AP source: Chiefs to part ways with LB Tamba Hali

KANSAS CITY, MO. » The Chiefs are releasing one of their career sack leaders and a veteran stalwart of their secondary, moves designed to help Kansas City get younger on defense and have some financial freedom for the start of free agency.

The Chiefs will part ways with longtime linebacker Tamba Hali, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Monday because the move, while hardly a surprise given his decreased production, had not been announced by the team.

Kansas City did say it was releasing safety Ron Parker, who had missed just one game over the past four seasons and provided some stability when Eric Berry was injured last season.

Hali was due a base salary of $5,750,000 this season with a salary cap hit of more than $9 million, and his release will only cost them about $1.7 million in dead money.

— The Associated Press