It’s been a long, drawn-out process but Greg Wesley’s departure from Kansas City seems imminent. The Kansas City Star reports that the team’s told the safety that if they couldn’t trade him before their minicamp begins on June 6, they would release him.
Wesley started 102 games for the Chiefs between 2000 and 2006 before being relegated to a reserve role in 2007. He asked the team to trade him or release him in March and, with no trade avenues on the horizon, it looks like he’ll be granted the latter wish. He told the Star that he’s “not worried about getting a job. They’re just waiting for me to be released.”
The Chiefs, meanwhile, will go with Jarrad Page and Bernard Pollard at the safety spots with third-rounder DaJuan Morgan challenging for a role. As a team firmly in the throes of rebuilding, it would have been nice if they’d pulled the trigger on a rumored deal with Denver that would have netted them a fourth-rounder in April but, either way, it’s time to move on from a player that’s not going to be part of the next good team in K.C.
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May 14th, 2008 at 10:16 am
Welcome to PFT Josh. It’s about time the Chiefs release him. He’s been there for so long, it’s only right they grant him his wish considering he’s a backup now anyway. Didn’t he want out last year to?
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May 14th, 2008 at 10:30 am
The Next Good Team? Please.
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May 14th, 2008 at 10:34 am
“They’re just waiting for me to be released.” - isn’t that enough to hit someone with a tampering rap? Oh, wait; if it’s a rap, then he’ll be going to the Bungles…
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May 14th, 2008 at 10:48 am
Um, aren’t you missing the angle here that since he said “They’re just waiting for me to be released”, that presumably means he’s already spoken to another team while under contract with his current team? Isn’t that the definition of tampering?
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May 14th, 2008 at 10:53 am
Welcome Josh! Good Luck!
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May 14th, 2008 at 11:09 am
Should have traded him last year to the Broncos, even if they were a division rival. Now the Broncos can sign him off the street and the Chiefs end up with nothing in return.
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May 14th, 2008 at 11:19 am
I wonder how he’d do in adding depth behind Dawkins…
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May 14th, 2008 at 11:39 am
wesley is a good player. he has a knack for turnovers, but is a poor tackler and has a bad attitude. that said, the chiefs should get picks for him, no matter how low. they need picks to continue rebuidling, and wesley will start for another team in nfl when he is cut, so they need to use him as an asset and get something in return. same goes for surtain, ron edwards, and even gonzalez.
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May 14th, 2008 at 11:47 am
I’ll miss Wesley a lot in Kansas City. Many fans think he misses too many easy plays, and doesn’t wrap up well enough. I however, have always loved his intensity and his spine-cracking tackles. I lived in Arkansas for three years, and met his family on a few occasions (he went to school at Arkansas Pine Bluff) and they were always top notch people. I’m a little sad that he’ll probably end up in Denver once the Chiefs release him. I’d like to see him packaged in a trade with another mid-level player for a good draft pick next year…
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May 14th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
Thanks for making the “Next” headlines mixed-case. It’s easier to read “Bengals Will Install New Defensive Scheme” than “BENGALS WILL INSTALL NEW DEFENSIVE SCHEME”.
Now if you can only work on the “Previous” headline section in a similar fashion.
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May 14th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
Do you like to write articles, Alper?
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May 14th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
He told the Star that he’s “not worried about getting a job. They’re just waiting for me to be released.”
Not to euthanize a live horse, but couldn’t this be considered tampering?
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May 15th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
I guess that Exlax is finally starting to work.
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