Rudy Niswanger Not Sure If He'll Return To Chiefs

by Joel Thorman on Jul 26, 2011 11:05 AM CDT

Rudy Niswanger is the Kansas City Chiefs player rep and was involved in the negotiations with the NFL owners over the past few months.

I think it's important to note that Niswnager had an important role in the negotiations because he was doing it all while not knowing if he'll even be back with the Chiefs. Because of the rules that moves free agency back to a four-year threshold, Niswanger is scheduled to be a free agent now.

Will he back in KC next year? He tells Bob Fescoe on 610 Sports he's not sure yet.

I don't set any expectations for this period. We'll just have to see how it plays out. If other teams are interested, and the Chiefs are interested, I'll have some decisions to make after that. That's kinda the way I'll leave it.

In a short offseason, I'd bring Niswanger back -- at least to camp. The Chiefs can determine from there what they do with him but my official guess is that he's in Chiefs camp.

It sounds like the negotiations between the owners and players ended on a good note so I wouldn't expect any backlash against Niswanger because he's a player rep.

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Hope not.

He’s a human turnstile. Would rather go with Wigemann for one more year and Hudson.

by golfbard on Jul 26, 2011 11:09 AM CDT reply actions

He's better than Eric Guicheck

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by nateforchiefs on Jul 26, 2011 4:46 PM CDT up reply actions

SEE YA!

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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jul 26, 2011 11:10 AM CDT reply actions

I'd keep him at least through camp

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by hotrodchevy1980 on Jul 26, 2011 11:12 AM CDT reply actions

He is a wayyy worse version of Hali not Vrabel

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by BAMFSpecialOps on Jul 26, 2011 11:14 AM CDT up reply actions

TBC also just had surgery

by golfbard on Jul 26, 2011 11:16 AM CDT up reply actions

This has been weighing heavy on my heart

I’d say Rudy and I have become friends or at least acquaintances through the Joplin Fund Raiser and Twitter. Rudy has been very fan friendly to everyone through Twitter, especially through the process of the lockout. I don’t see the Chiefs carrying three centers on the roster. Wiegmann coming back puts us in a bad position honestly. We know Hudson is the future and Casey is probably the best to mentor him, but Casey is done after this year. If we cut Rudy now, we go into next season with only one center and we’ll be left to draft another or pick one up through FA.

by Chief Willie Wildcat on Jul 26, 2011 11:14 AM CDT reply actions