SEASON REVIEW
After a promising rookie season in 2014, Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Phillip Gaines was thrown right into the mix at starting cornerback in 2015 as then-Chief Sean Smith served a three-game suspension to begin the year.
Gaines started on the right across from rookie Marcus Peters until the first quarter of the team’s game against the Green Bay Packers, when he suffered a season-ending ACL tear in his left knee.
That game occurred in late September of last season, giving the third-year cornerback plenty of time to be ready for the upcoming 2016 campaign.