{"id":469796,"date":"2025-12-25T00:56:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T00:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/469796\/"},"modified":"2025-12-25T00:56:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T00:56:19","slug":"chiefs-make-8-roster-moves-on-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/469796\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs make 8 roster moves on Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The team placed cornerbacks Trent McDuffie and Jaylen Watson and wide receivers Rashee Rice and Tyquan Thornton on the Reserve\/Injured list. With only two games remaining, their seasons are over.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Cornerback Melvin Smith signed from the practice squad as well as defensive ends Ethan Downs and Tyreke Smith (note: the team\u2019s official press release mistakenly listed Smith as a tight end).<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Melvin Smith joined the Chiefs as an undrafted free agent in April out of Southern Arkansas. Downs signed with the <a href=\"http:\/\/bigcatcountry.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a> after going undrafted out of Oklahoma but promptly joined Kansas City\u2019s practice squad after being waived out of camp.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/fieldgulls.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Seattle Seahawks<\/a> made Tyreke Smith a fifth-round selection in the 2022 NFL Draft. The Ohio State product has only appeared in three career games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Also on Wednesday \u2014 and with the season now over for both starting corners \u2014 the Chiefs activated cornerback Nazeeh Johnson from the team\u2019s Reserve\/Injured list. Kansas City\u2019s seventh-round selection from 2022 suffered a shoulder injury in the preseason and has not played in 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">No additional practice squad elevations were announced. With these roster moves \u2014 on the heels of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrowheadpride.com\/kansas-city-chiefs-roster\/190201\/chiefs-make-8-roster-moves-before-sundays-game-against-titans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a similar batch made prior to Week 16<\/a> \u2014 the Chiefs now have six openings on the practice squad. With only one game remaining after Thursday, those spots may or may not be filled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The team placed cornerbacks Trent McDuffie and Jaylen Watson and wide receivers Rashee Rice and Tyquan Thornton on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":469797,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[4161,3012,1232,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-469796","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs-news","9":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs-roster","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115777489178625593","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=469796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469796\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/469797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=469796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=469796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}