{"id":771924,"date":"2026-02-23T21:35:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T21:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/771924\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T21:35:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T21:35:20","slug":"chiefs-release-de-mike-danna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/771924\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs Release DE Mike Danna"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The Kansas City Chiefs <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Chiefs\/status\/2026028826464039376?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">announced<\/a> they have released DE <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/D\/DannMi00.htm?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=nfltraderumors.co&amp;utm_campaign=2026-02-23_pfr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Michael Danna<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Two-time Super Bowl champ \ud83e\udee1 Thanks for everything, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/M_Danna4?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@M_Danna4<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GITplQiPdD\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/GITplQiPdD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Chiefs\/status\/2026028826464039376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Danna\u2019s release will leave $2.167 million in dead cap but save the Chiefs almost $9 million in cap space, as he was scheduled to carry a cap number of just more than $11 million in 2026, per<a href=\"https:\/\/overthecap.com\/player\/mike-danna\/8917\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> OverTheCap.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Danna, 28, is a former fifth-round pick of the Chiefs back in 2020. He played out the final year of his four-year, $3.55 million rookie contract with the Chiefs.<\/p>\n<p>Danna was testing the open market as an unrestricted free agent for the first time in his career in 2024 when he a three-year, $24 million with Kansas City.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In 2025, Danna appeared in 15 games for the Chiefs and recorded 25 total tackles, three tackles for loss, one sack, one interception and one pass defended.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Looking for the latest NFL Insider News &amp; Rumors?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Be sure to follow <a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"https:\/\/nfltraderumors.co\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL Trade Rumors<\/a> on <a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nfltrade_rumors\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">X.com<\/a>\u00a0and <a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nfltraderumors\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FACEBOOK<\/a>\u00a0for breaking NFL News and Rumors for all 32 teams!<\/p>\n<p>        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n            &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n                                    \t                &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; The Kansas City Chiefs announced they have released DE Michael Danna. 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