Following their bye week, the Chiefs held regular practices to prepare for their matchup against the Texans. On the weekend, Texans Wire reporter Cole Thompson released the final injury report for both teams, showing that Kansas City’s roster is largely healthy—aside from wide receiver Mecole Hardman, who is listed as "doubtful."

The Chiefs activated Jaylen Watson from injured reserve for their divisional-round playoff game against the Texans.

The Chiefs will enter the AFC Divisional Round of the playoffs in a matchup against the No. 4 seed Houston Texans, and Kansas City is as healthy as it has been since the preseason in August. It’s been a long and trying road for the Chiefs to get to this point,

The Kansas City Chiefs are the top seed in the AFC and earned the first-round bye. The Chiefs were able to have two weeks of rest, as they sat their starters in Week 18 and had the Wild Card round off.