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Chiefs' Clyde Edwards-Helaire on NFI checklist, out at least 4 video games

.Adam Teicher, ESPN Personnel WriterSep 2, 2024, 11:35 AM ETCloseCovered Chiefs for twenty seasons for Kansas Metropolitan area Celebrity.Participated In ESPN in 2013KANSAS URBAN AREA, Mo.-- Running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire has been actually put on the non-football illness list by the Kansas Urban area Chiefs.Edwards-Helaire will miss out on the 1st four video games of the season prior to he is actually eligible to return.Edwards-Helaire just recently described his battles with PTSD. He skipped numerous training camp methods and had not been on the practice field along with the Chiefs on Sunday as they started preparations for Thursday night's time opener against the Baltimore Ravens.Editor's Picks2 RelatedLast month, Edwards-Helaire delivered an exact day, Dec. 22, 2018, as the beginning of his knowledge with PTSD. He didn't specify apart from to state he and a friend discovered on their own in what he phoned "a self-defense situation." Edwards-Helaire back then remained in university at LSU.Two LSU football players were making an effort to market a digital thing about that date when among them fatally fired an 18-year-old guy making an effort to rob them, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, authorities said. The authorities really did not determine the players, but The Associated Press disclosed that Edwards-Helaire was among them.Edwards-Helaire was actually the Chiefs' first-round draft pick in 2020 as well as their starting running back his very first 2 times. He lost the beginning task to then-rookie Isiah Pacheco in 2022 and also has been actually a reserve ever before since.The Chiefs have two running backs besides Pacheco on their energetic lineup. One, veteran Samaje Perine, is actually a latest add-on after he was launched due to the Denver Broncos. The various other, Carson Steele, is actually a newbie who made the group after a solid training camp and also preseason.