{"id":21763,"date":"2025-04-30T23:44:15","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T23:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=21763"},"modified":"2025-04-30T23:45:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T23:45:38","slug":"kansas-city-chiefs-make-flurry-of-roster-moves-ahead-of-official-udfa-signings-for-rookie-minicamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=21763","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udea8 Kansas City Chiefs Shake Up Roster with Bold Moves Ahead of Rookie Minicamp \u2014 What\u2019s Behind the Strategy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/atozsports.com\/.image\/t_share\/MjE0NTc5MzE5OTg3NTEyMzQz\/usatsi_24993904.jpg\" alt=\"Dec 15, 2024; Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Kansas City Chiefs tight end Anthony Firkser (85) congratulates tight end Noah Gray (83) after a touchdown against the Cleveland Browns during the second quarter at Huntington Bank Field.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs\u00a0made six roster moves on Wednesday, clearly trying to create space on the 90-man offseason roster ahead of official undrafted free agent signings for their rookie minicamp over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>According to the league&#8217;s daily personnel notice, the Chiefs waived three players, released a pair of veterans, and received an international roster exemption for one player. Here&#8217;s a quick breakdown of all the moves:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>TE Baylor Cupp (Waived):<\/strong>\u00a0A 2024 UDFA signing out of Texas Tech, Cupp spent most of the season on the practice squad. He appeared in one game last season and was targeted once, but dropped the pass. Cupp has been spotted at offseason workouts with Patrick Mahomes in Texas this offseason.<\/li>\n<li><strong>TE Anthony Firkser (Released):\u00a0<\/strong>Firkser is probably the\u00a0most notable player let go. He\u00a0joined the practice squad last season\u00a0after Jared Wiley&#8217;s injury. He played in three games for the Chiefs last season, playing 51 combined snaps on offense and special teams. He recorded no stats in those games outside of a tackle on special teams.<\/li>\n<li><strong>OG McKade Mettauer (Waived):\u00a0<\/strong>Another 2024 UDFA signing,\u00a0Mettauer missed the entire 2024 NFL season due to an injury that landed him on injured reserve.<\/li>\n<li><strong>S Jason Taylor II (Waived):<\/strong>\u00a0A reserve\/future signing this offseason, Taylor never got a chance to play a down for Kansas City, let alone practice in front of the coaching staff.<\/li>\n<li><strong>LB Shaun Bradley (Released):<\/strong>\u00a0Another reserve\/future signing who didn&#8217;t play a single snap for the Chiefs in practice or otherwise.<\/li>\n<li><strong>OT Chu Godrick (Exempt):<\/strong>\u00a0For the third consecutive year, the Chiefs have received\u00a0an international roster exemption for Godrick. He will not count against the 90-man offseason roster in 2025. Should he land on the practice squad again, he can also get an international exemption. If he sticks on the 53-man roster, he&#8217;ll count against it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/atozsports.com\/.image\/t_share\/MjA2MTgxMjQ3NDkwMjcwMzA3\/usatsi_22395812.jpg\" alt=\"Chiefs make several roster moves to create space for UDFA signings ahead of rookie camp\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Chiefs have not officially announced any undrafted free agent signings. The team had nine free roster spots available after the 2025 NFL Draft, and\u00a0they&#8217;re reported to have signed 15 players in undrafted free agency thus far. The math would track that all of the reported signings are, in fact, signings, and not misreported rookie minicamp invites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21764,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21763","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>\ud83d\udea8 Kansas City Chiefs Shake Up Roster with Bold Moves Ahead of Rookie Minicamp \u2014 What\u2019s Behind the Strategy? - Breaking News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=21763\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\ud83d\udea8 Kansas City Chiefs Shake Up Roster with Bold Moves Ahead of Rookie Minicamp \u2014 What\u2019s Behind the Strategy? 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