![]() ![]() In the end, the Chiefs didn’t keep La’Mical Perine or Deneric Prince. | Veteran defensive tackle Chris Jones officially was moved to the reserve/did not report list as Kansas City trimmed its roster to 53 on Tuesday ahead of the NFL deadline. Guard Mike Caliendo also made the cut in place of Darian Kinnard, while the Chiefs opted to keep linebacker Cam Jones instead of an extra defensive back.Ĥ p.m. | Kansas City kept defensive tackle Matt Dickerson and opted to hang on to both veteran backup offensive tackles, Prince Tega Wanogho and Lucas Niang, along with third-round pick Wanya Morris. The deadline for trimming the roster from 91 to 53 is 3 p.m. What does that mean for the Kansas City Chiefs? Well, it means the team will have to jettison nearly 40 players to get down to their initial 53-man roster ahead of the regular season.ĪNALYSIS | Nick Jacobs projects Chiefs' initial 53-man rosterĪNALYSIS | Tod Palmer projects Chiefs' initial 53-man roster Conner and Leo Chenal have been their most consistent special teams players this season.It’s roster-cutdown day in the NFL, the busiest day for transactions each year on the league calendar. Another sign of that? He’s second in Chiefs special teams snaps. He looks to be a contributor down the line. It’s the roster that has prevented his inclusion, not a lack of preparedness. He’s shown versatility early - playing at safety or slot corner - which bodes well for his future in KC, even if his first-year role has been limited. Connor actually has PFF’s fifth-best coverage grade among rookies. But when he has been on the field, the skills have flashed. The Chiefs are really deep in the secondary, so they haven’t needed Conner much on defense. Grade: Incomplete Chamarri Conner, defensive back (4th round, 119th overall) It’s fine for third-round picks to offer depth in the immediacy, but at some point, whether it’s this season or future seasons, Morris will need to develop into a dependable lineman who can be part of the starting five. He is part of the game-day roster, but he has played just three offensive snaps. Those are not positions that rotate in the backups for depth, which has left Morris in a purely reserve role. Morris is a backup swing tackle, though preferably a right tackle, and the Chiefs have stuck with Donovan Smith and Jawaan Taylor as the bookends on their offensive line. Grade: A Wanya Morris, tackle (3rd round, 92nd overall) But it’s obvious the Chiefs need to see more before trusting him with a bigger workload. (Last year’s late first-rounder, George Karlaftis, took a bit to get going, but he never saw fewer than 30 snaps in a game while playing the same position.) Anudike-Uzomah actually ranks third among rookie edge rushers in quarterback hits, with five, so the flashes of talent are there. He’s been on the field for just 28 snaps over the past four games combined. But it’s not a great sign that his snaps are dwindling, not increasing, each week. It was clear from the day the Chiefs selected Anudike-Uzomah, a Lee’s Summit High graduate, that it would take time. Felix Anudike-Uzomah, edge (1st round, 31st overall) Keep in mind that these are adjusted by round - the grades reflect that there’s more expected from a first-round pick than a seventh-round selection. ![]() It’s not an argument strictly lifted by quantity. Oh, by the way, the Chiefs had no sixth-round pick in 2022, and Coburn has already been released. A counterpoint, though: The Chiefs have received more snaps from only one equal-round value pick this season than they did last year, and that’s only because Keondre Coburn, a sixth-rounder, played nine defensive snaps. ![]()
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