The Kansas City Chiefs will be forming a 10-man practice squad at some point today. They can start doing so after 12 p.m. (Arrowhead Time).

The practice squad is made up of players who ... practice with the team! They’re not part of the 53-man roster but they are part of the team.

The Chiefs initial practice squad will likely be made up of the players that they cut on Saturday. The past few years the Chiefs first practice squad has been made up of all those players, and it makes sense why. They spent the entire offseason with the Chiefs. Somebody like WR Gehrig Dieter, for instance, is a perfect practice squad candidate as he developed a rapport with Patrick Mahomes but isn’t ready yet.

There are eligibility rules in involved, which you can read about here. Basically, this is available mostly to younger players without much or any NFL experience. That’s why you’ll see the Chiefs initial practice squad made up mostly of undrafted free agents and in perhaps one case a draft pick (Chiefs 2017 sixth round pick Leon McQuay, who was cut).

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