Kansas City Chiefs Waive John Ross, WR Seeking Return to NFL

[Realbaddog]

Kansas City is parting ways with its formerly retired wide receiver as he seeks a new opportunity.
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The other Ross......................

The Kansas City Chiefs made a transaction at the wide receiver position on Monday, but it wasn't one that anyone could have anticipated. Instead of a player entering the fold, one is officially parting ways with the franchise.

According to Mike Garafolo of NFL Network, as well as numerous other reports, Kansas City waived wideout John Ross from the reserve/retired list.


The #Chiefs waived WR John Ross from the reserve/retired list today. The ninth overall pick in the 2017 Draft wants to make a return to the league and will look for an opportunity on a roster or practice squad.
Despite being a vested veteran, Ross is subject to the waiver priority order in the aftermath of leaving Kansas City because it's past the trade deadline. Ross originally signed a reserve/future deal with the Chiefs in January. Sticking with the team for most of the offseason program and into the beginning of training camp, it was revealed that he was placed on the reserve/retired list on July 26. Just over four months since his retirement, it appears that Ross is seeking a chance to latch back on with a team and continue his professional career.

In 37 career regular-season games of action, Ross has hauled in 62 passes on 143 targets for 957 yards and 11 touchdowns. His most successful seasons came back in 2018 and 2019, when he scored a combined 10 touchdowns and had 716 receiving yards as a member of the Cincinnati Bengals. In addition to his time with the Chiefs, Ross played in 10 games for the New York Giants back in 2021. He's known for his blazing 4.22-second 40-yard dash time at the NFL Scouting Combine back in 2017, and he'll now look to bring that speed to a franchise on either a practice squad or active roster basis.

Link:

https://www.si.com/nfl/chiefs/news/k...-return-to-nfl

[Papi]

Welp if you need evidence that a fast 40 time rarely translates to NFL relevance:
https://www.nfl.com/photos/top-11-fa...p3000000917865

[T-post Tom]

Ross (9th pick) & Peters (18th pick)…. Two former first round draft picks released about 24 hours apart in November. NOVEMBER. Guessing that’s never happened before.

[tredadda]

Always remember that the Bengals took him one pick before KC took Mahomes. So thankful the Bengals blew that pick.

[Chris Meck]

Originally Posted by Eleazar

This guy was a #9 overall draft pick

Taken one pick BEFORE Mahomes.

[Dark Horse]

Originally Posted by tredadda

Always remember that the Bengals took him one pick before KC took Mahomes. So thankful the Bengals blew that pick.

To be fair everyone who had picks 1 through 9 blew it in that draft.

[tredadda]

Originally Posted by Dark Horse

To be fair everyone who had picks 1 through 9 blew it in that draft.

I have to give credit to Cleveland though. While they should have in retrospect probably taken Mahomes there is a good chance that he would not be as good as he is now playing for Hue Jackson or Stefanski. Garrett is very good and will be a first ballot HOF player, so at least they can hang their hat on that vs a Bengals team who took Ross.

[Titty Meat]

Lmao

[Dark Horse]

Originally Posted by tredadda

I have to give credit to Cleveland though. While they should have in retrospect probably taken Mahomes there is a good chance that he would not be as good as he is now playing for Hue Jackson or Stefanski. Garrett is very good and will be a first ballot HOF player, so at least they can hang their hat on that vs a Bengals team who took Ross.

A gold jacket is nice but it just doesn’t shine like a Super Bowl trophy

[Frosty]

Originally Posted by wazu

Which is incredible. Just looking back he was basically a kick returner in college. Barely played at all and entered the NFL draft with an injury that required surgery. That 40 yard dash time, though.

Ross had 1150 yards and 17 TDs his last year at UW, the year UW played Alabama in the college pllayoffs. My son was going to UW then so I watched a lot of UW footaball then and Ross was definitely a standout player on that team. I agree he was overdrafted though, especially with his injury history.

[Mephistopheles Janx]

Originally Posted by TwistedChief

Remember when he retired and we all took it as a positive sign that our WR room was so stacked that this guy felt he couldn't even compete?

HUH?

We *ALL*?!?!?!

You are speaking for the other personalities you share a body/mind with but certainly not for CP, right?

I'm fairly certain the majority of the board didn't for a singular minute believe that our WR room was stacked... and certainly not because a guy whose peak year was 506 yards decided to retire. I gotta think most of us knew our WR room was dogshit regardless of what Ross did/does.

[Dark Horse]

Originally Posted by Frosty

Ross had 1150 yards and 17 TDs his last year at UW, the year UW played Alabama in the college pllayoffs. My son was going to UW then so I watched a lot of UW footaball then and Ross was definitely a standout player on that team. I agree he was overdrafted though, especially with his injury history.

It’s almost as if Al Davis poked his boney finger out of the grave and said “I’ll take that one “