Kansas Metropolis Chiefs’ latest star Louis Rees-Zammit has been compelled to overlook out on observe this week, with the Welshman affected by a again damage.
Louis Rees-Zammit Misses Observe
Louis Rees-Zammit has taken the NFL by storm since signing for the Chiefs in the course of the offseason, with the Welshman reportedly impressing in observe for the Tremendous Bowl champions.
Nevertheless, the 23-year-old suffered a setback this week forward of his first season as he was compelled to sit down out of coaching with a again damage simply weeks earlier than the Chiefs first sport of the marketing campaign.
Evidently Rees-Zammit will now be absent for the Chiefs’ subsequent preseason fixture towards Detroit which is unlucky for the star who’s determined for any expertise forward of his first 12 months within the NFL.
Every crew is allowed a closing 53-man roster for the season and though Rees-Zammit has impressed in camp, he would have appreciated to solidify himself within the crew earlier than the 2024 season.
Rees-Zammit made the change from rugby to soccer forward of this season and he’s but to style a minute of motion in a sport that’s pretty new to the star.
It has been reported that the Welshman might play a key position within the new kick off system this season, which is one thing that the Chiefs have struggled to understand in preseason thus far.
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Kansas Metropolis particular groups coordinator Dave Toub has recognized kick offs as one thing the Chiefs must work in in the course of the closing weeks of preseason, with Rees-Zammit essential within the preparation.
“Clearly we made a mistake within the sport. It ended up costing us, however it’s an amazing studying expertise for us.
“[It will be the] identical guys that you just noticed. So I nonetheless need to see different guys. I need to see [Rees-Zammit], however he didn’t observe right this moment. He may not be accessible. We’ll see, however I nonetheless need to see… there’s quite a lot of guys I need to see. We’ve received time to do this.”
After they play the Lions, the Chiefs will face the Bears of their closing warmup sport of the summer season earlier than they kick off the brand new marketing campaign in Thursday Evening Soccer towards the Ravens.
