Events that led to the Chiefs’ signing of safety Brock Vereen late last week were a bit bizarre.
Vereen retired from the Patriots. He unretired a day later and was cut. But Aug. 17, on his 24th birthday, Vereen signed with the Chiefs. Officially, the Chiefs claimed him off waivers.
“Obviously, it’s not a standard way of going about things,” Vereen said. “There were some issues that needed to be addressed. Everything’s good and right now I’m happy to be a Chief.”
Vereen, a member of the Patriots’ practice squad last season, wouldn’t specify what led to the strange sequence of events last week.