Travis

Daniels

Reggie Howard has moved ahead of Daniels, at least for now. Howard gave up a big play to Mushin Muhammad though.

He’s the favorite to start opposite Sam Madison and could rack up tackles because he’ll be targeted so often.

Head coach Nick Saban says Daniels is day-to-day but Daniels reportedly has a sprained ankle. He could be sidelined into next week.

The second-year starter is still not 100 percent after missing nearly all of camp with a sprained ankle. Andre Goodman will start in his place and likely cover Steelers WR Cedrick Wilson.

Andre Goodman started at the left corner. QB Cleo Lemon, DT Fred Evans, G Joe Berger, C Wade Smith, T Anthony Alabi, DT Jeff Zgonina, and DT Kevin Vickerson also did not play. Zgonina, who may be on the trade block, saw his consecutive-games streak end at 74 Thursday night.

Daniels was only in the game because Brandon Flowers was hurt. Without Daniels, the Chiefs would be down to Javier Arenas and Jalil Brown as corners.

Daniels has held his own in 41 games as an injury fill-in and extra cornerback in subpackage sets over the past three years. His history with coach Romeo Crennel goes back to 2008 with the Browns.

The injury was originally reported as a knee issue, so this comes as some level of relief for the Chiefs. Still, Flowers received an injection Sunday and was still unable to return to the game or put weight on his leg. The Chiefs will have to turn to Travis Daniels if Flowers can’t go against the Vikings next week. It could be another major injury in a season full of them for 0-3 Kansas City.

The fourth-round pick has an edge because he knows Nick Saban from their days together at LSU.