Chiefs news: Matthew Sexton released from injured reserve

The Kansas City Chiefs made a minor move on the NFL’s daily transaction report on Saturday with the decision to release wide receiver Matthew Sexton from the team’s injured reserve list.

The Chiefs first signed Sexton back in January when the team was adding the first round of reserve/futures signings for this offseason. Sexton was one of several winter and spring additions to the wide receiver position as the Chiefs slowly remade a room that will be a significant focus of attention this season.

Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Matthew Sexton was released from the team’s injured reserve with a settlement, per the NFL’s transaction report.

Sexton is a former star from Eastern Michigan who did not get selected two years ago in the 2020 NFL Draft. Since then, he’s earned a tryout with the New England Patriots before a successful stint in The Spring League (a non-NFL affiliated developmental league) earned him a longer offseason look a year ago with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

This offseason, the Chiefs gave him a place to call home for six months before waiving him with an injury designation last month. The team decided to move on from him when they signed wideout Aaron Parker, but Sexton cleared waivers and reverted back to the team’s injured reserve list. Now Sexton is officially a free agent once again looking for an opportunity to show what he can do in the preseason—that is, if he is healthy.

As for the Chiefs, Sexton was a longshot to make the team in a field that’s so crowded, but the special teams acumen was one positive notch on his belt as he tried to stand out from the rest of the depth chart. It will be interesting who steps up to show what they can do with Sexton and Justyn Ross, who is starting on the Physically Unable to Play list, out of the picture for now.