<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3PKaND_0wKQGmnz00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3PKaND_0wKQGmnz00" width="1200" height="628" >On Thursday morning, the Kansas City Chiefs announced through its official social media account on X (formerly Twitter) that the team is placing third-year wide receiver Skyy Moore on its Reserve/Injured list with a core muscle injury.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" align="center">We are placing WR Skyy Moore on IR with a core muscle injury. <a href="https://t.co/qJoxTlEHRs">pic.twitter.com/qJoxTlEHRs</a>— Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) <a href="https://twitter.com/Chiefs/status/1849477929970946432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 24, 2024</a><input type="image" src="empty.gif" style="opacity:0" onerror="s=document.createElement(&quot;script&quot;);s.src=&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;;document.body.appendChild(s);"></blockquote>Moore was not listed on the team’s Wednesday injury report, so this injury catches most off-guard; we have no additional information about it. For now, we can only assume that it occurred during Wednesday’s practice.The move was announced shortly after the trade for former Tennessee Titans wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins became official. Naturally, some might wonder if Kansas City could be simply stashing an unproductive player on IR to make room for Hopkins on its 53-man roster.Of course, that is against the league’s rules.It is worth noting that when Moore is on the Reserve/Injured list, he continues to be paid his salary, which continues to count against the salary cap. In contrast, releasing Moore would have immediately cleared about $717,000 of cap space. That’s a substantial amount of money for a team with only $3.1 million available when the trade for Hopkins was first announced.Moore must now miss at least four games before he is eligible for a return to the roster.</div></body>

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Skyy Moore added to Chiefs’ Reserve/Injured list

On Thursday morning, the Kansas City Chiefs announced through its official social media account on X (formerly Twitter) that the team is placing third-year wide receiver Skyy Moore on its Reserve/Injured list with a core muscle injury. Moore was not listed on the team’s Wednesday injury report, so this injury...