Chiefs work out veteran cornerback
The Kansas City Chiefs are kicking the tires on a veteran NFL cornerback.
On Monday, general manager John Dorsey brought Phillip Adams in for a workout alongside defensive end Da’Quan Bowers. While Bowers has been a bust since coming into the NFL as a second-round pick of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Adams never had that hype. He was selected in the seventh round of the 2010 NFL Draft by the San Francisco 49ers.
#Chiefs worked out DT/DE Da'Quan Bowers and CB Phillip Adams yesterday.
— Adam Caplan (@caplannfl) April 5, 2016
Adams has bounced around to say the least, playing in 2010 with the 49ers before spending 2011 with the New England Patriots. In 2012, Adams began a two-year stint with the Oakland Raiders and then played in 2014 with the New York Jets, and 2015 with the Atlanta Falcons. He has seen action in 77 games and has 15 passes defensed with five interceptions.
At 27 years old, Adams is likely not getting any better. Dorsey might bring him in to compete with Marcus Cooper, but this isn’t a guy the Chiefs could be looking at to play real snaps. If he is, Kansas City’s secondary is in all kinds of trouble.
As for Bowers, he was a mega-prospect coming out of the University of Clemson in 2011 but had microfracture surgery on his knee and was never the same. Bowers played five seasons in Tampa Bay and racked up just seven sacks.