KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Chiefs entered Day Two of the league’s calendar year without a major signing as of yet, but are hosting a player for a free-agent visit. Former New Orleans Saints wide receiver Joe Morgan is scheduled to visit the Chiefs Wednesday, according to a source. Morgan, who missed 2013 with an ACL injury suffered in training …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – There’s a reunion in Atlanta, as guard Jon Asamoah and defensive end Tyson Jackson get to see a familiar face in Falcons assistant general manager Scott Pioli. As the Chiefs general manager from 2009-12, Pioli drafted Jackson in 2009 and Asamoah in 2010. Asamoah agreed to a five-year deal on Tuesday, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Financial …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – It’s not a surprise, but the reality of the Chiefs parting ways with key contributors from last season’s 11-5 playoff team has officially arrived. The first two to officially sign with other teams within minutes of Tuesday’s start of the new calendar year are left tackle Branden Albert and wide receiver/punt returner Dexter McCluster. Albert, who …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Chiefs are less than 24 hours from the start of the new calendar year, and more importantly the start of the free agency period. While Monday brought a report of a re-signing, no other moves occurred with the Chiefs players scheduled to enter the market at 4 p.m. on Tuesday. Here’s the latest from Monday’s news cycle: …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The coming days will produce news at a rapid pace surrounding players not franchised or transitioned, and whose 2013 contracts expire at 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday, March 11. Saturday at 12 p.m. ET kicks off the cycle, as teams are permitted to contact and enter into contract negotiations with the certified agents of the league’s pending …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Chiefs maintained the status quo as the league-wide deadline for designating a franchise or transition player passed Monday afternoon in advance of the NFL’s calendar year on March 11. Monday’s lack of activity snapped a three-year streak of the Chiefs preventing a player from entering the free-agent market. The Chiefs used the franchise designation on …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The weeks leading to the annual start of free agency is forever a filtering process, as news locally and throughout the league will be fast. An example of this occurred Friday evening with tidbits appearing on the radar surrounding two current Chiefs and a former Seattle Seahawk. Chiefs, Schwarz camp talking The Chiefs met with guard Geoff Schwartz’s …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Chiefs general manager John Dorsey didn’t want to speculate at the NFL Scouting Combine on the early reports of the salary cap increase when it came to planning for the offseason. “It’s a speculative number out there now,” Dorsey said last Friday. “I can’t put any validity into that until I hear that the league tells …
INDIANAPOLIS — Chiefs general manager John Dorsey said during his Friday media session at the NFL Scouting Combine the Chiefs have been in contact with soon-to-be free agent left tackle Branden Albert’s representatives. Dorsey’s comments are the first since a report surfaced last week the Chiefs are willing to let Albert go. “That’s the first I’ve heard about it,” Dorsey …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Monday signals the start for NFL teams to identify franchise or transition players until the March 3 deadline. Utilizing a franchise tag effectively restricts a player from entering free agency and pays a salary based on the average of the top five at his respective position. The Chiefs, who franchised left tackle Branden Albert in 2013, …
