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Cheifs Sign KR B.J. Sams to a One-Year Deal

The Chiefs have always looked at special teams as a strong point, and today they looked to improve that department again as they came to terms with kick returner B.J. Sams.  The deal is for one-year for the now former Baltimore Raven.  Sams has returned 138 kickoffs for a 22.9-yard return average and he has […]

Posted by Matt Loede on Apr 14 2008

Cheifs to Have a Visit with O-lineman Hartwig

The KC Star is reporting that the Chiefs are going to have a sit down with former Panthers center Justin Hartwig, who played his college ball at the University of Kansas. The team is still looking to add players to their O-line, and Hartwig is in demand, already having met with the Steelers. Hartwig has […]

Posted by Matt Loede on Mar 17 2008

Chiefs Sign WR Devard Darling

The Chiefs signed free agent wide receiver Devard Darling to a three-year contract on Tuesday.  Financial terms were not released.  Darling posted 18 catches for 326 yards and three touchdowns while playing in all 16 games for Baltimore last season.  He has recorded 20 grabs for 331 yards and three scores to go with two […]

Posted by Matt Loede on Mar 12 2008

Chiefs Sign former Falcons LB Demorrio Williams to Five-Year Deal

The Chiefs have made their first signing of the free agent stanza, as earlier this evening reports state that team came to terms with former Falcons linebacker Demorrio Williams on a five-year deal worth $16 million, with $5 mil in guaranteed money.  Williams was the Falcons 4th round pick back in 2004, and last season […]

Posted by Matt Loede on Mar 01 2008

Four More Veteran Chiefs Being Shown the Door

The youth movement with the Chiefs continued today, as they informed four vets they would be released.  Among them are   corner Ty Law, linebacker Kendrell Bell, defensive tackle James Reed, and tight end Jason Dunn.  The first three players were all starters last season for the Chiefs.  Law spent the last two seasons with the […]

Posted by Matt Loede on Feb 27 2008

Chiefs Cut Veteran WR Kennison

The Chiefs have cut their ties with another veteran player.  On Tuesday, the team released wide receiver Eddie Kennison.   He was a Chief for seven years, catching 321 passes for more than 5,000 yards.  Kennison only played in eight games last season because of injuries.

Posted by Matt Loede on Feb 27 2008

DE Allen Gets Slapped with the Franchise Tag by the Chiefs

 
After having a season in which he led the NFL with 15.5 sacks, Chiefs DE Jared Allen is going to get a pretty big one-year payday for it, as the Chiefs on Monday slapped the franchise tag on him. The tag means that the big DE will get paid the average salary of the league’s […]

Posted by Matt Loede on Feb 19 2008

Chiefs Sign Kicker Cundiff to a Two-year Deal

The Chiefs worked Monday to improve one big area of the team that was awful a year ago - the kicker spot.  They did it by signing Billy Cundiff to a two-year deal.  Last season the team was hindered by the terrible kicking of fifth-round draft pick Justin Medlock, and then after they had enough […]

Posted by Matt Loede on Feb 18 2008

Chiefs Cut Veteran Guard Welbourn

John Welbourn is out of a job today, after the Chiefs cut ties with the veteran right guard.  The cut should save the team about two-million-dollars.  The Chiefs got Welbourn from Philadelphia in 2004.  He started in every game last season. 

Posted by Matt Loede on Feb 15 2008

Looks as if Center Wiegmann Won’t be Brought Back

Looks as if the Chiefs are going to be content to let free agent center Casey Wiegmann leave via the open market.  Today’s Topeka Capital-Journal says that the team is not expected to bring back Wiegmann, as the Chiefs would like to get a bigger, younger player to take over the center spot.  The paper […]

Posted by Matt Loede on Jan 28 2008