Kadarius Toney News

The Chiefs held Toney out of drills during the first week of prep for Super Bowl LVII due to a combination of ankle and hamstring injuries. He kicked off this week with a cap on his reps Wednesday, a practice in which coach Andy Reid said Toney was "doing everything," per James Palmer of NFL Network. While his listing during that session said otherwise, Toney appears to have put any questions about his health behind him following Thursday's session. After Kansas City placed Mecole Hardman (pelvis) on injured reserve Monday, the team now is prepared to roll with JuJu Smith-Schuster (knee), Marquez Valdes-Scantling and Toney as its top three wide receivers Sunday versus the Eagles.

After Toney didn't take part in drills last week due to ankle and hamstring injuries that he sustained in the AFC Championship Game, he got back on the field Monday, coach Andy Reid told Matt Derrick of ChiefsDigest.com on Tuesday. Now with an official capped session in his back pocket this week, Toney has two more chances to get back to all activity before the team potentially hands him a designation for Super Bowl LVII. With fellow wide receiver Mecole Hardman (pelvis) now on injured reserve, Toney could make a mark Sunday versus the Eagles alongside JuJu Smith-Schuster and Marquez Valdes-Scantling, assuming Toney is active.

Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Kadarius Toney (ankle/hamstring) expects to play in Super Bowl LVII's contest against the Philadelphia Eagles. Despite leaving in the first quarter of Kansas City's AFC Championship game, Toney believes he will "definitely" suit up on Sunday. In a matchup versus an Eagles' team allowing wideouts to record 11.1 receptions for 133.7 yards per game this regular season, our models project Toney to record 4.6 FanDuel points. Toney's current projection includes 2.1 receptions for 25.7 yards on 3.4 targets.

The Chiefs are holding light workouts for their two unofficial workouts to begin the week before moving on to a more intense practice session Wednesday, when the team will release its first official injury report for the second week of prep leading up to Super Bowl LVII. How Toney is listed on Wednesday's report will be more telling with regard to where he stands in his recovery from the pair of injuries to his left leg, but he already appears to be in a better spot on the health front compared to where he was at last week. The Chiefs listed Toney as a non-participant on each of the three injury reports they released last week and are tentatively listing him as questionable for this Sunday's game against the Eagles.

Toney picked up ankle and hamstring injuries in this past Sunday's AFC Championship Game against the Bengals, which contained him to just four snaps on offense. Both Toney and JuJu Smith-Schuster (knee) have questionable designations after this week, while Mecole Hardman (pelvis) is doubtful and already has been deemed unlikely to play in the Super Bowl by coach Andy Reid. If this latter point comes to pass, the statuses of Toney and Smith-Schuster become of greater import to see if one or both will be available to quarterback Patrick Mahomes (ankle).

Coach Andy Reid suggested Thursday that both Toney and Smith-Schuster have a chance to be ready for the Super Bowl, whereas Mecole Hardman (pelvis) is going for a second medical opinion and already been deemed unlikely to play. Toney presumably needs to return for at least one practice next week to be active for the Super Bowl against Philadelphia.