Personnel Preference

Just like the previous three weeks, my Personnel Preference includes some injuries. Both cornerback Brandon Flowers and tight end Anthony Becht were injured in the game against the Chargers. Brandon Flowers appears to have suffered a high ankle sprain, which is typically 2-3 weeks out with injury. However, Flowers has practiced some this week, although gingerly. Backup Travis Daniels did a good of a job coming in to replace Flowers after he suffered the injury following an interception return (that about sums up our injury problem this year). So if Flowers isn't completely ready by Sunday against the Vikings, don't be too surprised to see Daniels or rookie Jalil Brown opposite Brandon Carr.

As far as Anthony Becht is concerned, he's apparently not as valuable as Flowers. Becht injured his hamstring during the game, and was subsequently released, for the second time, on Wednesday. To replace Becht, the Chiefs brought back tight end Jake O'Connell, who was released following week 1. Becht tweeted yesterday that he hopes to be back and that the release was injury, not performance, related. So, don't be surprised in a couple of weeks if we release O'Connell and bring back Becht, for the third time.

Although the injuries are mounting up for the Chiefs this season, it looks like Jonathan Baldwin, the Chiefs first round pick this year, might play this Sunday against the Vikings. He's missed the first three games and most of the preseason with a hand injury reportedly suffered in a locker room brawl with running back Thomas Jones. With the recent emergence of the Cassel-Breaston connection, and the longstanding Cassel-Bowe connection, you have to wander if Baldwin is really going to make a difference this season for the Chiefs, especially with the lack of down field passing plays called by whoever the heck is calling plays these days for the Chiefs. Lesson: never fight Thomas Jones.

Here's a little tidbit in case you were interested. If you were hoping the Chiefs would claim Steve Slaton on waivers from the Texans, then you were disappointed when you learned that he was claimed by the Dolphins instead. You might be even more disappointed when you hear, according to a league source, that the Dolphins were the only team that claimed Slaton. I was a little unclear about how the waiver would work between the Dolphins and Chiefs, since both teams are 0-3, but it looks like it didn't matter at all.