The Chiefs are promoting quarterback Shane Buechele from the practice squad to the 53-man roster, according to Adam Caplan of SiriusXM (on Twitter). The move is being made to prevent the Cardinals from poaching him this week (Twitter link via Field Yates of ESPN.com).
The Cardinals could use the extra insurance under center as Kyler Murray and Colt McCoy are both dealing with injuries. Murray’s status for this week is in doubt, thanks to his lingering ankle issue. Meanwhile, McCoy is still working through the pectoral injury he suffered on Sunday. If neither player is ready in time, QB3 Chris Streveler will likely start against the Seahawks.
Murray’s injury doesn’t seem all that serious, but the Cardinals are taking a cautious approach. They don’t want a repeat of last year, when the QB tried to fight through his shoulder trouble.
“That was a nagging situation last year,” Kingsbury said (via the team website). “(Kyler) played through it and kind of toughed it out. But he probably wasn’t able to be 100 percent the back of the season. So, this year we want to make sure he can feel as good as possible. We have the bye coming up, and hopefully, that gives him more time to recover and hit that home stretch. If he can play Sunday, he will play, but we want to be smart with him.”
Now, the Cardinals will have to look elsewhere for help. The Chiefs, for now, will have two backups behind Patrick Mahomes in Buechele and Chad Henne.
Shane Buechele is the son of former MLB player Steve Buechele. Particularly worth noting since he’ll now be backing up the son of another former MLBer.
as opposed to being the injury replacement for a QB who nearly turned pro in baseball.
I had to look to up because the elder Buechele and Mahomes had careers that did overlap just a little, but they were never teammates even though they did play for a couple of the same franchises (Pittsburgh and Texas).
Josh Johnson
If I’m not mistaken, the Cardinals would have had to keep him for three weeks since they would have signed him off another practice squad, but the Chiefs only need to keep him for this week. Is that right, or am I mixing up rules here?
I believe that you are correct.