The Feely Affair

So just what were the Chiefs doing with Jay Feely this week?

They brought Feely to Kansas City on Sunday where he made eight of 12 kicks in a workout for the coaches and personnel staffs.

They signed the veteran kicker on Monday and in competition with Nick Novak and Connor Barth, he went out and hit 11 of 15 field goal tries.

There was another kickoff between the three on Tuesday and Feely made 13 of 15 attempts.

Then they released him, just over 24 hours after signing him.

What’s up?

Wednesday Morning Cup O’Chiefs

The PUP list was a busy place the last few days as NFL teams got their rosters down to the league limit of 75 players for now.

The Physically Unable to Perform list is a refuge for players who because of injuries suffered on the NFL field in the last year and can’t yet pass a team physical so they can practice.  It’s a variation of the injured reserve list with one key difference: a player on IR cannot under any conditions play for the team that season.  A player on PUP has a window where he can practice and possibly be activated to the 53-man roster.  This window comes after the sixth week of the season and ends before the 10th game.

Feely Goes Wide Right

It’s been an interesting two days in the world of kickers and the Kansas City Chiefs.

To reach the NFL roster limit of 75, the Chiefs final cut was Jay Feely, the veteran kicker they signed on Monday.

They will go into the pre-season finale with both kickers that went through training camp: Nick Novak and Connor Barth.

So what happened?  The Chiefs aren’t saying anything publicly at this time and haven’t even announced the move.

But all three kickers had a kickoff the last three days and the order of finish for most field goals made was Barth, Novak and then Feely.

It’s impressive to see Barth respond to the competition.   More on this to come.

Kickoff Luncheon Words from Herm

The annual Chiefs Kickoff Luncheon was held Tuesday afternoon at the Hyatt Regency in Crown Center.

There were many words spoken.  Bill Grigsby suggested the Chiefs were on a three-year plan to the Super Bowl.  With a smile on his face, Carl Peterson mentioned that now famous Chiefs Urban Myth that he came to town in 1989 and set up a five-year plan.

The final words of note belonged to head coach Herm Edwards and they deserve to be heard again:

Cuts, With One Left

No surprises on the Chiefs roster moves on Tuesday to reach the NFL limit of 75.

Released were DT Maurice Murray, DE Jonal Saint-Dic and T Ken Shackleford.  None were a factor in making the regular-season roster.

Sent to the Physically Unable to Perform List was WR Kevin Robinson.  He underwent knee surgery back in June and hasn’t been able to get back on the practice field yet.

That leaves one cut to make. Chiefs were in a personnel meeting that began after their Kickoff Luncheon to decide on which of the three kickers on their roster would be released.  They can also move TE Michael Merritt to the NFI list if they can’t decide on a move with the kicker.