{"id":11868,"date":"2024-10-22T17:22:44","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T17:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=11868"},"modified":"2024-10-22T17:22:44","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T17:22:44","slug":"report-jaylen-watson-to-undergo-ankle-surgery-possible-timetable-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=11868","title":{"rendered":"Report: Jaylen Watson to undergo ankle surgery; possible timetable revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p id=\"AhE8oM\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrowheadpride.com\/\">Kansas City Chiefs<\/a>\u00a0cornerback Jaylen Watson will undergo surgery to repair his broken ankle in the coming days,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JFowlerESPN\/status\/1848747069990641925\">as first reported by\u00a0<em>ESPN\u2019s\u00a0<\/em>Jeremy Fowler<\/a>. Fowler also revealed Watson\u2019s specific injury: a broken fibula-tibia.<\/p>\n<div id=\"NLkBJ9\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Chiefs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Chiefs<\/a> DB Jaylen Watson will undergo surgery in the coming days for a broken fibula-tibia (ankle) after tests confirmed the injury, per sources.<\/p>\n<p>Outside chance he\u2019s back for a late playoff push, source adds, but his season very well could be over. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZZdumqcSgJ\">pic.twitter.com\/ZZdumqcSgJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeremy Fowler (@JFowlerESPN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JFowlerESPN\/status\/1848747069990641925?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Watson, 26, won the team\u2019s starting cornerback position out of training camp, and his defensive production had been a pleasant surprise.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"art\">\ud83d\udc94<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wat\u2019s Island\ud83c\udfdd (@JaylenWatson12) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JaylenWatson12\/status\/1848479321087734249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p id=\"VxGpbQ\">Before suffering his regular-season-ending injury against the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ninersnation.com\/\">San Francisco 49ers<\/a>, he had compiled 32 tackles (21 solo) and six passes defensed. As of Tuesday\u2019s report,\u00a0<em>Pro Football Focus\u00a0<\/em>graded him as the league\u2019s No. 28 cornerback. For context, his counterpart Trent McDuffie currently stands at No. 17.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ttgCwk\">The next-man-up is likely to be another seventh-rounder: third-year cornerback Nazeeh Johnson.<\/p>\n<p id=\"OlGyaA\">\u201cEvery week he\u2019s gotten better and stronger, and so that\u2019s the main thing,\u201d said head coach Andy Reid of Johnson. \u201cHe\u2019s a good player. Just that he has the confidence in his leg and the leg\u2019s strong and that just happens by playing. Every week, it\u2019s been a positive going forward, and he\u2019s ready for the spot.<\/p>\n<p id=\"FdXbax\">\u201c[Joshua Williams has] also been in there, he\u2019s done it, so he knows what it takes. Two different body types, and we\u2019ll need both of them and they both need to step up. Watson was having a heck of a year. Now these guys have an opportunity here to step in and do the same.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"WYLAxl\">Fowler indicates that Watson could be in for a playoff return, a timeline similar to that of wide receiver Hollywood Brown. Kansas City also anticipates defensive lineman Charles Omenihu and running back Isiah Pacheco could rejoin the club sometime during the regular season.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Kansas City Chiefs\u00a0cornerback Jaylen Watson will undergo surgery to repair his broken ankle in the coming days,\u00a0as first reported by\u00a0ESPN\u2019s\u00a0Jeremy Fowler. Fowler also revealed Watson\u2019s specific injury: a &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11869,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11868"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11870,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11868\/revisions\/11870"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}