Tyreek Hill left Sunday’s Week 1 opener between his Kansas City Chiefs and the Jacksonville Jaguars with an injury and was later taken to the hospital. A follow-up report says he will not need surgery but still is expected to miss a few weeks.
Hill caught a pass in the first quarter and was tackled by Jalen Ramsey. He left the field with a shoulder injury and was carted into the locker room. Hill appears to have a joint injury where the clavicle meets the sternum.
Here is the statement from the team’s trainer about the injury issue:
Here is an explanation from the #Chiefs on WR Tyreek Hill, who was taken to a local hospital. pic.twitter.com/gxcl2nqFu0
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) September 8, 2019
“Tyreek Hill had an injury in the game where he landed on his shoulder. He had a sternal clavicular joint injury, which is where your clavicle comes into your sternum. Those can be injured coming out the front, up top, or in the back. If it goes posteriorly or back, it becomes a medical issue for us so that we worry that there’s more problems. His came back posteriorly and he didn’t have any medical issues, but we still transported him to Baptist Medical Center and we turned care over … (Hill’s) being treated there to reduce the dislocation of the injury.”
Based on the statement, Hill was taken to the hospital as a precaution. ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports that Hill will not need surgery but is expected to miss a few weeks.
Chiefs’ WR Tyreek Hill will not need surgery on his collarbone injury but “will miss a few weeks”, per a source.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) September 8, 2019
The 25-year-old had three touches for 21 yards before departing the game. Hill caught 87 passes for 1,479 yards and 12 touchdowns last season and recently signed a big 3-year contract extension.
