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Former Dolphins center Daniel Kilgore announces NFL retirement

Former Dolphins center Daniel Kilgore announces NFL retirement

Happy trails, Daniel Kilgore! The two-year Miami Dolphins center (2018-2019) who started 17 games with the team is officially hanging up his cleats and calling it a career. Miami, who traded for Kilgore ahead of the 2018 NFL season shortly after he’s signed an extension with the San Francisco 49ers, got just over 1,000 (1,058) of Kilgore’s 4,059 career snaps in live game action in the NFL.

Kilgore and the Dolphins parted ways after the 2019 season and he went on to join the Kansas City Chiefs for his final year of play last season. He released the following statement to announce his intentions to retire.

“After an unforgettable decade, I am announcing my retirement from the NFL. 

My love of the game of football will never go away, but I have decided at this point in my life it is time to retire from the National Football League. 

I am grateful to the San Francisco 49ers for draft a kid out of App State. The friendships and memories made in the Bay Area will never be forgotten. To the Miami Dolphins, thank you for opening your arms to me and treating my family and I first class. And lastly to Kansas City for letting me join an unbelievably talented team and reaching my goal of playing 10 years in the NFL. 

To all of my teammates and coaches that have helped me grow as a player, and more importantly as a husband and a father, I will cherish all of the memories and am blessed to have been a part of something bigger than myself.  

Lastly, to my wife Megan, my daughters, and parents thank you for being my unwavering support system over the last 10 years. To my family and friends in Northeast Tennessee, thank you for being by my side each and every step along the way. 

I fulfilled a childhood dream of playing in the NFL. Playing for these historically great teams was truly an honor and such a blessing. I walk away holding my head held high knowing what I accomplished along the way. Looking forward to the next chapter with my family.” — Daniel Kilgore

Former 49ers OL Daniel Kilgore announces retirement

Daniel Kilgore announced his retirement from the NFL after 10 seasons with the 49ers, Dolphins and Chiefs.

Former 49ers offensive lineman Daniel Kilgore on Monday announced his retirement from the NFL.

Kilgore, 33, was a fifth-round pick of the 49ers in the 2011 draft. After playing tackle at Appalachian State in college, he moved to the interior where he carved out a role for 10 NFL seasons. Kilgore spent his first seven years with the 49ers and eventually became a starter in 2014. He left the Bay Area for Miami and spent the 2018 and 2019 seasons with the Dolphins before landing with the Chiefs for the 2020 campaign.

His retirement announcement was posted on Twitter with the caption, “Been one hell of a ride!”

 

“I fulfilled a childhood dream of playing in the NFL,” he wrote in a statement. “Playing for these historically great teams was truly an honor and such a blessing. I walk away holding my head high knowing what I accomplished along the way. Looking forward to the next chapter with my family.

Kilgore will hang up his pads following a successful decade in the NFL. He played in 98 games with 60 starts, and participated in two Super Bowls.

 

 

Former Chiefs C Daniel Kilgore announces his retirement from NFL

Kilgore spent the 2020 NFL season with the #Chiefs, starting in four games en route to Super Bowl LV.

A member of the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl LV team has announced his retirement from the NFL.

Veteran center Daniel Kilgore called it quits on Monday after a 10-year NFL career. A former fifth-round draft pick out of Appalachian State by the San Francisco 49ers, Kilgore appeared in 98 games in the NFL, starting a total of 60 games during his career.

“After an unforgettable decade, I am announcing my retirement from the NFL. My love for the game of football will never go away, but I have decided that at this point in my life it is time to retire from the National Football League.”

Kilgore thanked all of his teams, his teammates and his family in his full retirement announcement, which you can read in the tweet below:

Kilgore spent a total of seven seasons in San Francisco before joining the Miami Dolphins from 2018-2019. He spent his final NFL season in Kansas City, appearing in seven games and starting in four en route to Super Bowl LV. While he didn’t get the win in the big game, it turns out that the experience was the perfect way to cap his NFL career.

“I fulfilled my childhood dream of playing in the NFL. Playing for these historically great teams was truly an honor and such a blessing. I walk away holding my head high knowing what I accomplished along the way. Looking forward to the next chapter with my family.”

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Report: Chiefs WR Demarcus Robinson cleared to return to practice after COVID-19 scare

Robinson has been cleared and Kilgore can be cleared as early as tomorrow following their encounter with a COVID-19 positive barber.

The Kansas City Chiefs will get one player back from the reserve/COVID-19 list on Friday.

According to a report from NFL Networks Tom Pelissero, Chiefs WR Demarcus Robinson has been cleared to return to practice and will be activated from the reserve/COVID-19 list on Friday.

Robinson, along with backup C Daniel Kilgore, were placed on the list after coming into close contact with a barber that tested positive for the virus. Robinson has tested negative every day since his close contact and will be eligible to play in Super Bowl LV.

Robinson is one of the veteran receivers on the team. He has a reputation of being one of Patrick Mahomes’ top targets when plays break down and he works outside of the structure of the offense.

As for Kilgore, who’s had a sense of humor about the whole situation, he’s also continued to test negative every day. The reason that he’s not yet cleared from the protocol is that his contact with the barber happened a day after Robinson according to Pelissero.

Kilgore will have to test negative again tomorrow in order to be cleared in time for Super Bowl LV. The Chiefs aren’t scheduled to fly into Tampa Bay until tomorrow evening, so there will be more than enough time to get Kilgore tested and cleared to fly in with the rest of his teammates.

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Chiefs’ Daniel Kilgore manages to find humor in close COVID-19 call

Kansas City Chiefs Daniel Kilgore was getting a haircut when the stylist learned he tested positive for COVID. A close call for him and teammates.

The Kansas City Chiefs had an incredibly close call with a COVID-19 outbreak as a stylist scheduled to work on the team Sunday wound up testing positive for the coronavirus while working on players.

In fact, the stylist was actually working on giving backup center Daniel Kilgore a haircut when news that the barber had tested positive was discovered.

So, Kilgore, who landed on the reserve/COVID-19 list despite wearing a mask along with the stylist, had some fun with the news that came mid-cut.

All kidding aside, as Chiefs Wire explains, 20 players were due to get coiffed on Sunday. Demarcus Robinson was the only other player impacted, also deemed a close contact.

Daniel Kilgore pokes fun at Chiefs’ barber situation with hilarious profile picture

This was a good and timely joke from Chiefs’ backup center Daniel Kilgore.

As news comes to light about a COVID-19 positive barber exposing two Kansas City Chiefs players to the virus, at least one player exposed is having a little fun with the situation.

Chiefs backup center Daniel Kilgore was reportedly mid-haircut when a rapid PCR test for said barber came back with a positive COVID-19 result. Thankfully, both the barber and Kilgore were wearing masks and Kilgore has been clear of the virus himself so far. The Chiefs narrowly avoided disaster as QB Patrick Mahomes and several others were slated to get their haircuts too.

Kilgore took to Twitter on Wednesday, updating his profile picture to show off his sweet new haircut. Well, actually it’s just half of a haircut.

Check it out:

Obviously, Kilgore is just poking some fun at himself and the latest reports surrounding the situation. You know this Kansas City team can never have too much fun and they always know how to make the best out of a hairy situation. It’s also good that Kilgore is keeping a good attitude and doesn’t seem to be blaming the barber or anyone for knocking him out of practice this week.

Kilgore didn’t get an uneven trim as his photo might suggest. Since he was already exposed to the virus as a close contact he told the barber to go ahead and finish up according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The barber did.

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The Chiefs’ Daniel Kilgore had an epic response to his mid-haircut COVID scare

Amazing.

The Kansas City Chiefs narrowly avoided a massive COVID scare as Adam Schefter reported that the team had to intervene to stop haircuts with a barber who had tested positive for the coronavirus on Sunday.

While Patrick Mahomes was among the 20-plus players and staff to have appointments scrapped, the same couldn’t be said for receiver Demarcus Robinson and center Daniel Kilgore.

The two players were placed on the COVID-reserve list due to the close contact with the barber. But on Wednesday, Schefter added an unintentionally hilarious detail of the whole scare:

Kilgore’s haircut was ended before the actual cut was complete.

But you have to hand it to Kilgore because he took the disappointment of the entire situation about as well as anyone could have done. He tweeted this edited photo as NFL Twitter was making jokes about the haircut fiasco.

Well played. That wins right there.

But look on the bright side, it’ll grow back.

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Chiefs’ Demarcus Robinson, Daniel Kilgore land on reserve/COVID-19 list

The Kansas City Chiefs’ Demarcus Robinson and Daniel Kilgore have landed on the reserve/COVID-19 list

Not the way the Kansas City Chiefs wanted to start their Super Bowl LV week. However, the news is not as bad as it could have been. Demarcus Robinson and Daniel Kilgore were placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list Monday.

This does not mean the wide receiver and backup center will miss Sunday’s NFL Championship at Raymond James Stadium.

“The NFL has done a great job with it, presenting different safety things for the players to stay as safe as possible,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid said. “We’ve been hammering this point home forever. The problem is you’re fighting the invisible man. It just gets you when least expected, and we’re seeing that in everything. It’s an unfortunate thing.”

Still, Robinson and Kilgore have been deemed close contacts and not actually having COVID-19. They could play against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers if they have five consecutive days of negative tests for the coronavirus.

“These guys were being as safe as they could be,” Reid said, “and we’ll just see how it goes. But the league has built-in rules and regulations, so we follow those, and it’ll all work out. It’ll all work out for them when it’s all said and done.”

Report: Chiefs place two players on reserve/COVID-19 list

Two close contacts will have Demarcus Robinson and Daniel Kilgore heading to the reserve/COVID-19 list.

The Kansas City Chiefs have run into some COVID-19 problems ahead of Super Bowl LV.

According to a report from ESPN’s Adam Schefter the Chiefs have placed WR Demarcus Robinson and C Daniel Kilgore on the reserve/COVID-19 list due to a close contact with someone who tested positive for the virus.

This doesn’t necessarily rule both players out of Super Bowl LV. They’ll need to spend the five days following the close contact testing negative for the virus. If they continue to test negative they’ll have an opportunity to be activated from the reserve/COVID-19 list. The good news here is that both players are considered to be backups and aren’t exactly mainstays.

Robinson would probably be the more significant loss if he were unable to play. He’s been good for an average of 40 offensive snaps per game this season, catching 32 passes for 449 yards and four touchdowns. It’s worth noting that he was active in Super Bowl LIV last year, but he wasn’t targeted and recorded no stats during the game.

Kilgore started a few games in place of Austin Reiter earlier in the season due to injury. Given the depth issues the Chiefs currently have on the offensive line, this could pose a problem. It also makes a bit of sense why the team brought back practice squad C Darryl Williams during the middle of last week.

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Chiefs’ Daniel Kilgore, Nick Allegretti, Mike Remmers receive high praise from position coach

When the offensive line performs well, everyone is happy, especially OL coach Andy Heck.

The projected starting offensive line for the Kansas City Chiefs this year was much different from the group the team had out on the field during the second offensive drive of the Week 6 game against the Buffalo Bills. Opt-outs, injuries and more have drastically altered the depth of this group this season, providing opportunities to some players who might not have received them beforehand.

Three players, in particular, received opportunities on Monday. Chiefs offensive line coach Andy Heck was asked about his impressions of his rearranged offensive front and their performance.

“We had a couple of guys step in and play spots that they hadn’t really practiced that particular week,” Heck told reporters on Thursday. “But that said, they had practiced making those sorts of blocks all through training camp, all through the spring, albeit virtually this year. The point being, we feel comfortable that if guys are going in, whether they’re reaching right, reaching left, playing a right-handed stance or a left-handed stance, it doesn’t really matter. These guys have done the stuff before and so we don’t skip a beat.”

Mike Remmers, Daniel Kilgore and Nick Allegretti all rose to the occasion, with a record performance on the ground for an Andy Reid-coached team. Kilgore notched his first start with the Chiefs in Week 6, marking his 57th career start. Heck was very impressed, not only by what Kilgore did in the game but by his preparation leading up to it.

“First on Daniel (Kilgore), here’s a guy, another veteran, experienced player,” Heck said. “He’s played a lot of ball, and he’s a guy I’ve been a fan of since I worked him out at App State way back when. So, I was familiar with Daniel, and then he gets in the building and really has A-plus talent, his leadership ability, his communication skills, his love for the game, and so we knew we’d get that. And then he’s been here through the better part of camp leading up to this, and so in watching him and his preparation, I felt like he got his wind, he’s got his conditioning that he could give us a little spark in there.”

As for Allegretti, the second-year Chief received high praise for his toughness. Heck wouldn’t commit to Allegretti being in there again this week, but with Mitchell Schwartz on the injury report, Allegretti’s first career start seems imminent.

“One thing you know you’re going to get with Nick is an all-out, tough, gritty performance,” Heck said. “And that’s what he gave us, and I thought he did a nice job.”

Finally, Heck spoke about Remmers, who is perhaps the most versatile piece the Chiefs have. He’s playing the Cam Erving role in Kansas City and seeing much more success doing so.

“We’re really glad to have Mike here,” Heck said. “Absolutely fortunate to have him here. Having a guy that has the ability to play left and right guard and tackle is very valuable in this league. And on top of that, he’s an experienced veteran and he’s a tough nut. We love the way he goes after it, plays the game, the versatility. We’ve had that in the past with guys like Cam Erving, so to have Mike here to replace that for us has been huge.”

Fans across the Chiefs Kingdom are wondering if the offensive line’s performance in Week 6 is sustainable. For Heck, the answer to that question lies within the week of practice. If the offensive line room continues to prepare as they did against the Bills in Week 6, they’ll continue to reap the benefits on the field.

“I did think the guys did a nice job with that, and really, and we preach this all the time, what makes that happen is your preparation,” Heck said. “You prepare to win, and I thought they had particularly good preparation that week from top to bottom, every man. Whether it was showing for our defense or executing our game plan, I thought they prepared the right way, and then it showed up on Sunday, and that’s usually how it works.”

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