The Kansas City Chiefs are reuniting with a familiar face ahead of the playoffs.
According to numerous reports, Kansas City intends to sign their former punter, Dustin Colquitt, to the practice squad. The Chiefs released Colquitt following the 2019 NFL season after 15 years of serving as the starting punter in Kansas City. Colquitt has since bounced around a bit, in hopes of extending his playing career, spending time with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and most recently the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Colquitt finally won a championship with the team in Super Bowl LIV and now he’s back for another playoff run. The Chiefs have Tommy Townsend as their starting punter, of course. He’s been incredible all season, but Townsend’s brother Johnny was recently signed from the practice squad by the Baltimore Ravens.
Kansas City seems to be interested in the luxury of having an extra specialist on the practice squad given the current COVID-19 situation across the league. Adding Colquitt to the roster protects them if one of their two specialists were exposed to the virus and placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list. It also adds a well-liked player back to the locker room ahead of a playoff run, which should provide a big morale boost to all the players.
The Chiefs no longer have any vacant spots on the practice squad after adding Colquitt and TE Ricky Seals-Jones yesterday. It looks like this will be the group that they take into the playoffs.
