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CHIEFS COMPLETE TRADE TRANSACTIONS
August 24th – 1:21 PM
Just 21 minutes after the Chiefs announced a trade with the Dolphins to acquire Gs Andy Alleman and Ikechuku Ndukwe, the club announced the release of G/C Brian De La Puente to complete the transaction. LB Vince Redd was released earlier in the day.
CHIEFS BOLSTER O-LINE WITH TRADE
August 24th – 1:00 PM
Chiefs head coach Todd Haley was not pleased with the overall play of his offensive line on Friday night against the Vikings. QBs Matt Cassel and Brodie Croyle faced heavy pressure throughout the evening and the Chiefs were blanked in short-yardage rushing situations inside the one-yard line on two of the last four plays of the game.
“I think the offensive line in general I was a little let down about,” Haley said today. “If there is a game you are going to get up for, it’s against (Minnesota). That’s a good defense and specifically a really good defensive front seven. I think that their linebackers are excellent too.
“I just expected our guys to get up a little more and kind of take the challenge,” Haley continued. “Just in general I was probably let down that we didn’t win the physical side of that matchup, especially early.”
This afternoon, Kansas City announced a two-player trade with Miami that bolsters the Chiefs offensive line. Acquired for an undisclosed 2010 draft pick were Gs Andy Alleman and Ikechuku Ndukwe. Both players have been starters at some point during their time with the Dolphins.
It will be interesting to see how this acquisition shapes the Chiefs offensive line rotation going forward. Both players possess the background and credentials to eventually become starters. Whether they are thrust into the starting lineup at some point or not remains to be seen, but, at a minimum, the pair will push Kansas City’s current line core and create positional competition. The Chiefs are listing Alleman as a guard/center. Will his presence create any position shifts along the front?
“We’ve said from the start that we will do anything and everything to make the team better,” Haley said today. “If that means adding somebody on the day before the season starts or today, tomorrow, in a week, we’ll do it. We’re not disrespecting anybody, we’re just keeping our word that we will do everything that we can to improve the team. If there is anybody out there that makes us better at any position we’ll do it.
The Chiefs offensive line suddenly becomes a group to watch throughout the rest of this preseason, across the board.
Kansas City will also need to release another player at some point today assuming that both players have passed their physicals. No announcement has been made on any other transactions, but the Chiefs released LB Vince Redd this morning.