Kansas City Chiefs Cut 7 Players Following Super Bowl 59 Loss

The Kansas City Chiefs aren’t waiting around to make any big roster moves following Super Bowl 59.

The Chiefs fell to the Eagles, 40-22, at Super Bowl 59 in New Orleans, Louisiana last weekend. Kansas City fell behind big early and never recovered. The Chiefs, who were going for a three-peat, were unable to make it a game at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.

It might’ve been the final game of Travis Kelce‘s NFL career.

“It just wasn’t our day. Couldn’t find a lick of momentum,” Kelce said in a “New Heights” podcast episode that was released on Wednesday.

“I’m kicking myself for some of the tiny, tiny decisions I made on the field, trying to do something more than what I asked to do during plays. I wasn’t the best leader that I could be in motivating my guys and keeping my guys calm, cool and collected.”

“I put a lot of that on myself as, you know, the guy that’s been in the building for 12 years and seen a lot of football and actually seen a situation just like this in the Super Bowl, talking about the Tampa Bay Super Bowl.”

“It’s a tough pill to swallow, man. Every time we felt like we made a big play or we got something going, a penalty would happen or we’d be going backwards. Then, on top of that, just not executing the play calls. It wasn’t the play calls.”

“It was the cumulative effort of everybody just not finding a way to get it done, man. To happen on the biggest stage sucks, but to have it happen for the second time of my career on the biggest stage, man, it’s a tough pill to swallow.”

While it might’ve been Kelce’s final NFL game, the Chiefs have made some roster moves around him.

The Chiefs have opted to cut ties with seven players following their Super Bowl 59 loss.

Kansas City has cut ties with: linebackers Swayze Bozeman and Cole Christiansen, tight end Anthony Firsker, running back Keontay Ingram, cornerbacks Nic Jones and Steven Nelson and wide receiver Montrell Washington.

The Chiefs also made some roster moves coming in, signing the following players: quarterback Chris Oladokun, wide receivers Jason Brownlee, Justyn Ross and Tyquan Thornton, tight end Baylor Cupp, tackle Chukuebuka Godrick, defensive linemen Siaki Ika and Fabien Lovett Sr., cornerbacks Darius Rush and Eric Scott Jr., and safety Deon Bush.

Kansas City could make a lot of changes on both sides of the ball heading into 2025.