{"id":26003,"date":"2025-02-14T08:11:53","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T08:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=26003"},"modified":"2025-02-14T08:11:53","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T08:11:53","slug":"breaking-chiefs-announce-11-post-super-bowl-signings-including-surprise-wr-trio-named","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=26003","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Chiefs announce 11 post-Super Bowl signings including surprise WR trio named\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div>\n<p>Kansas City Chiefs midseason pickup Tyquan Thornton will continue on with the organization in 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>With the\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs\u2019\u00a02024 campaign now officially over, the organization announced their initial round of reserve\/future signings on February 11.<\/p>\n<p>KSHB 41 beat reporter\u00a0Nick Jacobs shared them on X\u00a0via the\u00a0NFL\u00a0transaction log. Per his post, ex-Chiefs backup kicker\u00a0Matthew Wright\u00a0signed with the\u00a0Carolina Panthers\u00a0and KC retained the following 11 practice squad players:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chris Oladokun, QB.<\/li>\n<li>Jason Brownlee, WR.<\/li>\n<li>Justyn Ross, WR.<\/li>\n<li>Tyquan Thornton, WR.<\/li>\n<li>Baylor Cupp, TE.<\/li>\n<li>Chukwuebuka Godrick, OT.<\/li>\n<li>Siaki Ika, DT.<\/li>\n<li>Fabien Lovett Sr., DT.<\/li>\n<li>Deon Bush, DB.<\/li>\n<li>Darius Rush, DB.<\/li>\n<li>Eric Scott Jr., DB.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As a reminder,\u00a0reserve\/future contracts\u00a0are new deals that tie an NFL player to a team for the future. Although they don\u2019t technically go into effect until the start of the new league year in March.<\/p>\n<p>Their contract\u2019s salary and their place on the roster also count towards the upcoming season, rather than the one that just ended. These players can no longer negotiate with other franchises or be poached by other teams \u2014 making their agreements slightly more ironclad than a practice squad contract.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Tyquan-Thornton4-e1739325202947.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" alt=\"Chiefs Announce 11 Signings Following Super Bowl LIX: Report\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Only practice squad players and unrestricted free agents (at the time of the season\u2019s end date) can sign reserve\/future contracts. Typically, these deals act as a sort of placeholder for a prospect or veteran who intends to try and push for the active roster during OTAs and training camp.<\/p>\n<p>This is a pretty strong group of reserve\/future signings. Fans will likely recognize recent contributors like Ross and Bush, but there is a ton of untapped potential on this list as KC general manager Brett Veach continues to stockpile former draft picks from different organizations.<\/p>\n<p>For example, Thornton was a second-round wide receiver of the\u00a0New England Patriots\u00a0known for his explosiveness and big play potential. The Chiefs were able to\u00a0sign him onto the practice squad in mid-November, so he already has a head start on learning the playbook for the 2025 offseason program.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, Brownlee joins Thornton as a\u00a0mid-to-late season WR acquisition\u00a0that has flashed at the NFL level. The former\u00a0New York Jets\u00a0UDFA made a pro roster as a rookie but took a step backward in year two.<\/p>\n<p>Then there\u2019s Ika, a former 2023 third-round defensive tackle of the\u00a0Cleveland Browns. Coming out of college, NFL Network draft expert\u00a0Lance Zierlein scouted\u00a0Ika as a \u201cgirthy interior force with heavy hands and a combative nature at the point of attack\u201d that specializes as a run-clogger.<\/p>\n<p>Rush and Scott are athletic fifth- and sixth-round cornerbacks that the Chiefs have claimed in recent years, respectively, and Cupp and Lovett are promising undrafted prospects that impressed during Kansas City\u2019s most recent training camp.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, you have two more veterans of the KC practice squad \u2014 Godrick and Oladokun.<\/p>\n<p>The former is an international pathway prospect that the Chiefs have been developing at offensive tackle for several years. Godrick has shown some progress in recent seasons, but not enough to make the 53-man roster.<\/p>\n<p>The latter is the Chiefs\u2019 current QB3 and\u00a0Patrick Mahomes\u00a0understudy. If backup\u00a0Carson Wentz\u00a0leaves in free agency, expect Kansas City to bring in a new veteran signal-caller to compete with Oladokun in camp.<\/p>\n<p>There were six Chiefs players that were on the practice squad to close out the season that have not been signed to reserve\/future contracts at this time.<\/p>\n<p>They were cornerback and former seventh-round pick\u00a0Nic Jones, veteran cornerback\u00a0Steven Nelson, linebacker\/special teamer\u00a0Cole Christiansen, running back\u00a0Keaontay Ingram, veteran tight end\u00a0Anthony Firkser\u00a0and wide receiver\/returner\u00a0Montrell Washington.<\/p>\n<p>To be clear, this does not mean Kansas City did not offer any of these players a futures deal, nor does it preclude them from re-signing at a later date. All it means is that for the time being, no contract was agreed upon by both parties.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Michael Obermuller<\/strong>\u00a0covers the NFL and NHL for Heavy.com, where he began writing in 2021. His areas of focus include the Kansas City Chiefs, New York Giants, Pittsburgh Steelers and Miami Dolphins, as well as the New York Rangers and New York Islanders. An NYC area native and Quinnipiac graduate, his previous bylines include FanDuel\u2019s The Duel, King Fantasy Sports and Pro Football Mania.\u00a0More about Michael Obermuller<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kansas City Chiefs midseason pickup Tyquan Thornton will continue on with the organization in 2025. 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