We learned yesterday that the Chiefs had cut guard Marcus Reed, tight end Adam Schiltz, and cornerback Kenneth Penny. Adam Teicher of ESPN.com tweets that the team has also cut the following eight players, bringing their roster down to 79. Kansas City must be down to 75 players by Tuesday afternoon:
- WR Kenny Cook
- T Anthony Dima
- LS Andrew East
- CB Aaron Hester
- DE Vaughn Martin
- WR Jeret Smith
- OL Charles Tuaau
- WR L’Damian Washington
As Teicher adds in a separate tweet, East’s release indicates that the team has settled (for now, at least) on James Winchester as its long snapper. Winchester has never served as a long snapper in a regular season game.