The knee injury that knocked Chiefs QB Brodie Croyle from Sunday’s loss to the Titans will also end his season.

Brodie Croyle left the Titans-Chiefs game with a sprained knee. Damon Huard steps in and will be the starter in his absence. That might actually be good news for fantasy owners who have Dwayne Bowe and Tony Gonzalez.

Lost in the shuffle of the non-trade of TE Tony Gonzalez in Kansas City this week is the pending return of starting QB Brodie Croyle for the Chiefs.

Chiefs coach Herm Edwards said during his press conference Thursday that rookie starting LT Brandon Albert will not play against the Panthers Sunday due to his right elbow injury.

The injury that forced Chiefs QB Brodie Croyle out of Sunday’s 17-10 loss to the Patriots is being called a “shoulder contusion.”

Kansas City Chiefs QB Brodie Croyle left Sunday’s game vs. the Patriots late in the third quarter with an undisclosed injury, and was replaced by Damon Huard.