BREAKING: Kansas City Chiefs Hit With Major Injury Blow After Superstar Player Ruled Out For Super Bowl With Torn ACL

The Kansas City Chiefs are reportedly set to play out the Super Bowl without one of their best defensive players.

Charles Omenihu, who made a huge play in the first half of Sunday’s AFC Championship Game as he got a strip sack on Lamar Jackson in the second quarter, headed to the locker room with a knee injury before halftime and was ruled out of the rest of the game early in the third quarter. 

I spoke to Charles Omenihu in the locker room he told me he “should be” good to play in the Super Bowl.

— Pete Sweeney (@pgsween) January 29, 2024

He told reporters he should be good to play in next month’s Super Bowl after the win and there was hope that would be the case. However, Jordan Schultz of Bleacher Report is reporting that the defensive end has been diagnosed with a torn ACL, which will rule him out of the big game. 

#Chiefs pass rusher Charles Omenihu suffered a torn ACL vs the #Ravens, sources tell @BleacherReport.

Omenihu was a huge part of KC’s defensive surge, recording 7 sacks and 2 FF in 11 games — and had a strip sack on Lamar Jackson that resulted in a turnover vs Baltimore.

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— Jordan Schultz (@Schultz_Report) January 29, 2024

This comes as a huge blow to the Chiefs’ defense. Omenihu’s importance to the unit cannot be overstated, though they did manage to pull through against the Ravens without him in the second half of Sunday’s contest.