{"id":25547,"date":"2025-06-12T11:57:39","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T11:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=25547"},"modified":"2025-06-12T11:59:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T11:59:30","slug":"kansas-city-chiefs-part-ways-with-defensive-lineman-during-the-last-week-of-voluntary-otas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=25547","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udd0d Surprise Roster Move: Kansas City Chiefs Cut Defensive Lineman in Final Week of Voluntary OTAs!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/chiefswire.usatoday.com\/gcdn\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/06\/12\/SCHF\/84158659007-usatsi-22187426.jpg?width=1200&amp;disable=upscale&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Kansas City Chiefs waive Siaki Ika in the final week of voluntary OTAs\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">On Wednesday, the\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs\u00a0waived defensive lineman Siaki Ika and made a corresponding move, signing tight end Kevin Foelsch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The moves were officially announced on the team\u2019s\u00a0transaction log. Ika was a 2023 third-round pick out of Baylor for the\u00a0Cleveland Browns. He played in four games for Cleveland before being released ahead of the 2024 season. He spent time on the practice squads of the Browns and the\u00a0Philadelphia Eagles\u00a0before joining the Chiefs\u2019 practice squad in December and signing a Reserve\/Futures contract following the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Kansas City added Foelsch, a young tight end on the Eagles and\u00a0Carolina Panthers\u00a0practice squads, in 2024. He was an undrafted free agent who has yet to find his stride in the league after a standout college career at the University of New Haven. He will be in tough competition for a potential spot on the final 53-man roster in a loaded tight end room.<\/p>\n<p>The Chiefs begin mandatory minicamp from June 17-19.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>usatoday.com wants to ensure the best experience for all of our readers, so we built our site to take advantage of the latest technology, making it faster and easier to use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25547","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\udd0d Surprise Roster Move: Kansas City Chiefs Cut Defensive Lineman in Final Week of Voluntary OTAs! 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