Chiefs’ Poe to miss camp after back surgery

Kansas City Chiefs Pro Bowl-defensive tackle Dontari Poe will be out for the entirety of training camp after undergoing successful microdiscectomy surgery on his back on July 15.

“If you guys remember back in the minicamp Dontari hurt his back”.

Though he won’t be practicing, Chiefs head trainer Rick Burkholder said that Poe would be up in St. Joseph with him both rehabbing and attending team meetings. That was on the 2nd of June.

Poe first hurt his back during offseason workouts, but coach Andy Reid said Tuesday that he aggravated the injury training at home. At that time it was determined he had a herniated disc in his back. He’s in Memphis right now.

“He’s not doing a whole lot of rehab or treatment”, Burkholder said. He’s resting but he’s doing great.

The Kansas City Chiefs are encountering a actually distressing lack on justification, although proper training camp doesn’t begin for ones that this week. Unfortunately for Chiefs lovers, Pro Bowlers Dontari Poe was crowned firstly many to have his name introduced. For training camp purposes, he’ll be with me. We are also talking about a professional football player who is listed at 346 pounds.

When it comes to the Raiders two season matchups with KC in 2015 it won’t be a factor with Poe guaranteed to be back before the two December clashes, but in the grand scheme of things the loss of a cornerback as well as a nose tackle in September could end up being massive in the AFC Wild Card race for the Chiefs. My guess – and that is all this is – will be Poe coming back after the Denver Broncos game.

Season-ending injuries to inside linebacker Derrick Johnson and Mike DeVito played a role in that, however, and Poe, 24, has been nothing short of a rock in the middle of the Chiefs’ defense.