The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs might very properly win their second-straight Tremendous Bowl on Sunday. However they should accomplish that feat with out one among their stalwarts alongside the offensive line.
Left guard Joe Thuney, who suffered a pectoral damage in opposition to the Buffalo Payments within the Divisional Spherical and didn’t play within the AFC Championship Recreation, was formally dominated out for Tremendous Bowl LVIII on Friday. He made the journey to Las Vegas with the hopes that he may enhance sufficient to play on Sunday, however having been unable to follow but this week, the group dominated him out for the sport in opposition to the San Francisco 49ers.
In his place will probably be Nick Allegretti, who began in opposition to the Baltimore Ravens within the AFC Championship Recreation. In his 5 years with the group, Allegretti has began 13 common season video games, and 4 playoff video games. A kind of 4 postseason video games was Tremendous Bowl LV, which the Chiefs misplaced to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
In opposition to the Ravens within the AFC Championship Recreation, Allegretti was charted with giving up one sack by Professional Soccer Focus. That sack got here on this play within the fourth quarter, with the Chiefs going through a 1st and 10 and Allegretti working in opposition to Justin Madubuike on the inside:
How Allegretti fares might go a great distance in the direction of figuring out simply how Tremendous Bowl Sunday unfolds.
