Kansas City Chiefs second-year linebacker Willie Gay Jr. is eligible to be activated from injured reserve this week, but there is no telling right now if he will indeed make his return.
“He’s making progress,” said head coach Andy Reid on Wednesday. “We’ll just see with Willie.”
The Chiefs placed the 23-year-old Gay on injured reserve after he suffered a turf toe injury during the team’s final preseason game against the Minnesota Vikings. Prior to the injury, Gay had been in line to start next to middle linebacker Anthony Hitchens.
With Gay out of the lineup for the first three games, the Chiefs have mixed-and-matched at strong-side linebacker.