{"id":259798,"date":"2026-08-27T05:13:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T05:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/27\/andy-reids-strange-explanation-for-kenneth-walker-iiis-practice-absences-is-a-big-relief-for-chiefs-fans\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T05:13:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T05:13:13","slug":"andy-reids-strange-explanation-for-kenneth-walker-iiis-practice-absences-is-a-big-relief-for-chiefs-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/27\/andy-reids-strange-explanation-for-kenneth-walker-iiis-practice-absences-is-a-big-relief-for-chiefs-fans\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Reid&#8217;s strange explanation for Kenneth Walker III&#8217;s practice absences is a big relief for Chiefs fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Someone find <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nfl\/teams\/kansas_city_chiefs\/39\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kansas City Chiefs\u00a0<\/a>running back Kenneth Walker III a new pair of cleats.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Walker missed practice on Tuesday because of a foot issue, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nfl\/articles\/chiefs_injury_concerns_grow_as_kenneth_walker_iii_deals_with_new_back_issue\/s1_16631_44218307\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sparking concerns.<\/a> Chiefs head coach Andy Reid alleviated them during his Wednesday news conference, saying the RB sat out practice due to a shoe issue. It sidelined him Wednesday as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Reid said Walker&#8217;s shoes were too small, causing his ankle to swell. Sounds like the RB should soon make a trip to Dick&#8217;s Sporting Goods. Yes, most of its items are overpriced, but quarterback Patrick Mahomes or tight end Travis Kelce could score him a sweet deal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chiefs fans will be relieved to hear that Walker, who signed a three-year, $43.05M deal with the team this offseason, should be fine. The prized free-agent addition is set to play a pivotal role for the team this upcoming season.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004\">\n    !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n    {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n    n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n    if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n    n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n    t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n    fbq('init', '1324276914788316');\n    fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nfl\/articles\/andy_reids_strange_explanation_for_kenneth_walker_iiis_practice_absences_is_a_big_relief_for_chiefs_fans\/s1_13132_44222643\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Someone find Kansas City Chiefs\u00a0running back Kenneth Walker III a new pair of cleats.\u00a0 Walker missed practice on Tuesday because of a foot issue, sparking concerns. Chiefs head coach Andy Reid alleviated them during his Wednesday news conference, saying the RB sat out practice due to a shoe issue. It sidelined him Wednesday as well.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":259799,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6806],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-259798","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gossip"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}