Weston Dacus Still on the Chiefs Roster?
by Joel Thorman on Oct 8, 2009 9:20 AM CDT
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A few weeks ago, someone asked why Weston Dacus was still listed on the Kansas City Chiefs roster. He's under the Injured Reserve category but, the last I heard, he was released to make room for Tyson Jackson on August 7th. In fact, the club's official release said Dacus had been released.
I've confirmed that Dacus is indeed on the Chiefs injured reserve, which begs the question: What the hell happened?
(And it also begs the question of why I put a question mark in the headline.)
The answer: I have no idea. But I can start to connect some dots.
On August 5th, Dacus missed the afternoon practice with what we assume was some sort of undisclosed injury. He missed the August 6th practice as well. The next day, Tyson Jackson signed, and Dacus was the reported casualty to make room for Jackson on the 80 man roster.
My guess? Dacus had some sort of injury which prevented the club from releasing him without an injury settlement. After that, I'm not sure what happened.
It's not the first time (and definitely not the last time) a player has been injured without any information from the team. Rookie Colin Brown was placed on injured reserve when the 53 man roster was determined on September 5th and that was a complete surprise as he had participated in everything up to that point.
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Lots of Information Still Being Hidden
Pioli is not revealing very much information at all. Not only do we not know the injury/status of Dacus or the injury to Brown, but we still do not know the compensation for the Ndukwe/Alleman trade or the Thigpen trade. What is also amazing about that information is that the Dolphins have not released the information yet either. The organizations have incredible control over the flow of information. Does anyone know if any releases of this information will occur at a certain point in time? Is their no mandatory press release for this type of information?
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It usually means they’re conditional picks meaning the exact compensation won’t be known until the end of the season (playing time, stats, etc).
so if cassel plays horrible there or not at all we could get a 7th round?
or on the flip side if he plays amazing there could we land a 2nd?
if I recall correctly ...
it was reported in the KC Star – a couple of days after Colin Brown was put on the IR list – that he needed to undergo some sort of knee (?) operation …
Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisiton!
Smells funny
I wonder if this is in an effort to stash Dacus away for a season without another team getting a shot at him… possible?
-cw
Watching the 2009-2010 Chiefs 12 hours ahead of you (in Taipei, Taiwan).
Twittering my every move. Don't act like you're not even slightly interested.
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