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Kansas City Chiefs running back Kolby Smith has been inactive for the first six weeks of the season, coming off an knee injury from '08.

Today is the deadline for the Chiefs to move Smith from the PUP list to the active roster or else they'll lose him to Injured Reserve for the rest of the season.

Well according to Smith's Twitter account, he made the trip with the team and will presumably be active for tomorrow's contest.

That would mean Chiefs running backs would be:

• #1 Jamaal Charles
• #2 Dantrell Savage
• #3 Kolby Smith

As Joel noted this morning, if Smith is indeed put on the active roster, the Chiefs will have to release a player to get to 53.

Former Kansas City Chiefs lineman Bill Maas appeared on 610 Sports yesterday afternoon talking with Chris and Cowboy about, what else, the sign.  Maas brings a unique viewpoint, as a former player, when he talks about the dynamics of a lockerroom, which is interesting as well.

He, like more and more folks, thinks this sign was a "JV move" by the coaching staff.  In fact, Maas takes it a step further and argues that this is turning point in the new regime's future.

"Mark the date down that this occurred," he says, "this will be a monumental point in time in this Haley/Pioli era and it's either going to be one way or the other."

More from Maas after the jump where he tells us that he knows the players notice this stuff and will begin to second guess him "because that's what players do."

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Kansas City Chiefs safety DaJuan Morgan was a Herm Edwards draft pick in 2008 and, after an injury-plagued rookie season, drew the ire of many fans who quickly labeled him a bust.  And who could blame us?  Edwards picks weren't being shown any preferential treatment (in fact, maybe the opposite) so he was a candidate to be cut in many of our minds.

Well, he's trying to change that.

The way the stars are aligning, it appears Morgan will get his first NFL start this weekend with a 'doubtful' Jon McGraw likely to see very little playing time, even more likely not to play at all.

Back in the preseason, pre-Bernard Pollard cut, a big topic of conversation around here was who will be cut: Morgan, Pollard or Mike Brown.  They play the same position and it was becoming clear that the Chiefs wouldn't keep three strong safeties.

I was near certain that Morgan would be the odd man out - until he had a heck of a performance against the St. Louis Rams in the final preseason game. 

"I don’t have fear with him playing," Chiefs coach Todd Haley said yesterday. "I think when DaJuan was in there in the preseason he’s done a pretty good job. He had an interception in the St. Louis game. He has a nose for the football.

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(Update 4:48 PM: One of these roster moves happened this afternoon)

The Kansas City Chiefs have a couple of roster moves coming this week.  One player will likely be coming off the PUP list today and another comes back from suspension on Monday

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