The friendly AFC West rivalry between punter Marquette King and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce is over, at least for now.
Jon Gruden and his new-style Oakland Raiders released King over the weekend.
Nowadays, teams make surprise cuts all the time as they constantly deal with staying under the cap. We saw that firsthand when the Chiefs needed to release Jeremy Maclin back in 2017.
But this wasn’t that, according to the trusted Oakland beat writers on the ground.
There were whispers of King’s personality not clicking with Gruden’s.