Kansas City Chiefs are in the second consecutive Super Bowl after defeating Buffalo Bills 38-24 in the AFC Championship Game, but also suffered a major defeat during the match. During a play in the fourth period, offensive tackle Eric Fisher fell with what appeared to be a leg injury while blocking Patrick Mahomes’ blind side. Later in the quarter, the chiefs announced that Fisher was ruled out for the rest of the game due to an Achilles tendon injury.
Fisher, who was selected by the Chiefs with the best choice in the 2013 NFL Draft, is twice Pro Bowler. With the nature of the injury and how the players and coaches were interacting with Fisher on the sideline towards the end of the game, it is fair to imagine what their status will be in the Super Bowl LV. At his post-game press conference, Chiefs coach Andy Reid told reporters that he thinks Fisher has suffered a tear.
“It doesn’t look very good,” said Reid, according to NFL.com.
The Chiefs have been forced to reorganize a little along the offensive line and the offensive Mitchell Schwartz has already started on the reserve through injury with a back injury. It would be absolutely brutal for the Chiefs if they were forced to try to stop names like Shaquil Barrett and Jason Pierre-Paul from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the Super Bowl without Fisher and Schwartz. The pair of Barrett and Pierre-Paul combined for five bags in the NFC championship game against the Green Bay Packers.
When Fisher left the game, Mike Remmers moved from right to left and Andrew Wylie moved to the right.