KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Rely Andy Reid as amongst the ones shocked by means of the play games of Kansas Town Chiefs large receiver Kadarius Toney in Thursday’s season opener.

Toney dropped numerous passes, together with one who was once intercepted and returned for a landing in Kansas Town’s 21-20 loss to the Detroit Lions. Toney additionally dropped a move at the Chiefs’ ultimate force that will have put them smartly presen midfield.

“That’s just not his thing,” Reid said. “He’s now not a man that drops balls. He’s were given superior palms, so we simply were given to store operating thru it.”

Reid mentioned Toney would play games in Sunday’s recreation in opposition to the Jaguars in Jacksonville.

“The only way we’re going to get him back is by playing him,” Reid said. “I feel you’ll see higher as we journey ailing the street right here from him.”

Kansas Town got Toney at midseason endmost while in a business with the Unutilized York Giants. He made some weighty performs all the way through the common season, next, within the fourth quarter of the Chiefs’ Tremendous Bowl win over the Eagles, scored a landing and returned a punt 65 yards to arrange every other.

The Chiefs have been hopeful as coaching camp started that Toney may well be their lead large receiver however he tore his meniscus within the mins earlier than the primary apply was once to start. Toney had surgical treatment and ignored all of camp and the preseason, returning only some days earlier than the Lions recreation.

“I thought him getting in the game was important, but to be fair I’ve got to kind of look in the mirror on that one,” Reid said, taking the blame for Toney’s play against Detroit. “I more than likely didn’t put him in the most efficient place there as a result of he doesn’t shed the ball. That’s simply now not his do business in. He’s an excessively, very book catcher …

“I thought it was important that he got in the game, got caught up on the speed, but I probably put him in bad positions there, especially later in the game. He’s still getting his legs back and all that.”

Kansas City is hopeful tight end Travis Kelce can play against the Jaguars. Kelce injured his right knee in practice last week and sat out against the Lions.

“Travis is getting higher,” Reid mentioned. “He’s progressing. We’ll see how he does the remains of nowadays and day after today, and next we’ll journey from there.”