It doesn’t take injuries to a couple of veteran safeties to summon visions of long touchdown runs by Jacksonville’s Maurice Jones-Drew against the Chiefs on Sunday.
The Chiefs already were capable of allowing long runs with Jarrad Page or Jon McGraw in their starting lineup. They’ve allowed a run of more than 35 yards in each of the past three games.
But the odds that the elusive Jones-Drew, one of the league’s rushing leaders, could burn the Chiefs in Jacksonville seem to improve because neither Page nor McGraw will play.
DaJuan Morgan will make his first career start instead, and the Chiefs are a little nervous about having someone so inexperienced starting on their last line of defense.
“We’ll have to see how he reacts in game situations,” strong safety Mike Brown said. “I have a lot of confidence in DaJuan. He’s been doing a great job in practice and is really (eager) to play.