One of the most important battles in Kansas City Chiefs training camp was going to be a fight for the right to spell one of the team’s rising stars, nose tackle Dontari Poe. Poe has shown moments of brilliance and consistent dominance in his three years as the anchor of the defense, but Poe has continually shown signs of wearing down as the seasons have progressed, and stats make the problem easy to identify.
Now, the problem is given even greater urgency after Andy Reid said on Tuesday that Poe has undergone two epidurals and surgery for a herniated disk in his back after injuring it during OTAs.