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During Saturday night’s preseason opener against the Arizona Cardinals, Kansas City Chiefs safety Deon Bush suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon. Then defensive end Janarius Robinson fractured his foot.
According to the NFL transactions report, the Chiefs placed both players on their Reserve/Injured list on Monday, reducing their offseason roster to 88 players.
One of them was replaced on Monday, when the team signed a player with local roots: defensive end Nate Matlack, who played at Olathe East before three years with Kansas State and one season with Pittsburgh. He participated in the team’s rookie minicamp in June. Checking in at 6 feet 5 and 241 pounds, he was wearing No. 57 at his first Kansas City practice.
Then on Tuesday morning, Kansas City signed former Washington Commanders running back Michael Wiley, bringing the roster back to full strength. The 5-foot-10, 209-pound Arizona product was an undrafted free agent for the Commanders following the 2024 NFL Draft, but spent last season on their practice squad. Washington waived him (with a non-football injury designation) on July 22, just after signing pass rusher Von Miller. It appears that the injury wasn’t serious, as he was on the Chiefs’ practice field wearing No. 39 on Tuesday morning.
