Report: Chiefs re-sign tight end Nick Keizer
Kansas City is bringing back one of 2020’s reserve tight ends for another chance.
Chiefs Digest, the Kansas City Chiefs have extended an exclusive rights free agent tender to tight end Nick Keizer.
The Chiefs have tendered a one-year contract offer TE Nick Keizer, an exclusive rights free agent. He’s expected to officially sign in the next couple of days, per source. He played 302 snaps as the No. 2 tight end last season and is a four-phase special teams player. Matt Derrick (@mattderrick) March 17, 2021
A 2018 undrafted free agent out of Grand Valley State, Keizer came into the league with the Baltimore Ravens. He didn’t make Baltimore’s final roster, but served on their practice squad that season. He returned to the team in the offseason, but didn’t make the 2019 roster, either.
What the Chiefs should do at tight end
A breakdown of the 2021 Chiefs roster one position at a time.
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With free agency scheduled to officially open on March 17, it’s a good time to take a closer look at positions of need on the
Who they have
Travis Kelce
In his All-Pro 2020 season, Kelce started every game besides Week 17. He played 82% of the regular-season offensive snaps and roughly 90% of the playoff snaps. Kelce led the Chiefs in targets (145), receptions (105) and receiving yards (1,416). His receiving yardage total was the second-most of any NFL player during the regular season and the most by a tight end in NFL history. In the postseason, Kelce also led the team in targets (39), receptions (31), receiving yards (360) and touchdown catches (three).
KANSAS CITY (16-3) UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS: WRs Sammy Watkins and Demarcus Robinson; SS Daniel Sorenson; CBs Bashaud Breeland and Antonio Hamilton; DEs Alex Okafor, Tanoh Kpassagnon and Taco Charlton; LB Damien Wilson; OLs Mitchell Schwartz, Eric Fisher, Austin Reiter, Kelechi Osemele, Mike Remmers, Stefen Wisniewski and Daniel Kilgore; FB Anthony Sherman; DL Mike Pennel; RB LeVeon Bell; TE Ricky Seals-Jones. RESTRICTED FREE AGENTS: CBs Charvarius Ward and Alex Brown; TEs Deon Yelder and Nick Keizer; RB Darrel Williams; LB Ben Niemann; WR Byron Pringle; OL Andrew Wylie.
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Plotting the course for the Chiefs’ 4 exclusive rights free agents
More decisions the Chiefs will have to make before March 17.
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Before the Kansas City Chiefs reach the beginning of the new league year (at 3 p.m. Arrowhead Time on March 17) they’ll need to make some decisions about the 10 players who are restricted free agents and exclusive rights free agents. We’ve already covered the six restricted free agents here.
If the Chiefs do nothing, each of the remaining four players will become an unrestricted free agent. But by extending the right