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AJ Jenkins, Frankie Hammond look like good bets to make Kansas City Chiefs roster

The KC Chiefs roster cut deadline is coming this afternoon and right now AJ Jenkins and Frankie Hammond look like good bets to make the team.

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I did not include WR AJ Jenkins on my Kansas City Chiefs 53-man roster but it looks like he's probably going to make it. At least if I'm reading Andy Reid right.

Check out this exchange between Reid and a reporter:

Q: Are you going to have enough healthy wide receivers to line up against Tennessee?

Reid: "I'll get with Dorse on that and [Chiefs head trainer] Rick [Burkholder] here but as long as A.J., if he's healthy, then we're okay number-wise. We will get Junior (Hemingway) back here I believe and that's the way it looks right now so that will help. And then Frankie (Hammond Jr.) came on too this whole training camp and preseason games so that's also a positive."

You hear that? Reid just talked about Jenkins and Frankie Hammond both being on the roster next week. They're good bets to make it unless Big Red is just toying with us. Reid even talked earlier this week about Hammond possibly being Bowe's Week 1 replacement. Another good bet to make it is undrafted free agent Albert Wilson, whom many have raved about throughout camp and preseason. That's three receivers on the bottom of the depth chart. Include in there Dwayne Bowe, Donnie Avery and Junior Hemingway and that sounds like your 2014 Chiefs receiver corps (notice no Kyle Williams). I'll wait for the surprise from the Chiefs later today though.

The health issue Reid refers to with Jenkins is the concussion he suffered against the Packers. Shortly after making a terrific diving 45-yard grab from Tyler Bray, Jenkins took a hard hit on special teams and left the game with a concussion.

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