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Kansas City’s season of offensive-line woes continued Sunday when right guard Trey Smith was ruled out with an ankle injury at halftime.
Smith, who missed the Washington Commanders game with a back injury, appeared to suffer the injury early in the second quarter.
He limped to the sideline and was replaced by Mike Caliendo for the rest of the drive, but Smith, who signed the richest contract for a guard in NFL history after being franchise-tagged this offseason, returned to finish the half.
Caliendo took the field to start the third quarter before Kansas City announced he was shut down for the day.
The Chiefs were without rookie left tackle Josh Simmons — who was dealing with a family issue, according to the team — for a month.
Left guard Kingsley Suamataia left last week’s loss in Denver with a concussion, but he was cleared to return and started against the Colts.
Return specialist Nikko Remigio went into the medical tent for a consultation with trainers midway through the third quarter, but he returned to the game.
Cornerback Chris Roland-Wallace was ruled out in the fourth quarter with a back injury. He was tied for second on the Chiefs with five tackles at the time.
In the closing minutes, tight end Noah Gray made a soaring third-down catch, which set up a critical fourth-down conversion as Kansas City mounted a drive in hopes of tying the game or taking the lead.
Gray, who was tackled by cornerback Kenny Moore II, remained down after the play. He was taken directly to the locker room after walking off slowly under his own power.
The Chiefs later confirmed that Gray was in concussion protocol after appearing to hit his head on the ground while making the catch.
He finished the game with three catches for 25 yards.
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