Chiefs signed Lawrence back to roster

The Kansas City Chiefs announced Tuesday that wide receiver Mark Bradley had been released and signed back Quinten Lawrence, who was cut by the team just three days ago after playing four games in Chiefs jersey.

Lawrence was a sixth-round pick by the Chiefs in the 2009 NFL Draft. He totally returned 12 kickoffs for 237 yards, had one carry for 16 yards and a nine-yard reception. In the four games he played with the Chiefs before being cut.

Bradley joined the Chiefs as a free agent in 2008 after spending nearly four seasons with the Chicago Bears. For this season only he played in 13 games, with six starts, for the Chiefs, catching 24 passes for 320 yards with two touchdowns as well as two carries for 20 yards and seven kickoff returns for 123 yards.

Chiefs declined to discuss injury of starting QB Cassel

After the Kansas City Chiefs was defeated by the Seattle Seahawks on Saturday night, it was reported that the Chiefs starting quarterback Matt Cassel hurt his knee and might be out for two to four weeks, meaning that he might miss the team’s season opener on September 13 at Baltimore.

However, no confirmation has come from the team. Head coach Todd Haley declined to discuss the status of Cassel Monday or comment on the report that the signal-caller sprained the medial collateral ligament of his left knee and would miss the season opener.

Cassel started at quarterback for the New England Patriots after Tom Brady was hurt in the season opener last season. He was traded to the Chiefs from the Patriots in February with a guaranteed 28 million-dollar contract. He made 19 pass plays in the Chiefs’ first three preseason games and was sacked four times.

Larry Johnson weighs 10 pounds less than last year

Last season the Chiefs RB Larry Johnson weighed about 230 pounds, but according to reports by USA Today, he has shed as much as 10 pounds by so far. The team may begin considering to make smaller football jersey for him.

John will probably get a little extra speed by losing weight and this will help him get more playing time on the field in third-down situation. He has to do so because the Chiefs may retain some aspects of the spread attack they used last season under under offensive coordinator Chan Gailey. That system surely requires RB to be smaller, faster and catch pass better. There is already such a RB in the team-Jamaal Charles, who is believed to be a better pass-catcher than Johnson. Witout getting more speed by losing weight, Johnson will have to see Charles steal lots of playing time this season.

Beside losing weight, Johnson also plans to work harder during training camp to get more improvement.