Chiefs Update 11/7
From the Truman Sports Complex
The roster door took another spin on Friday morning as the Chiefs added S Oliver Celestin to the 53-man active roster.
Celestin (5-11, 195) has played in 50 NFL games over five seasons with the New York Jets, Seattle and Arizona.  He had five special teams tackles in two games with the Cardinals earlier this season. He was released on October 29th.
Out of Texas Southern University, Celestin entered the NFL as a college free agent with Cleveland in 2003. He went to training camp in 2004 with Minnesota. Celestin is a native of New Orleans.
He was needed because of injuries to safeties Jarrad Page (groin)Â and DaJuan Morgan (thigh), who both now appear unlikely to play on Sunday in San Diego.
To make room for Celestin, the Chiefs released QB Ingle Martin. That leaves them with two QBs for the Chargers game. WR Mark Bradley is the third QB if total disaster strikes.
LB Derrick Johnson (hamstring), CB Pat Surtian (quad), CB Brandon Flowers (hamstring) and DE Turk McBride (shoulder) are all listed as questionable for the game. They did not take part in the team’s one-hour workout Friday morning. Limited in work in that session were Page and Morgan.
If McBride does not play, there’s a good chance four of the playes that joined this team this week could be active for Sunday’s game: Celestin, David Macklin, Ricardo Colclough and Wallace Gilberry.
The team leaves Friday afternoon for San Diego.
Go figure, another guy who played for Herm in New York.
If this guy plays Safety on Sunday were in big trouble! Looks more like a speacial teams move to me but it doesn’t look like he had much success anywhere else.
who did they cut?
Ingle Martin 3rd String QB
Silver Lining? If you’re going to have a spate of injuries, it’s better to have them on a 1-7 team as opposed to one sporting a 7-1 record.
Solace.
7-1 teams don’t have rosters that look that this.
Keep up the great work Coach Edwards. All of KC is behind you and we know that you will lead us back to glory very soon now.
AND NOW, Clark Hunt has affirmed Herm’s The Man!
Geez, we’ve become a safe haven for washed up DBs this week haven’t we? Seems we just can’t keep anybody healthy. Heck, does Dejuan Morgan even play on Sundays? Not much anyway and he STILL gets hurt. I know it’s too early to tell, but I think people should get off Glenn Dorsey’s back for a while and focus on Morgan as being the potential early bust of this draft class.
I don’t like our odds of winning this Sunday. Phillip Rivers will pick apart our banged up secondary all day. Their receivers are much bigger than these little DBs we’ve been signing. P-Riv just needs to float em up there and those big guys will go get it.
Sorry to be so negative on a Friday, but all of these injuries are really starting to irk me.
This is the write up on Celestin from scout inc over at espn.
2008 Scouting Report – Scouts Inc.
Grade: 47 | Key
Alert: None
Comment: Celestin is a journeyman corner who has spent time with five teams in his previous four years in the league after signing with Cleveland as a collegiate free agent after the 2003 draft. He did manage to start four games in 2007 thanks to injuries in Arizona’s secondary, but he lacks too many things to be considered starter material. He is not a great athlete and lacks premier top-end speed. He plays better the closer he lines up to the line of scrimmage and is almost a liability in coverage. He is aggressive to the ball and is not afraid to get involved, but struggles when trying to make tackles in the open field. He lacks top instincts and does not read routes very well. He has been a contributor on special teams in the past, but did not have much of a role on special teams in Arizona. Celestin is strictly a backup who can fill in as a starter in case of emergency, but teams are always trying to replace him.
FRI– little to late ,but Braddly would probably be fitting at safty . ( 7-4 high jump & 24 ft + broad jump ) WR covering WRs ?