Chiefs waive WR Kadarius Toney among roster cuts

[Music] divy news Chiefs wave WR cadarius Tony among roster Cuts Kansas City Missouri less than two years after delivering one of the iconic plays in franchise history wide receiver cadarius Tony was among the players cut by the Kansas City Chiefs on Tuesday Tony 65 yard punt return in the fourth quarter of Super Bowl 57 helped deliver the Chiefs a 38 to 5 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles Tony who also scored a receiving touchdown in the fourth quarter of the game initially was surrounded by Eagles players on the punt return but Broke Free and cut across the field he was tackled before reaching the end zone but the play set up the chief's final touchdown another Chief's Super Bowl hero wide receiver meckel Hardman made the initial 53 player roster the Chiefs kept seven wide receivers on their initial roster hard men scored the winning touchdown in overtime of their Super Bowl 58 win over the San Francisco 49ers Justin Ross was also among the wide receivers waved by the Chiefs Ross caught six passes for 53 yards last season the Chiefs also waved former European rugby star Lewis re zamit who was trying to make the team as a running back re zamit got a few reps at running back in training camp in the preseason he carried six times for 22 yards and caught one pass for three yards the Chiefs also traded a 20 257th round pick to the Arizona Cardinals for defensive end Cameron Thomas Tony entered the NFL in 2021 as a first round pick of the New York Giants he was traded to the Chiefs in the middle of the 2022 season for third and sixth round draft picks the Chiefs in May declined the fifth year option on Tony's contract Tony caught 16 passes in nine games that first season with the Chiefs they hoped he could become their number one wide receiver in 2023 but that never developed he missed all of training camp after having surgery for a tour meniscus he returned in time for the start of the regular season but wound up catching only 27 passes twice he deflected what appeared to be easily catchable balls to Defenders for interceptions Tony also appeared to score the winning touchdown after taking a lateral from Travis Kelce late in a week 14 game game against the Buffalo Bills but the play was wiped out when Tony was penalized for being offside and the Chiefs wound up losing the game Tony was inactive for all four Chiefs postseason games in 32 games he has 82 receptions for 760 yards and three touchdowns