{"id":16282,"date":"2025-03-04T23:05:43","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T23:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=16282"},"modified":"2025-03-04T23:05:43","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T23:05:43","slug":"chiefs-agree-to-terms-on-reunion-ahead-of-nfl-free-agency-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=16282","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs Agree to Terms on Reunion Ahead of NFL Free Agency: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Andy-Reid48-e1741124484553.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Andy-Reid48-e1741124484553.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Andy-Reid48-e1741124484553.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Andy-Reid48-e1741124484553.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Chiefs Agree to Terms on Reunion Ahead of NFL Free Agency: Report\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the NFL, you\u2019re allowed to sign eligible players to reserve\/future contracts prior to free agency, and the Kansas City Chiefs agreed to terms on one more depth addition on March 3.<\/p>\n<p>Per KPRC 2 NFL insider Aaron Wilson, the Chiefs re-signed former Baylor linebacker Blake Lynch on Monday evening after he was brought in and cut before and after Week 18.<\/p>\n<p>A-to-Z Sports Kansas City reporter Charles Goldman confirmed this reunion on March 4, posting: \u201cThe Chiefs re-signed LB Blake Lynch (No. 59), who spent just eight days on the practice squad to end the 2024 regular season. He was one of the lone standouts of the Week 18 disaster against the [Denver] Broncos.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s no surprise Goldman was quick to chime in on this roster move, considering he predicted it back on January 7.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnless he finds another home for the playoffs, I expect Blake Lynch back for the Chiefs on a reserve\/future deal after his Week 18 performance at WLB [weakside linebacker],\u201d Goldman said at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Now, just under two months later in March, that theory has come to fruition.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Blake Lynch Bolsters Chiefs\u2019 LB Depth After Losing Swayze Bozeman<\/h2>\n<p>The Lynch signing comes with some known potential \u2014 the Chiefs have seen what he can do, and perhaps they like what they saw \u2014 but it is also a necessary move.<\/p>\n<p>Kansas City\u2019s linebacker depth has taken a hit, and more departures could be coming next week. The team already lost promising rookie LB Swayze Bozeman following the 2024 campaign, which came as somewhat of a surprise after the Chiefs trusted him on special teams throughout the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>They also elected not to bring back another recent special teams contributor and practice squad staple in linebacker Cole Christiansen. At least, not as of March 4.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond those two, some covering the team expect that KC will not tender restricted free agent linebacker Jack Cochrane, allowing him to hit the open market. And as we all know, starter Nick Bolton is a candidate to cash in elsewhere in free agency.<\/p>\n<p>These circumstances make Lynch\u2019s return even more important than Goldman hypothesized in January. For now, the 28-year-old former UDFA joins Drue Tranquill, Leo Chenal and Cam Jones to make up a very shrunken LB core.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Remembering Blake Lynch\u2019s Impressive Week 18 Audition With Chiefs<\/h2>\n<p>Lynch has bounced around the league a bit since entering it. He appeared in 20 games with the Minnesota Vikings from 2020 through 2021 but was eventually waived after 2022 training camp.<\/p>\n<p>From there, he spent time with the Arizona Cardinals, Los Angeles Chargers, Seattle Seahawks, Chargers again and Las Vegas Raiders before finding his way to KC. Outside of his time in Minnesota, Lynch\u2019s only other official regular season appearances came with the Chargers (8 games played) prior to Week 18 of last year.<\/p>\n<p>As noted above, Lynch\u2019s lone outing with the Chiefs was a memorable one, but for the KC fans that tuned out during the final week with the No. 1 seed already clinched, below is a reminder.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPerhaps the best performance in Week 18\u2019s game against Denver came from one of the team\u2019s practice squad elevations,\u201d Goldman wrote on January 7. \u201cLB Blake Lynch arrived in Kansas City shortly after the Week 17 game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. He spent just over a week getting prepared and learning a new system to post six total tackles and a tackle for loss, and he wasn\u2019t targeted in any of his pass-coverage snaps.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019ll be interesting to see if Lynch is able to climb his way up the ladder with more time learning Steve Spagnuolo\u2019s system.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kansas City Chiefs have reunited with a former signing and eventual roster cut ahead of 2025 NFL free agency, per a football insider.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16283,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kansas-city-chiefs"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Chiefs Agree to Terms on Reunion Ahead of NFL Free Agency: Report - 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