. Hanson from the practice squad. Veteran Mike Caliendo is slated to start in Smith\u2019s place. Kansas City will eagerly await the returns of him and Simmons, in particular.<\/p>\n<div id=\"baea76454fd2bdbf326bd936ab808de8\">\n<div>\n<article>Clark Hunt on Josh Simmons: \u201cWe\u2019ve had good communication with him and there\u2019s an understanding by both parties as to where he is and we\u2019re hopeful to have him back with the team at some time in the future.\u201d #Chiefs<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Frustrating Kristian Fulton Trend Continues for Kansas City<\/h2>\n<p>The other inactives situation to monitor pertains to Fulton. After being limited by an ankle injury earlier this season, the veteran stopper advanced to full participation in practice for Week 6. Despite that, he missed the ensuing matchup.<\/p>\n<p>Fulton didn\u2019t even appear on the Chiefs\u2019 official injury report for Weeks 7 and 8. That indicates he\u2019s a healthy scratch, yet he\u2019s been unable to earn playing time in the secondary.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the media this week, defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo explained why Fulton hasn\u2019t seen the field much this season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, a couple [of] things,\u201d Spagnuolo said. \u201cI mean, it\u2019s, it\u2019s a hard thing for Kristian right now. I think he\u2019s getting there health-wise, but now you\u2019ve lost all the practice time, lost all the reps.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, he reiterated that the veteran defensive back must stay ready.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll see where it goes,\u201d Spagnuolo said. \u201cI talk to [him] usually weekly, about \u2018be ready\u2019 because, you know, inevitably in this league, you\u2019re going to need more than two or three, sometimes even four corners.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In Weeks 1 and 2, Fulton played a combined 17 snaps on defense. He has one tackle on the year \u2014 a combo effort. The offseason free agent pickup was inked to a two-year deal in the offseason, yet that investment has yet to manifest itself into on-field production. The Chiefs will hope for a turning of the tide in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>The Commanders will be without quarterback Jayden Daniels and a multitude of others on Monday. Kicker Matt Gay is also included in the list.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of Week 8 against the Washington Commanders, the Kansas City Chiefs will be without several players on Monday Night Football.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36567,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36566","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 : \ud83e\udd14 Chiefs Continue Their Puzzling Moves: Week 8 MNF Inactives Leave Fans Asking Why \ud83c\udfc8 - Breaking News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=36566\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING NEWS : \ud83e\udd14 Chiefs Continue Their Puzzling Moves: Week 8 MNF Inactives Leave Fans Asking Why \ud83c\udfc8 - 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