On Monday, Kansas City’s head coach spoke of the injuries to Jaylen Watson and Mecole Hardman.

When Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid conducted his regular Monday briefing with reporters following Saturday’s 23-14 Divisional round win over the Houston Texans, he gave updates on two injured players.

The first was on cornerback Jaylen Watson. On Saturday, the third-year corner returned to the field for the first time since fracturing his ankle against the San Francisco 49ers in Week 7.

“[He] actually came out [of the game] feeling good,“ reported Reid. “That’s one of the positives that [we came] out with [about] Jaylen. He was fresh from the injury. You hope that he [won’t] have the swelling that was taking place before — and still function at a relatively high speed during the game. I thought he did that; I thought he sustained when given that opportunity.”

Then Reid spoke about wide receiver Mecole Hardman, who suddenly appeared with a knee injury on the Friday before Week 14’s game against the Los Angeles Chargers. He was placed on the team’s Reserve/Injured list the following day — and was designated to return from IR on January 1. So he must be activated to the 53-man roster before 3 p.m. Arrowhead Time on Wednesday. Otherwise, he will remain on Reserve/Injured for the rest of the season.

“We’ll see how that goes here,” said Reid about Hardman. “I haven’t made any decisions on that yet. But he’s worked hard to try to get himself back and get going — but we’ll see how all that works out.”