{"id":16210,"date":"2024-12-08T14:29:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-08T14:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=16210"},"modified":"2024-12-08T14:29:02","modified_gmt":"2024-12-08T14:29:02","slug":"ex-chiefs-draft-pick-veteran-cb-nearing-reunion-with-kc-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=16210","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Chiefs Draft Pick, Veteran CB Nearing Reunion With KC: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-1067794768-e1733655563362.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-1067794768-e1733655563362.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-1067794768-e1733655563362.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-1067794768-e1733655563362.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Ex-Chiefs Draft Pick, Veteran CB Nearing Reunion With KC: Report\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>Former Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Steven Nelson.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Help could be on the way for the Kansas City Chiefs\u2018 secondary. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Media, the Chiefs are expected to host veteran free agent cornerback Steven Nelson for a visit on Monday, December 9.<\/p>\n<p>Nelson, 31, entered the NFL as a third-round pick of the Chiefs in 2015 and spent the first four seasons of his NFL career in Kansas City. Once Nelson\u2019s rookie deal expired in 2019 he signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers and was with them for two seasons before he joined the Philadelphia Eagles (one season) and then the Houston Texans (two seasons).<\/p>\n<p>After nine seasons in the league, Nelson announced his retirement on June 9 via Aaron Wilson of KPRC 2 Houston. A call for help from the two-time defending Super Bowl champions has seemingly changed his mind.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Chiefs Grasping for Answers at No. 2 CB Spot<\/h2>\n<p>The Chiefs have struggled to find consistent play opposite of Trent McDuffie ever since Jaylen Watson suffered a broken ankle in Week 7. In Week 13, third-year cornerback Nazeeh Johnson was benched against the Las Vegas Raiders in favor of fellow third-year corner Joshua Williams, though head coach Andy Reid didn\u2019t seem overly concerned about Johnson\u2019s long-term outlook despite being benched.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cListen, I\u2019m glad we have both of them. I think both of them can still work in there and do some things,\u201d Reid explained during his December 2 press conference. \u201cWe haven\u2019t given up on Nazeeh or anything of that sort. I mean, he\u2019s coming off of a pretty major knee surgery, and so we\u2019ve kind of kept an eye on him with that. I think as we go forward we can use both of them for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s no surprise that the Chiefs reached out to a veteran who\u2019s familiar with their system to potentially address their secondary issues midseason. They followed the same guidelines when they signed veteran Kareem Hunt in the wake of running back Isiah Pacheco suffering a fractured fibula in Week 2. Abiding by those guidelines ensures whoever is joining the team midseason can pick things up quickly.<\/p>\n<p>The play of Johnson and Williams against the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday Night Football in Week 15 could determine Nelson\u2019s status with the team.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>X Users Reacted to Chiefs Hosting Steven Nelson<\/h2>\n<p>Users on X reacted to the Chiefs expecting to host Nelson for a visit on December 9.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis would be a potentially enormous addition,\u201d Matt Verderame of Sports Illustrated wrote. \u201cNelson played very well in Houston. Give Brett Veach credit. He\u2019s not leaving any stone unturned.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter retiring earlier this year, he\u2019s visiting the team he started his career with, and it could be a perfect reunion for the stretch run,\u201d one person wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWould like to see Nelson come back and redeem himself,\u201d another person wrote. \u201cHe\u2019s been a good player. However, this reinforces my thought of \u00a0\u2018why the hell didn\u2019t Veach trade for a corner?\u2019. This makes them look desperate and like their \u2018Let\u2019s see what our guys can do\u2019 plan blew up in their face.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean\u2026 I\u2019ve heard of\/seen worse ideas this season. Nelson got better post-early career in KC. Dunno what\u2019s left in the tank but they need some bodies,\u201d Matt Lane of KC Sports Network wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Devon Clements covers the Kansas City Chiefs and Indianapolis Colts for Heavy.com. A New England native who has covered the NFL since 2017, his previous bylines include USA Today&#8217;s Sports Media Group and Sports Illustrated. More about Devon Clements<\/p>\n<h2>More Heavy on Chiefs News<\/h2>\n<p>Loading more stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kansas City Chiefs are &#8220;expected&#8221; to host veteran free agent CB Steven Nelson on Monday, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":16212,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ex-Chiefs Draft Pick, Veteran CB Nearing Reunion With KC: Report - NEWS USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=16210\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ex-Chiefs Draft Pick, Veteran CB Nearing Reunion With KC: Report - 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