Andy Reid says the Chiefs didn’t make up Gavin Toney’s injury.
Andy Reid, the coach of the Kansas City Chiefs, said that the team did not lie about Kadarius Toney’s injury before the AFC Championship Championship. Toney himself said that he was not hurt as reported.
“He’s endured on the injury report,” Reid said on Monday. “That part is not made up in any way.” Reid went on, “He’s been working through certain things, and as you know, he’ll be back out there.”
The Chiefs said on Saturday that Toney would not be able to play in Sunday’s game against the Baltimore Ravens because of personal matters and a hip injury. On Saturday, Toney’s partner had their first child.
Before the game on Sunday, Toney went on a rant on Instagram Live, saying, “I’m not hurt, none of the s—.” He denied having hip or ankle injuries, which is what the Chiefs said.
Reid said on Monday that he knew about the post but hadn’t seen it. He also said that Toney, would be practicing with the team this week before the Super Bowl in Las Vegas on February 11 against the 49ers of San Francisco.
The Kansas City Chiefs are going to the Super Bowl for their fourth appearance in five years. But before their win over the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC Championship, one of their players seemed to cause some trouble off the field.
A man with an Instagram account linked to Kadarius Toney, the Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver, went “live” on Sunday, saying he was “not hurt” and ranting about how his injury status on the Chiefs’ official reports of injury changed several times.
Since Week 15, Toney hasn’t played in a big game. ESPN says that he couldn’t play in the AFC title game because of a hip injury and because his partner gave birth to their child over the weekend.
Toney was listed as not participating in practice all week and was ruled in for the divisional round game against the Buffalo Bills because of hip and ankle injuries.
He was also listed as questionable to play in the Great Wild Card Weekend game against the Miami Dolphins because of hip and ankle injuries.
Andy Reid, the head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs, talked about the story that went viral on social media over the weekend on Monday. He didn’t say much more than that Toney was “working via some things.”
“I haven’t seen it yet.” “I’ve heard guys talk about it,” Reid told ESPN. “Yeah, he’ll be back there soon and we’ll observe what he does.” He didn’t play.
“He’s been upon the injury paper so that part isn’t made up in any way.” That being said, he’s been busy, but he’ll be going out there soon.
This season, Toney snagged 27 passes, gained 169 yards, and scored one touchdown. He played in 13 games.
He dropped a lot of passes, and in Week 14’s loss to the Bills, he famously set up offsides beforehand catching what could be considered the game-winning pass from wide receiver Travis Kelce.
Coach Andy Reid said that the Kansas City Chiefs weren’t filing false injury reports for Kadarius Toney, as the wide receiver said in an obscene Instagram Live video that was said to be his.
It says that he was hurt, so that part isn’t made up in any way, Reid said. Toney wrote in his post that he doesn’t have any hip or ankle injuries that the Chiefs recently put on their monthly injury report.
The last time Toney played was in Week 15 against the New England Patriots, when he deflected a pass through a defender for an interception. This was the second time this season that he did this.
Before Sunday’s AFC Championship Game, the Chiefs said Toney wouldn’t play because he was hurt and had personal matters to attend to. On Saturday, Toney’s partner gave birth to their first child, a daughter.
According to Reid, Toney was “working using some things” on Monday. He also said that Toney would be assisting the Chiefs when they start practicing on Thursday over Super Bowl LVIII towards the San Francisco 49ers.
The NFL can fine teams and coaches who report injuries that aren’t true or are meant to mislead. Reid said he knew about Toney’s post but hadn’t seen it himself.
Arthur Smith, the coach of the Atlanta Falcons at the time, was fined $25,000 and the team was fined $75,000 in December for not telling the media that running back Bijan Robinson was sick and couldn’t play in a game against Tampa Bay beforehand in the season.