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Chiefs' Darrel Williams, Rashad Fenton miss practice
Kansas City Chiefs running back Darrel Williams Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports

Chiefs RB Darrel Williams, CB Rashad Fenton miss Wednesday practice

The Kansas City Chiefs didn't have many lowlights during their 42-21 playoff thrashing of the Pittsburgh Steelers, but one of them came on running back Darrel Williams' lone carry of the contest. On the play, Kansas City wide receiver Mecole Hardman took the snap out of a wildcat formation and handed the ball to Williams, who promptly fumbled, recovered and fumbled again, leading to a T.J. Watt recovery and touchdown.

Williams was dealing with a toe injury heading into the contest and was expected to get the bulk of the carries with Clyde Edwards-Helaire ruled out, but instead, it was a rejuvenated Jerick McKinnon who led the backfield with 18 touches (12 rushing attempts and six receptions) for 142 yards from scrimmage and one touchdown catch. The Chiefs are still four days away from their AFC divisional playoff game against the Buffalo Bills, but Williams' practice status on Wednesday was an ominous sign.

With Edwards-Helaire limited to 10 games due to injury this season, Williams registered career-best numbers in rushing attempts (144), rushing yards (558), rushing touchdowns (six), targets (57), receptions (47), receiving yards (452) and receiving touchdowns (two). Williams led the team in every notable rushing category and placed inside the top-five in the aforementioned receiving categories.

Fenton — in his third NFL season — meanwhile, is coming off a regular season in which he posted a career-high 49 tackles despite missing three games. Fenton also registered seven passes defended during the campaign, which tied his previous best mark from 2020.

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