The Kansas City Chiefs have already placed their top two wide receivers, Rashee Rice and Marquise “Hollywood” Brown, on injured reserve early in the 2024 NFL season. During this week of practice ahead of a Monday Night Football showdown with the New Orleans Saints, another wide receiver has landed on the injury report, putting his status in doubt for Monday night’s game.

Mecole Hardman was limited on Thursday and did not practice on Friday due to a knee injury, according to the team.

During the Chiefs’ press conferences on Friday, special teams coordinator Dave Toub was asked who could take on Hardman’s special teams duties if he’s sidelined against the Saints.

“We have a number of guys that can do it, obviously,” Toub said. “Nikko [Remigio] can do it, [Montrell] Washington can do it. Any of those two guys can possibly pop up if Mecole was down. Obviously, we have other guys in the mix. I mean, [Xavier] Worthy can be a punt returner, Skyy Moore, we have a lot of guys, we have a lot of options there.”

Remigio or Washington would have to “pop up” from the practice squad, which already seemed plausible as the Chiefs currently have only five receivers on the 53-man roster, including Hardman. Remigio became a favorite of fans and coaches alike during this summer’s training camp. Depending on what the Chiefs value on the active roster, as Justyn Ross also waits on the practice squad, Remigio could be a useful elevation both as a dynamic returner and a plausible offensive depth piece.

On Thursday, running back Kareem Hunt (shoulder) and defensive end Mike Danna (calf) were both limited in practice, meaning that they took some reps but less than a typical full workload. The duo shared the same designation again on Friday, both officially “limited.”

Hunt, who played in his first regular season game of 2024 after not participating in training camp or the preseason, could simply be getting a bit of extra rest before another game of heavy usage against New Orleans. Danna, who missed Week 4, should be considered a toss-up for Week 5. With the Chiefs’ bye week coming in Week 6, one more game on the sidelines would give Danna an extra week of recovery before the Chiefs take the field again in San Francisco on October 20.

Tight end Jody Fortson, who returned to the Chiefs’ practice squad on September 26 after an offseason stint with the Miami Dolphins, has been signed to KC’s active roster. In a corresponding move, cornerback Darius Rush has been signed to the practice squad to take Forton’s place.

With KC’s depleted wide receiver room, they’ll now carry four tight ends on the active roster: Travis Kelce, Noah Gray, rookie Jared Wiley, and Fortson.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Peace Out Cancer “Chair-ity” is a Kansas City nonprofit helping people through their cancer battles.

The grassroots organization is run by two local women, Amy Scanlon-Taitt and Marcia Moroney. Peace Out Cancer provides recliner lift chairs to cancer patients. So far, they say they’ve helped around 2,000.

“So far we’ve never turned somebody down for a chair,” said Moroney.

The chair lifts patients so they don’t have to use their arms. This is something they can’t do following surgery because of incision marks and drainage tubes.

For Loni Norwood, she wasn’t aware of that when she got her cancer diagnosis. She said Peace Out Cancer made her recovery easy.

“I didn’t know anything about the breast cancer journey. I didn’t know anything about drains and what post-surgery looked like,” said Norwood. “I kept the chair for about three weeks. It was a lifesaver. I didn’t have to strain. My movement was already so limited… I needed help.”

When patients get the chair, they can keep it for a few weeks during recovery. Along with the chair, is a notebook. Previous sitters have written their thoughts and stories for the next person to read.

Friday, Oct. 4 at the Loews Hotel, Peace Out Cancer is hosting a fundraiser to continue providing this service. Tickets are $35 and can be bought here.

To learn more about the nonprofit, visit their website.

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WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) – The Kansas Food Bank is celebrating 40 years in service on Thursday. The non-profit was founded in 1984 when it opened a small warehouse on Mosely Street.

Since then, they’ve started many programs to help feed those in need, such as Food for Kids, the SNAP program and the Bob Box program.

Recently, they joined the Sunflower Foundation’s “Food is Medicine” initiative, where they provide food to food-insecure people with chronic health conditions.

“Every day, we’re like reinventing ourselves, and the great thing about the food bank is no matter what it is, if it’s a small town in western Kansas, or southeast Kansas, or right here in Wichita, we have a program to fit that need,” said Brian Walker, president and CEO of the Kansas Food Bank.

Over the past 40 years, the Kansas Food Bank has donated over 17 million pounds of food to those in need.

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