The Chiefs have signed 29-year old WR Ashley Lelie to a 1-year deal.  Lelie played in 13 games (6 starts) for the Raiders last season and he caught 11 passes for 197 yards (17.9 avg) with 2 TD grabs.  He has now played in 107 games (59 starts) in his 7-year NFL career and he caught 217 passes for 3,749 yards (17.3 avg) with 15 TD grabs.  He has also carried the ball 20 times for 172 yards (8.6 avg) in his career.  This was a good signing for the Chiefs as Lelie gives them a legit deep threat.

The Chiefs have released 27-year old WR Jeff Webb.  Webb played in 5 games (1 start) with the Chiefs last season and he caught 5 passes for 46 yards (9.2 avg).  Webb played 3 seasons with the Chiefs in which he played in 31 games (3 starts) and he caught 36 passes for 382 yards (10.6 avg) with 1 TD grab.  The Chiefs won’t miss Webb much as he was a underachiever.

The Chiefs were very sloppy in this game.  Matt Cassel started at QB and he did not play well completing 2 of 5 passes for 15 yards and he lost a fumble.  Tyler Thigpen was so-so completing 7 of 14 passes for 40 yards with 1 TD pass and 1 interception.  Brodie Croyle played the best of the Chiefs’ QBs in this game as he completed 12 of 18 passes for 145 yards.  He also carried the ball 3 times for 31 yards (10.3 ypc) in this game.  RB Dantrell Savage led the Chiefs in this game with 39 yards rushing on 8 carries (4.9 ypc).  But, he fumbled twice losing one of them.  Dwayne Bowe led the way in the passing game for the Chiefs with 70 yards on 5 grabs (14.0 avg).  The Chiefs finished up this game with 307 total yards (115 rushing, 192 passing) on offense.

Linebacker Derrick Johnson led a solid effort by the Chiefs’ defense with 6 tackles.  The Texans finished up with 280 total yards of offense in this game (107 rushing, 173 passing).  The Chiefs hope the way the defense played last Saturday was a sign of things to come.

The Chiefs have claimed 23-year old linebacker Vince Redd off waivers from the Patriots.  Redd played in 5 games as a rookie last season for the Patriots and he made 8 tackles, forced 1 fumble and defensed 1 pass.  Look for the Chiefs to keep piling up on ex-Patriots as they look to improve the overall roster.

UPDATE:  The Chiefs have cut Vince Redd after he was suspended for the first four games of the NFL season due to a undisclosed violation of league policy.

The Chiefs have claimed 25-year old QB Matt Gutierrez off waivers from the Patriots.  Gutierrez has played in 5 games in his NFL career and he has completed his only pass attempt for 15 yards.  He has also carried the ball 5 times for -13 yards (-2.6 ypc) but most of them were kneel downs.  Gutierrez will battle Brodie Croyle for the #3 QB job this pre-season.  To make room on the roster for Gutierrez the Chiefs waived QB Ingle Martin which will be no loss.