{"id":37185,"date":"2025-11-05T22:55:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T22:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=37185"},"modified":"2025-11-05T22:56:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T22:56:54","slug":"chiefs-lose-third-round-talent-at-area-of-need-after-afc-poaching-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=37185","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\ude31 Chiefs Lose Promising 3rd-Round Talent at Key Position After AFC Rival Poaches Him \u2014 What Happened? \ud83c\udfc8\ud83d\udd25"},"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\/11\/GettyImages-2243710491-1-e1762379273113.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2243710491-1-e1762379273113.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2243710491-1-e1762379273113.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2243710491-1-e1762379273113.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Chiefs Lose Third-Round Talent at Area of Need After AFC Poaching: Report\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Kansas City Chiefs lost some veteran depth on November 5, as KPRC 2 NFL insider Aaron Wilson relayed news of a bye week practice squad poaching by the Pittsburgh Steelers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[The] Steelers [are] signing Brodric Martin off [the] Chiefs practice squad, per a league source,\u201d Wilson reported on Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, this is less than ideal, considering the defensive tackle position is one of Kansas City\u2019s top areas of need as they enter the final stretch of the 2025 season coming out of the bye week.<\/p>\n<p>Martin signed with the KC practice squad after the 53-man cutdown. He\u2019s a former third-round draft pick of the Detroit Lions who was brought in to bulk up the reserve unit in the trenches.<\/p>\n<p>Entering Week 10, the Chiefs only spent one of Martin\u2019s three potential practice squad elevations, so they could have called upon him again without signing him to the active roster.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the Steelers took that possibility away from the Chiefs when they poached him on November 5.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Chiefs Choose Not to Block Steelers After Poaching News<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_5587616\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-1162236473-e1762380010767.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" alt=\"Chiefs Lose Third-Round Talent at Area of Need After AFC Poaching: Report\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5587616\" data-lazy-load=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5587616\">GettyPittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin with Kansas City Chiefs counterpart Andy Reid.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Anytime another NFL franchise poaches a player from a team\u2019s practice squad, like in the case of Martin, the player\u2019s original team has the right to block the move by offering the target a spot on their 53-man roster.<\/p>\n<p>Clearly, the Chiefs chose not to offer Martin that 53-man role. And this is no surprise.<\/p>\n<p>Although Kansas City\u2019s defensive tackle depth is shaky at best, they did just sign veteran nose tackle Mike Pennel. With Pennel on the active roster, there\u2019s really no space for Martin, and the Chiefs aren\u2019t going to go reorganizing their 53-man unit just to retain a practice squad player.<\/p>\n<p>If KC really saw something in Martin, they would have acted. But since they didn\u2019t, it\u2019s safe to say that they aren\u2019t too broken up about the news of the Steelers\u2019 actions.<\/p>\n<p>General manager Brett Veach will likely wish Martin the best and get back to work on finding more serviceable defensive tackle depth.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kansas City Chiefs lost a veteran player after news of a practice squad poaching during their 2025 NFL bye week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37186,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37185","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\ude31 Chiefs Lose Promising 3rd-Round Talent at Key Position After AFC Rival Poaches Him \u2014 What Happened? 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