{"id":32763,"date":"2025-09-15T22:42:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T22:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=32763"},"modified":"2025-09-15T22:43:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T22:43:26","slug":"chiefs-abruptly-part-ways-with-recent-draft-pick-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=32763","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udea8 Chiefs Shock Move: Why Did Kansas City Suddenly Cut Ties With a Recent Draft Pick? \ud83e\udd14"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Andy-Reid99-e1757973237881.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Andy-Reid99-e1757973237881.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Andy-Reid99-e1757973237881.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Andy-Reid99-e1757973237881.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Chiefs Abruptly Part Ways With Recent Draft Pick: Report\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Kansas City Chiefs waived a recent draft pick on Friday, September 12, and the move was so unexpected that no one on the KC beat seemed to notice until Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t believe we all missed this Friday \u2026. the Chiefs reached a non-injury settlement [with] DE BJ Thompson and placed him on waivers,\u201d Chiefs Digest beat reporter Matt Derrick relayed on X.<\/p>\n<p>Derrick added that Thompson \u201ccleared waivers Monday and is now a free agent,\u201d meaning Kansas City has now officially parted ways with the former 2023 fifth-round pick ahead of Week 3.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Will BJ Thompson Choose to Continue His NFL Career After Cardiac Arrest Incident With Chiefs?<\/h2>\n<p>If you go by the stat sheet, Thompson\u2019s KC career only lasted one regular season game, a 2023 Week 17 outing in which he logged 28 defensive snaps and another 16 on special teams.<\/p>\n<p>Thompson practically redshirted his rookie year, outside of that Week 17 appearance. He was credited with 2 solo tackles in his lone moment of regular season NFL action.<\/p>\n<p>The plan was likely to develop Thompson behind the scenes as a rookie, then ease him in later in 2024. Unfortunately, that plan never came to fruition due to a scary health incident that occurred at practice in June of 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the summer of 2024, Chiefs DE BJ Thompson suffered a cardiac arrest at the team\u2019s practice facility during a team meeting,\u201d A-to-Z Sports Kansas City\u2019s Charles Goldman reminded on September 15. \u201cHarrison Butker alerted the team\u2019s medical staff, who resuscitated Thompson with CPR and a defibrillator, and he was discharged from the hospital four days after the incident.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThompson attended the Chiefs\u2019 Super Bowl ring ceremony, but he stayed on the non-football illness list for the entire 2024 NFL Season,\u201d Goldman added.<\/p>\n<p>Thompson has not suited up for practice or an NFL outing since suffering cardiac arrest. It\u2019s unclear if his football career will continue with another team.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>BJ Thompson Likely Seeking Fresh Start After Injury Settlement<\/h2>\n<p>The last time head coach Andy Reid referenced Thompson was earlier this spring, when the team waived him and placed him on an injured reserve list.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Reid told reporters that the long-lost youngster was \u201cmaking progress\u201d and \u201cgreat, great strides.\u201d Having said that, he also noted that Thompson was \u201cnot quite there yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Based on this new turn of events, it would seem Thompson is looking for a fresh start with another team, seeking an injury settlement to potentially continue his 2025 campaign. However, there\u2019s no telling if Thompson will find an opportunity elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>With 2023 draftmate Felix Anudike-Uzomah and veteran Janarius Robinson both out for the season, the Chiefs could use help at edge rusher. They\u2019ll presumably continue that search with Thompson now officially moving on.<\/p>\n<p>Through two games, KC\u2019s top pass-rushing leader is defensive end George Karlaftis in terms of quarterback pressures. Per Pro Football Focus, Karlaftis has been credited with 8 QB pressures and a pass-rush win-rate of 8.3%.<\/p>\n<p>Superstar Chris Jones has a better win-rate, at 10.3%, but he\u2019s only managed 4 QB pressures.<\/p>\n<p>Along with Jones underperforming, the other issue is that the rest of the Chiefs\u2019 defensive line has not managed much pressure behind Karlaftis and Jones. Charles Omenihu only has 2 QB pressures through two weeks of football, as does Jerry Tillery, and draft picks Ashton Gillotte and Omarr Norman-Lott each only have 1 pressure apiece.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kansas City Chiefs waived a recent draft pick who has been dealing with an injury, and he officially cleared waivers ahead of Week 3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32764,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32763","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 Chiefs Shock Move: Why Did Kansas City Suddenly Cut Ties With a Recent Draft Pick? \ud83e\udd14 - 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=32763\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\ud83d\udea8 Chiefs Shock Move: Why Did Kansas City Suddenly Cut Ties With a Recent Draft Pick? 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