Jawaan Taylor had to exit the Kansas City Chiefs’ Week 16 matchup against the Houston Texans on Saturday due to an ongoing knee injury. Will Taylor be able to start at right tackle when the Chiefs face off against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Christmas Day?

Right tackle Jawaan Taylor exited the Kansas City Chiefs' Week 16 matchup against the Houston Texans after suffering a knee injury. The team quickly updated his status to questionable. Here are the latest updates on Taylor's status: Jawaan Taylor injury update Taylor

Bad Christmas news: Chiefs star Chris Jones is not expected to play today against the Steelers due to injury. The best player on the Kansas City Chiefs roster is of course Patrick Mahomes. But coming up closely behind him is a defensive star who is now being listed via multiple reports as "unlikely to play'' today.

The Kansas City Chiefs travel to play the Pittsburgh Steelers on Christmas Day in their penultimate game of the regular season, as they look to clinch the No. 1 seed in the AFC.

Also listed as questionable, with a knee injury, is right tackle Jawaan Taylor. Last week, Wanya Morris played the final 20 snaps at right tackle in the Chiefs’ victory over the Houston Texans. Morris, who has started 10 games at left tackle this season, could play on the right side against the Steelers.

Kansas City has listed defensive lineman Chris Jones as questionable for the Wednesday matchup. Jones (calf) was upgraded to a limited participant on Tuesday’s injury report. The Chiefs conducted a walk-through on Tuesday. Jones had been a non-participant on Sunday and Monday’s reports.

On Tuesday, the Kansas City Chiefs put out their game status report for their Christmas Day showdown with the Pittsburgh Steelers. For the Steelers, they will be minus starting cornerback Joey Porter Jr. but do get back several injured players including wide receiver George Pickens.

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Week 17 of the NFL season is kicking off with Christmas Day games between the Chiefs and Steelers as well as the Ravens and Texans. With just two weeks left of the 2024 NFL regular season, every snap and every game is crucial for teams' playoff chances and draft order for the upcoming offseason.

Neither will defensive tackle Chris Jones (calf), defensive end Malik Herring, defensive end Joshua Uche, tackle Ethan Driskell and offensive linemen C.J. Hanson. But right tackle Jawaan Taylor (knee) and defensive tackle Marlon Tuipulotu will dress for Wednesday’s matchup.

The Kansas City Chiefs and Pittsburgh Steelers released their inactives ahead of their matchup on Christmas Day.