And then there were 8.

GO CHIEFS!

If you haven't voted in the poll to the right yet, make sure you do before the season starts. Its the most evenly divided poll we've ever had on AP.

Theoretically, of course. Judging by last year's transactions and today's comments by Herm Edwards, the Kansas City Chiefs roster and practice squad are pretty much set. The whirlwind of activity since the major cuts were announced on Saturday will have died down by this time tomorrow and we can look forward to the Houston Texans. The depth chart isn't updated quite yet and the roster still needs to remove one guy and move another to the practice squad but they're all there. If the rumors are true, S Chad Williams will be gone from that list and either Rashad Barksdale or Johnny Baldwin will more than likely be on the practice squad. Here's the count at each position, excluding Williams and including Barksdale on the active roster. The team is nicely split between 25 offensive players and 25 defensive players. I'll leave you to guess the special teams guys.

Eleven rookies are on the squad, and outside of them, the average NFL experience of the Chiefs is right at 6 years. Add those rookies into the average and the average experience is right at 5 years. 24 of the 53 players were drafted by the Chiefs. Only 3 of our players have come to the team via trade.

The season is almost here. As I write this, we are just a little over 4.5 days away according to the fancy new countdown clock I just put in at the top of the homepage.

GO CHIEFS!!!

**UPDATE #2** Sippio and Baldwin are officially members of the Kansas City Chiefs practice squad.

**UPDATE** Nothing official and nothing more than Internet chatter says the Chiefs have picked up LB Johnny Baldwin from the Lion's waivers and released S Chad Williams. I will confirm it when I can.

Hat tip to Card Chronicle.

I'm waiting for the dust to clear a bit on the Chiefs roster then I'll jump back into posting today. I don't want to go into any lengthy analysis until everything is finalized (as close as possible anyway). Not that I would do a lengthy analysis anyway but you know.

From the official site:

We'll see if this guy ends up on the team. He was just released by the Eagles.

**UPDATE #3*** Word is the Chiefs signed former Viking DE Khreem Smith. Nothing official yet. I will confirm when it becomes official. We'd like to think our currency around here is our credibility. Hope you concur...More on this from Scout.

**UPDATE #2** RB Derrick Ross has been released.

**UPDATE** The Thigpen signing is official. Unfortunately, Bobby Sippio was cut in order to make room for Thigpen. If Sippio clears waivers, the Chiefs will put him on the practice squad. I don't really see Sippio clearing waivers, especially since he was featured in Hard Knocks. I'm not saying the guy is great. I think it would be a lot of fun to watch him play for the Chiefs this season.

Nothing official but here is the report (Hat tip to Chiefs Planet):

It sounds like he has a good shot to do it. I heard after the Rams game that he would be back, so we'll see. From yesterday's coach's press conference:

And he declined to stay on the practice squad.