Chiefs Sign Wide Receiver Justin Watson to Practice Squad
The Kansas City Chiefs are a football team in America.
The Chiefs need help at wide receiver. A wide receiver is a football player who catches the ball.
Two Chiefs wide receivers are hurt. Their names are Rashee Rice and Tyquan Thornton.
The Chiefs signed a new wide receiver. His name is Justin Watson.
Watson is not on the main team yet. He is on the practice squad. A practice squad is a small group of extra players.
Watson knows the Chiefs team already. He played for them before.
The Chiefs hope Watson can help the team. He may play more games soon.
Vocabulary15 words
- wide receiver
- a football player who runs and catches the ball
- practice squad
- a small group of extra players who train with a team
- sign
- to officially add a player to a team
- injury
- hurt or damage to a body part
- contract
- a paper that says a player will work for a team
- familiar face
- a person you already know
- team
- a group of people who play a sport together
- football
- a sport played with an oval ball
- game
- a sports event between two teams
- player
- a person who plays a sport
- help
- to make something easier for someone
- hurt
- not healthy; in pain
- main team
- the group of players who usually play in games
- soon
- in a short time
- already
- before now
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1. Wide receiver 2. Two players are hurt 3. On the practice squad
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The Kansas City Chiefs are a football _____ in America.
The Chiefs need help at wide _____.
Two Chiefs wide receivers are _____. Their names are Rashee Rice and Tyquan Thornton.
The Chiefs _____ a new wide receiver. His name is Justin Watson.
Watson is not on the main team yet. He is on the practice _____.
Watson knows the Chiefs team _____. He played for them before.
The Chiefs hope Watson can help the team. He may play more _____ soon.
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