The Chiefs’ banged-up interior defensive line took another hit Thursday, as the club placed defensive tackle Jaye Howard on injured reserve, essentially ending his season.
Howard, 27, has missed the Chiefs’ last three games because of a hip flexor. It’s just another blow to a defensive front that lost defensive end Allen Bailey for the season in mid-October because of a torn pectoral muscle, while starting nose tackle Dontari Poe only played 14 snaps in the Chiefs’ last game because of back spasms and has also missed the last two practices.
Howard, who signed a two-year, $12 million contract last offseason, has recorded 23 tackles and a sack in eight games this season.