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  "id": 4112061,
  "title": "Chiefs final cutdown tracker: What to know ahead of Sunday’s deadline",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/chiefs-final-cutdown-tracker-what-to-know-ahead-of-sundays-deadline",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-29T05:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/chiefs-final-cutdown-tracker-know-050000876.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On Sunday, the Kansas City Chiefs must trim their roster from 90 to 53 players by 5 p.m. Arrowhead Time. The team is actively making cuts and will provide a full list of these moves later. Here's what we know so far about the Chiefs' roster reductions.\n\nThe Chiefs have a 176 odds to make the playoffs, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. When players with less than four years of experience are cut, they are waived. These players can be claimed by another team, who assumes their contract. The team with the most recent first pick in the draft gets first priority for waiver claims.\n\nPlayers with four or more years of experience are released, becoming free agents immediately. Waived players may be claimed up until noon on Monday, after which they become free agents. There are three reserve lists that do not count towards the 53-man limit: Reserve/PUP, Reserve/NFI, and Reserve/Injured. Players on these lists must miss at least four games before being activated to the roster.\n\nThe salaries for players on reserve lists count against the salary cap. Outside of first and second-round picks, most players without veteran status can have their base salary reduced by half while on reserve lists. Players placed on Reserve/Injured for the offseason must miss the entire season. If placed after the final cutdown day, they may be eligible for return after missing four games, but this counts against the team's limit of eight designations for return per season.\n\nTrades are another way for the Chiefs to move players. The new team assumes the player's existing contract, which counts against their salary cap. Any money already paid to the traded or waived player must be carried against the original team's cap.",
  "summary": "Following the moves Kansas City makes as it brings its roster down to 53 players before Sunday’s deadline.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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