On Thursday Kansas City announced that they had signed Justin Rogers, free agent linebacker.

Rogers (6’4″, 246 pounds) played in a total of 31 games over the 2007 and 2008 seasons for the Dallas Cowboys. He had three tackles along with 34 stops on special teams. Rogers also played in one playoff game for the Cowboys. In 2008 he was third for Dallas with 18 tackles on special teams. He entered the NFL originally in 2007 as the 180th pick overall and six round draft choice for New England.

At SMU, Rogers appeared in 43 games, 33 as a starter. He had a total of 184 tackles with 32 for a loss, a blocked kick and five forced fumbles. Rogers finished his career at SMU as the second ranked in all time sacks with 19.5 He was an all district player two times for Commerce High School located in Greenville, Texas.

On Wednesday the Chiefs put Jackie Battle, running back, on injured reserve. In 2009 Battle played in five games for Kansas City. He had 21 rushing yards on seven carries along with six tackles on special teams.

According to the Kansas City Star, Brandon Alberts, offensive lineman, and Andy Alleman, reserve lineman, didn’t practice with the team on Wednesday. It was still uncertain whether either of them will be able to play this weekend against Washington. It could leave Kansas City short. Last week against Dallas the Chiefs had only seven offensive lineman dressed for the game. Right now the only other roster choice for Kansas City is Ikechuku Ndukwe. During the last two games Ndukwe hasn’t suited up.

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