Adam Caplan of FOXSports.com reports via twitter that the Chiefs have waived tight end Brad Cottam due to a failed physical. Cottam suffered a neck injury in week 14 last season and was placed on injured reserve. He was selected in the third round by the Chiefs in the 2008 NFL Draft.
Gone is Tony Gonzalez and his Hall of Fame career plus his 916 catches, 10,940 receiving yards and 76 touchdown catches. The cast the Chiefs have assembled to replace possibly the greatest tight end in NFL history include five players two of which are rookies another tight end Brad Cottam is entering his [...]
Chiefs need Cottam to catch on at tight end
By ADAM TEICHER
The Kansas City Star
When his time with the Chiefs is up, Brad Cottam hopes he can be a reasonable part of any discussion comparing him to Tony Gonzalez.
He has a lot of work ahead before getting to that point, so the Chiefs new starting tight [...]
Choices have been made and pink slips have been handed out, playbooks handed in and lockers cleaned out. The Chiefs have decided what offensive players they want to take into Foxboro. For the most part the roster moves and cuts went as expected but there was a few head scratchers. Why keep two return specialists [...]
The Chiefs have come to terms with two more draft picks. The Chiefs announced yesterday the signing of running back Jamaal Charles and tight end Brad Cottam. Both third-round picks in this year’s draft, they join safety DaJuan Morgan as the trio of players taken in the third round, and signed by the team. Both [...]
From: Pro Football Weekly
A source close to the Chiefs tells us the team will frequent the twin-TE look for a couple of reasons. (1) They love the potential of rookie Brad Cottam lining up opposite Tony Gonzalez. (2) Their lack of a suitable fullback makes it a priority to get better run blocking out of [...]
