By 3 p.m. (Arrowhead Time) on Tuesday, the Kansas City Chiefs must remove 27 players from their 80-man active roster in order to get it down to the in-season limit of 53 players. The Chiefs will eventually release a complete list of all of their moves — but until then, word of some of them will be trickling out.
Here, we’ll track all the roster moves the Chiefs are reported to have made.
For more information about all the types of moves the Chiefs (and the rest of the NFL’s teams) can make to trim their rosters, check out our roster cutdown reference.
Summary
- Current roster size: 71
- Waived: CB/LB Zayne Anderson, WR Dalton Shoen, WR Darrius Shepherd, DE Demone Harris, LB Omari Cobb, DE Austin Edwards, S Devon Key, OL Wyatt Miller, WR Maurice Ffrench
- Waived/injured: None
- Released: None
- Traded to another team: None
- Placed on Reserve/Non-Football Injury: None
- Placed on Reserve/Physically-unable-to-perform: None
- Placed on Reserve/Injured (ending season): None
- Claimed on waivers: None
- Free agents signed: None
- Acquired through trade: None
Reported Chiefs roster moves
- Chiefs waive CB/LB Zayne Anderson, per NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero. The team intends to put Anderson on the practice squad, per The Kansas City Star’s Sam McDowell.
- Chiefs waive WR Dalton Shoen, per The Kansas City Star’s Herbie Teope.
- Chiefs waive WR Darris Shepherd, per The Kansas City Star’s Sam McDowell.
- Chiefs waive DE Demone Harris, per The Kansas City Star’s Herbie Teope.
- Chiefs waive LB Omari Cobb, per The Kansas City Star’s Sam McDowell. McDowell reports team intends to sign him to the practice squad.
- Chiefs waive DE Austin Edwards, per The Kansas City Star’s Herbie Teope.
- Chiefs waive S Devon Key, per The Kansas City Star’s Sam McDowell. NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero reports that the Chiefs intend to sign Key to the practice squad.
- Chiefs waive offensive lineman Wyatt Miller, per The Kansas City Star’s Herbie Teope.
- Chiefs waive WR Maurice Ffrench, per The Kansas City Star’s Sam McDowell.
