The Kansas City Chiefs are poised to defend their crown as Super Bowl champions and they'll make any move that they believe can help them achieve that. Despite the drama it could incite, Andy Reid explained Kansas City's decision to add Deandre Baker to their practice squad, per the Kansas City Star.
“He was a good player in college, did a nice job at Georgia. He and Mecole Hardman are good buddies. Really, (general manager) Brett’s (Veach) been doing everything to this point and will continue to do it. So, full trust in him in whatever he wants to do with it, we go. … Other than that, I don’t know much about him other than he was a good player in college.” Reid said, via the Kansas City Star.
Back in May, Deandre Baker and Quinton Dunbar, a cornerback for the Seattle Seahawks, were given arrest warrants after allegedly being involved in an armed robbery. However, earlier this week, all charges were dropped on Baker after the lawyer of the witnesses in the case was arrested for attempted extortion.
Deandre Baker was released by the New York Giants, the team who selected him with the No. 30 overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft, when the incident first occurred. But with the charges being dropped, Andy Reid and the Chiefs didn't hesitate to add Baker to their practice squad.
The move to sign Baker is a low-risk, high-reward decision by Kansas City. If more information comes from the situation involving Baker that labels him as guilty, then the Chiefs can move on from him quite easily.
But if the Georgia product is activated from the Commissioner's Exempt List, then Kansas City's defense could get another defensive back that can contribute toward another Super Bowl run.
Andy Reid's Chiefs defense is currently sixth in the NFL with 20.3 points allowed per game.
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