Chiefs Release WR Lance Long, Get Down To 75 Players

Long originally came to the Chiefs from the Arizona Cardinals on Sept. 16, 2009. He was activated in week seven and had eight receptions in his second game as a Chief.

The Chiefs on Sunday released four players: T/G Tyler Eastman, RB Kestahn Moore, TE Cody Slate and QB Bill Stull.

Long and Moore are the only two players that could be characterized as a slight surprise cut in the first round of roster trimming.

The Chiefs are now down to 75 players.

10:48a by Joel Thorman - 0 comments

Update

Kansas City Chiefs Depth Chart With Latest Roster Cuts

The Kansas City Chiefs released four players on Sunday morning: T/G Tyler Eastman, RB Kestahn Moore, TE Cody Slate and QB Bill Stull.

With the exception of Slate, those guys were last at their positions on the depth chart. Slate was the fourth tight end ahead of Leroy Banks.

Here's how the depth chart is shaking out with those four players released:

OFFENSE

WR: Chris Chambers, Jerheme Urban, Quinten Lawrence, Jeremy Horne, Verran Tucker

LT: Branden Albert, Barry Richardson, ~~Tyler Eastman~~

LG: Brian Waters, Ikechuku Ndukwe, Darryl Harris

C: Rudy Niswanger, Casey Wiegmann, Lemuel Jeanpierre

RG: Ryan Lilja, Jon Asamoah, Dan Santucci

RT: Ryan O'Callaghan, Colin Brown, Bobby Greenwood

TE: Leonard Pope, Tony Moeaki, Jake O'Connell, ~~Cody Slate~~, Leroy Banks

WR: Dwayne Bowe, Dexter McCluster, Terrance Copper, Lance Long, Rich Gunnell

QB: Matt Cassel, Brodie Croyle, Tyler Palko, ~~Bill Stull~~

FB: Tim Castille, Mike Cox

RB: Thomas Jones, Jamaal Charles, Javarris Williams, Jackie Battle , ~~Kestahn Moore~~

DEFENSE

LDE: Tyson Jackson, Shaun Smith, Alex Magee, Dion Gales

NT: Ron Edwards, Derek Lokey, Garrett Brown

RDE: Glenn Dorsey, Wallace Gilberry, Dion Gales

LOLB: Mike Vrabel, Andy Studebaker, John Russell

LILB: Jovan Belcher, Corey Mays Justin Cole

RILB: Derrick Johnson, Demorrio Williams, David Herron, Cory Greenwood

ROLB: Tamba Hali, Cameron Sheffield, Pierre Walters

LCB: Brandon Flowers, Maurice Leggett, Mike Richardson, Jackie Bates

RCB: Brandon Carr, Javier Arenas, Travis Daniels, Ricky Price

SS: Eric Berry, Reshard Langford, DaJaun Morgan

FS: Jon McGraw, Kendrick Lewis, Donald Washington

SPECIAL TEAMS

P: Dustin Colquitt, Ryan Succop

K: Ryan Succop, Dustin Colquitt

KO: Ryan Succop, Dustin Colquitt

PC: Thomas Gafford, Cory Greenwood

KC: Thomas Gafford, Cory Greenwood

H: Dustin Colquitt, Tyler Palko

PR: Javier Arenas, Dexter McCluster, Quinten Lawrence

KR: Javier Arenas, Dexter McCluster, Quinten Lawrence

Aug 29 12:01p by Joel Thorman - 1 comment

Original Story

NFL Roster Cuts: Kansas City Chiefs Release Four Players

The Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday announced the release of four players: T/G Tyler Eastman, RB Kestahn Moore, TE Cody Slate and QB Bill Stull.

Eastman: He was a reserve signed in the offseason as an undrafted free agent. He was never a threat to make the roster.

Moore: He had a decent training camp but didn't play much the first preseason game. Unfortunately, he was injured for the second game and didn't log any stats in the third game. That's bad timing more than anything else for him.

Slate: He was signed on June 4 when Brad Cottam and Tony Moeaki were out with injury. He was thought to be a training camp body and, as it turns out, was.

Stull: He was signed nearly two weeks ago when Brodie Croyle was injured. Frankly, he looked better than Tyler Palko at times during training camp but never saw action in the last two preseason games.

That's four offensive players that they've release. By Tuesday, Aug. 31, they'll need to release one more to get down to 75 players.

On Sept. 4, they'll need to get down to 53 players.

Keep in mind some of these players that are released could return soon on the practice squad.

11:54a by Joel Thorman - 0 comments