{"id":850927,"date":"2026-09-17T12:14:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T12:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/850927\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T12:14:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T12:14:23","slug":"chiefs-make-5-roster-moves-on-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/850927\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs make 5 roster moves on Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Before Wednesday\u2019s practice, Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid confirmed that second-year linebacker Cooper McDonald was being placed on the team\u2019s Reserve\/Injured list.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">McDonald was injured in the first quarter of Monday\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrowheadpride.com\/kansas-city-chiefs-game-information\/210140\/chiefs-broncos-live-updates-afc-west-bout-underway\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">31-10 victory<\/a> over the Denver Broncos while covering the kickoff after Kansas City\u2019s first touchdown. The team eventually ruled him out with a knee injury. McDonald will now miss at least the Chiefs\u2019 next four games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Taking his place on the active roster will be fullback Ben VanSumeren. VanSumeren joined Kansas City\u2019s practice squad after final cuts. He was elevated to play against the Broncos. In his Red and Gold debut, VanSumeren was in on 79% of the Chiefs\u2019 special teams snaps while taking the field for three offensive plays.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Chiefs also made a pair of practice squad additions Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Cornerback Melvin Smith Jr. is back with the Chiefs after being waived in the team\u2019s final cuts. The <a href=\"https:\/\/musiccitymiracles.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tennessee Titans<\/a> claimed Smith off of waivers the next day, but he was cut again before he had a chance to make an appearance with his new team. Smith signed to Kansas City\u2019s active roster from the practice squad late in the 2025 season but never made a game appearance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Kansas City also signed defensive end Michael Heldman to the practice squad. Heldman recorded 10.5 sacks during his last college season at Central Michigan. After going undrafted, he went to camp with the <a href=\"https:\/\/canalstreetchronicles.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Orleans Saints<\/a>, Heldman was placed on their Reserve\/Injured list at the cutdown deadline. He reached an injury settlement with the Saints on September 3.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Chiefs have also terminated the practice squad contract of safety Tanner McCalister.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Before Wednesday\u2019s practice, Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid confirmed that second-year linebacker Cooper McDonald was being&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":850928,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[15977,9374,349,99],"class_list":["post-850927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-kansas-city-chiefs-news","tag-kansas-city-chiefs-roster","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850927","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=850927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/850928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=850927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=850927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=850927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}