The Kansas City Chiefs made room for new defensive tackle Roy Miller by waiving undrafted free agent cornerback Jordan Sterns.
The Kansas City Chiefs decided to break up the college teammate pairing of Ashton Lampkin and Jordan Sterns on Thursday with the announced release of Sterns after the team had signed veteran defensive tackle Roy Miller. Miller’s deal was announced on Wednesday, and Sterns was the corresponding roster move on Thursday.
The #Chiefs made room for Roy Miller by placing S Jordan Sterns on waivers.
— RIP Terez A. Paylor (@TerezPaylor) August 3, 2017
Sterns and Lampkin both signed with the Chiefs after going undrafted in the 2017 NFL Draft. The pair of Oklahoma State teammates have played together for years now and were excited to enter the NFL together on the same team. The pair stayed the course throughout the spring and one week into camp, but clearly Lampkin had the edge at this point as the team cut ties with Sterns.
Reports on Sterns were good coming out of OTAs, so it wouldn’t surprise us to hear Sterns name surface with another NFL team. Help in the secondary can be tough to find and it won’t be the last tough call the Chiefs make at the position. The team also recently released Marqueston Huff, who landed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In the future, they’ll have to make tough decisions on several quality defensive backs with only a limited number of slots available.
Miller was signed to help bolster the defensive line and provide another veteran run stuffer to the mix alongside Bennie Logan, Chris Jones, Allen Bailey, Tanoh Kpassagnon and more.