Chiefs sign WR Chris Conley to practice squad

Conley played for the Chiefs from 2015-18, being part of the franchise’s first Patrick Mahomes-directed offense. Conley, 29, has spent the past four seasons with AFC South clubs but will now move into position to potentially help out as a depth piece with the AFC West favorites.

A 2015 third-round pick, Conley played a supporting role as the Travis Kelce–Tyreek Hill partnership formed during the late 2010s. While he totaled 530 receiving yards for the 2016 Chiefs — Alex Smith‘s penultimate starter season in Kansas City — the Georgia product broke through in terms of touchdowns during Mahomes’ MVP season. Conley caught five TD passes in 2018 and then matched that with the Jags a year later.

Conley caught 47 passes for a career-high 775 yards with Jacksonville in 2019 but was unable to make a similar impact in Houston. Signing for $2M and $1.5M over the past two years, Conley caught just 22 passes in 18 games. With four years of experience with Andy Reid, Conley will rejoin a Chiefs team that has retooled at wide receiver following the blockbuster Hill trade.

The Chiefs lost niche contributors Byron Pringle and Demarcus Robinson in free agency and reformed a committee-type approach at the position centered around additions JuJu Smith-Schuster and Marquez Valdes-Scantling. Those two have joined contract-year speedster Mecole Hardman and second-round rookie Skyy Moore in a still-uncertain Kansas City receiving corps — one that defers to Kelce in Mahomes’ pecking order.