{"id":627647,"date":"2026-05-06T22:07:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T22:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/627647\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T22:07:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T22:07:10","slug":"way-back-wednesday-what-chiefs-offseason-darlings-have-you-fallen-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/627647\/","title":{"rendered":"Way-back Wednesday: What Chiefs offseason darlings have you fallen for?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">It\u2019s that time of the offseason, when the 37 players on the <a href=\"http:\/\/ArrowheadPride.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kansas City Chiefs<\/a>\u2019 91-man offseason roster that eventually fail to make the final cutdown entice fans across Chiefs Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>Who are some of the offseason darlings you have fallen for in the past?<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Heading into my eighth season covering the team for Arrowhead Pride, there is an endless list of swings and misses on my part from analyzing the offseason roster. One of the most memorable was defensive end Tim Ward in 2021 \u2014 but that was because All-Pro safety Tyrann Mathieu made sure I wouldn\u2019t forget it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">After the team\u2019s initial 53-man roster was revealed following the 2021 preseason, I snarkily blamed special teams coordinator Dave Toub for the decision to keep lesser-known third-year cornerback Chris Lammons over Ward, who was quickly claimed by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ganggreennation.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Jets<\/a> after he was waived.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Ward failed to register even a quarterback hit in 11 games for the Jets that season, then left the NFL.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">So it\u2019s a good reminder that \u2014 as the Honey Badger put it \u2014 we don\u2019t know anything this time of year, especially me.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Who are some underwhelming players that come to mind when thinking about the offseason hype train? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s that time of the offseason, when the 37 players on the Kansas City Chiefs\u2019 91-man offseason roster&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":627648,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[271506,349,99],"class_list":["post-627647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-kansas-city-chiefs-discussions","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=627647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/627648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=627647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=627647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=627647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}