Chiefs start making cuts.

[ShowtimeSBMVP]

PLAYERS RELEASED

Player - Position

Steven Baker - T

Josh Bellamy - WR

Jalil Brown

TE Kevin Brock

Malcolm Bronson - S

Greg Castillo - S

Kennard Cox - CB

Marcus Dixon - DL

Tommie Draheim - OL

Darin Drakeford - LB

Shaun Draughn - RB

Frankie Hammond Jr. - WR

Demetrius Harris - TE

Tysyn Hartman - DB

Austin Lane - DE

Orie Lemon - LB

Semaj Moody - CB

Toben Opurum - FB

Matt Reynolds - T

Rico Richardson - WR

Rokevious Watkins - OL

Ridge Wilson - LB/DE


WAIVED INJURED

Player - Position

Ricky Henry - G

ILB Zac Diles

Tony Moeaki - TE


Additionally, the team has waived/released the following six players: TE Kevin Brock, CB Jalil Brown, LB Zac Diles, S Bradley McDougald, DT Jerrell Powe and WR Devon Wylie.

[Sorter]

Originally Posted by L.A. Chieffan

I kinda liked that Bellamy kid.

He was on the PS last year, right?

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by L.A. Chieffan

I kinda liked that Bellamy kid.

I actually thought this year, we had the most talent at WR that I've seen for a while. Pretty remarkable, given that we cut Baldwin and Wylie. I also liked Rico Richardson and Newsome.

[O.city]

Lets not discuss canty, still upset we let him leave KC with no deal.

And ftr, I think king was talking about him being our third corner and that you won't find many teams whose 3 corner is that much better.

I don't really agree or disagree just think there was a mix up there

[Sorter]

Originally Posted by O.city

Lets not discuss canty, still upset we let him leave KC with no deal.

And ftr, I think king was talking about him being our third corner and that you won't find many teams whose 3 corner is that much better.

I don't really agree or disagree just think there was a mix up there

Dear God, please let Bailey and/or (I know that if you exist, you're probably busy with stuff) Catapano develop into a viable option for us.
Luv, Bawksy.

[O.city]

Catapano at de is intriguing to me.

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by O.city

Lets not discuss canty, still upset we let him leave KC with no deal.

And ftr, I think king was talking about him being our third corner and that you won't find many teams whose 3 corner is that much better.

I don't really agree or disagree just think there was a mix up there

I don't think we'd have nearly as big a problem with Dunta Robinson if we actually had other talent to compete with him. The drop off between Robinson and the next guy is enormous. We're stuck with Robinson as our only option for a pretty long time.

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by Sorter

Dear God, please let Bailey and/or (I know that if you exist, you're probably busy with stuff) Catapano develop into a viable option for us.
Luv, Bawksy.

There's no doubt Bailey has the physical intangibles. He's quicker and stronger than Jackson. I thought he had a nice preseason. Just has to learn to be more consistent, especially in run D.

[Molitoth]

Originally Posted by Sorter

Ladarius Webb
Cortland Finnegan
Kyle Arrington
Tyvon Branch
Leon Hall
Casey Heyward
Antrel Rolle
Buster Skrine
Brice McCain
Brandon Boykin
Greg Toler
Chris Harris


And while these players are unproven in the slot, I'd rather have them as well:
Tim Jennings, Nickell Roby, and Kenny Vaccaro.

You watch too much football.

[Sorter]

Originally Posted by O.city

Catapano at de is intriguing to me.

Definitely. I think I posted in the draft forum about possibly converting Bjoern Werner to DE.

Werner was listed in that thread as 6'3/275lbs, although his combine profile says 266. Catapano was listed on his draft profile as 6'3/277.

[O.city]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

I don't think we'd have nearly as big a problem with Dunta Robinson if we actually had other talent to compete with him. The drop off between Robinson and the next guy is enormous. We're stuck with Robinson as our only option for a pretty long time.

I don't know much about either of the guys we just signed (cooper and Parker) but judging by the measurables it seems cooper is a big strong corner.

So I'll have to reserve comment simply because I have no clue about either of them

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by Sorter

Definitely. I think I posted in the draft forum about possibly converting Bjoern Werner to DE.

Werner was listed in that thread as 6'3/275lbs, although his combine profile says 266. Catapano was listed on his draft profile as 6'3/277.

Can't remember. Does Catapano have room to get bigger and stronger?

[Sorter]

Originally Posted by Molitoth

You watch too much football.

Absolutely.

[O.city]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

Can't remember. Does Catapano have room to get bigger and stronger?

Does he need too?

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by O.city

I don't know much about either of the guys we just signed (cooper and Parker) but judging by the measurables it seems cooper is a big strong corner.

So I'll have to reserve comment simply because I have no clue about either of them

I like the Cooper signing, but he's raw and probably needs seasoning. I can see Parker stepping in in nickel because of his experience and speed, even if I'm not crazy about him. I don't see Parker playing as a #1 or #2.

Which goes back to the original question of why Arenas isn't playing nickle/dime and competing for a starting nickel role, while you have someone like Cooper as your development guy to back up Flowers or Smith maybe a year from now, with Jalil Brown or some other veteran being a guy who can step in right away until Cooper is ready. I feel like we were a little reckless in handling our CB depth.

[Sorter]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

Can't remember. Does Catapano have room to get bigger and stronger?

I'm purely speculating and haven't seen the guy in person but he looks like you could get him up to mid 280s or at best mid/low 290s.

JJ Watt as an example, is 6'5/290 on his draft profile. Probably a bit heavier than that now. Geno Atkins is 6'1/293 on his draft profile, and Sheldon Richardson is 6'2/294.

So I suppose you'd ideally want to get Catapano up into the mid 290s.