King, Travis, Mama, Robinson, McQuay and T. Smith are all Practice Squad eligible.
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I believe Robinson, Smith and Ross had too many games played last year. King has already spent 2 seasons on practice squads (one with Cincy, one with KC). I'm not sure exactly how many weeks he spent on practice squads those years but I believe 6 is enough to burn your 'season' and I'd imagine he did so.

Mama and McQuay would be obvious and I expect Mama would make it through pretty easily (McQuay probably would, but teams often find uses for toolsy safeties on special teams).

EDIT: It looks like perhaps King could qualify for a 3rd year depending on how the Chiefs use their 53 man. That said, he's been in the league 3 years and has spent 2 years on practice squads. He's played 10 games total. I guess he could've just sneaked through some cracks (given how spread out those 10 games have been) but I wouldn't be surprised if there's a way I'm mis-reading this that keeps him off the PS.

Travis, having not actually spent a season on a practice squad yet, appears to still be PS eligible because he only had 6 games on the active roster. He can't get a second year, though. I don't see any way Smith or Robinson will be PS eligible as both played 9+.
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I can't seem to find a definitive site for PS rules but this is from 2016:

https://www.sbnation.com/2016/9/3/12...ibility-primer

Up to four of those 10 players can have two accrued NFL seasons. So, was a player on the 53-man roster for at least six games of two NFL seasons? Sorry, they’re out of luck.

It used to be that three weeks of an NFL season spent on a practice squad counted as one full season of practice squad eligibility. Now, that number has been increased to six weeks, which expands some players’ eligibility. A player can spend no more than three seasons on any practice squad.

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If I'm reading this correctly (and I may not be), I think all the guys I listed are eligible. Robinson, Travis and Smith all have one accrued season, so they're still eligible.

I'd like to find better confirmation.
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FYI, Ramik Wilson played in 11 games, starting 2, in 2015.

In 2016, he was cut and added to the Practice Squad, then called up when DJ was injured.

If those rules still stand, Travis, Robinson and T. Smith are all eligible.

It appears that David King has one more year left of PS eligibility, then he's either on a roster or on the street.
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Hadn't seen your bolded rule; and with Wilson's history, that makes sense.

It's a funky-ass set of rules to try to figure out, I'll say that. Lots of different ways of accruing time and when/how they actually apply. The 3rd year thing is also weird (why wouldn't a team ever be carrying 53 players on their roster?).

Robinson playing 16 games and being eligible for the PS is a little bit ridiculous, IMO, but I guess them's the rules...
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Until the NFL has a true developmental league, I don't have any issues with this kind of rule.

Basically, there's no other way for young, raw players to get experience.
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I would rather see McQuay on the 53 rather than White. DJ White has not looked
Good at all IMO
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McQauy was moved back to safety after day one of TC.
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This should help you out, direct from the CBA:


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McQuay is a hell of an athlete and if you can sneak him through to the PS that's probably ideal. You'd love to try to mold some of that clay but unless you're moving Murray back to CB, there's just no room for McQuay.

I still can't figure out why they threw the money at Sorenson that they did. This organization does a damn nice job finding/developing safeties and suddenly they feel the need to spend $4 million/season on a 3rd safety/nickle linebacker.

I guess they could get out of it as early as next year if they wanted to - they backloaded that base salary so much that just eating the remaining $3 million in signing bonus to clear about $1.8 million off the cap is feasible (his number is at $4.8 if he's on the squad), but it seems unlikely.

Just a strange deal for a part-time player at a position that wasn't exactly thin (especially when he's a bit of a liability if Parker or Berry were to go down, making him not exactly a true backup either).
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From my understanding, due to his athleticism, they drafted him with the intent of moving him to cornerback. For whatever reason, that experiment ended after day one of training camp.

I'll be surprised if he doesn't pass through waivers because was a late 6th rounder and hasn't shown much, if anything, in preseason. Considering that any team that claims him would need to make a roster move of their own, it seems likely that he ends up on the Chiefs practice squad, unless a Florida based team offered him a spot.

Not to pile on the guy even further, but this is one of those head-scratching contracts that Dorsey all too often doled out.
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So why are we keeping Escobar?

I haven't seen anything from him that makes me think he has a place on the roster.

Did he sign a contract with guaranteed money?
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No guaranteed money but he's much better than Travis at this point.

I hope they don't regret the trade of O'Shaugnessy.
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Agree on Escobar, never did like the signing. He's pretty well a lock to make the roster though given that Travis hasn't stepped up and done shit. Hopefully the Chiefs scour the waiver wire for a TE they can at least dump on the PS.
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I think Travis ends up on the PS.

He just needs more time to bulk up, improve his blocking assignments and route running.
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