The Kansas City Chiefs will be losing some offensive line depth from their practice squad.
The Pittsburgh Steelers announced on Tuesday that they have signed OL Danny Isidora from the Chiefs’ practice squad. Kansas City first signed Isidora to their practice squad back in September. He was since elevated to the 53-man roster twice, in Week 7 against the Broncos and Week 8 against the Jets, as a standard elevation. He played just two offensive snaps against New York back in Week 8 during garbage time.
The signing of former Steelers OG Stefen Wisniewski really opened the door for Isidora’s exit. The Steelers are dealing with injuries to Matt Feiler, Kevin Dotson and Chukuwama Okorafor. Isidora will likely start or be a primary backup for Pittsburgh. In Kansas City, he’d probably stay on the practice squad for the remainder of the season.
This will leave just three offensive linemen on the practice squad in Darryl Williams, Bryann Witzmann and Wisniewski. Only Williams will be able to be elevated to the 53-man roster moving forward with a standard elevation as both Wisniewski and Witzmann having been elevated twice already. This does leave the Chiefs with free a roster spot on the practice squad, likely to be filled by another offensive lineman.
It’s worth noting that Kansas City hasn’t opted for many practice squad protections this season. They might change their stance on practice squad protections after seeing one of their players signed away by the team with the second-best record in the AFC.
