The Kansas City Chiefs officially filled their vacant spot on the 53-man roster on Thursday.
The team had a free spot after releasing DT Taylor Stallworth from the 53-man roster. As expected, they’ve signed DT Brandon Williams from their practice squad to fill that vacancy. A former third-round draft pick out of Missouri Southern in the 2013 NFL draft, Williams spent the past nine seasons with the Ravens. He spent four of those seasons (2016-2020) with Chiefs DL coach Joe Cullen as his position coach. They’re now reunited in Kansas City.
The 6-1 and 336-pound nose tackle started 114 games in Baltimore, recording 323 total tackles, 33 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks, two forced fumbles, five fumble recoveries, 11 passes batted and a defensive touchdown. He figures in as a part of the defensive tackle rotation, primarily on run-stopping downs.
What exactly does Williams bring to the team and how much action will he get in Week 14 against the Broncos? Chiefs DC Steve Spagnuolo weighed in.
“Brandon (Williams) brings a lot of energy,” Spagnuolo said. “Him and Joe (Cullen) know each other really well from their Baltimore years. I was actually with Brandon his rookie year in Baltimore. I knew him as a rookie, but they change as they go. I’ve had other guys where I’ve had them young and other guys where the years go by and then I’m with them again. They’re just different people. Look, he’s a big and strong guy. We’ll see where he’s at. It has only been two days and yesterday we didn’t even have helmets on. It’s going to take a little while to sift through.
The Chiefs also brought back former starting C Austin Reiter on the practice squad. Reiter was released from the practice squad just last week to make room for the trio of Williams, Melvin Gordon and Bryan Edwards.
