Chiefs’ Wanya Morris and Chukwuebuka Godrick were arrested for negligent marijuana possession

A difficult offseason for the Kansas City Chiefs continues with the news that two players were arrested on misdemeanor marijuana possession charges on Thursday.

Offensive tackles Wanya Morris and Chukwuebuka Godrick were released Friday afternoon after posting $2,500 bond, the Johnson County Sheriff’s Department in Kansas announced (via Grant Gordon of NFL Media).

The two players were arrested by a sheriff’s deputy Thursday night and taken into custody, Kansas City’s KSHB 41 reports. They were arrested around 2 a.m. Friday, according to court records. Morris and Godrick will next appear in court on May 23.

Morris was Kansas City’s third-round pick in the 2023 NFL Draft out of Oklahoma. He is expected to compete for the starting left tackle position this season. Godrick joined the Chiefs last season via the NFL’s International Player Pathway after never playing organized football before the 2023 preseason.

The arrests are the latest in a series of troubling offseason developments for the Super Bowl champions.

In April, receiver Rashee Rice was involved in a multi-car accident at a Lamborghini race in Northeast Dallas. He is currently facing eight felony charges, a $1 million lawsuit and a likely suspension from the NFL. Rice is also suspected of attacking a person at a Dallas nightclub earlier this month.

Last week, kicker Harrison Butker gave a controversial commencement speech at Benedictine College in Kansas, in which he criticized diversity and equity initiatives and congratulated women graduating, saying they should be more excited about marriage and children. That forced the NFL to distance itself from Butker’s comments and say the league did not share his views.

In April, Jackson County voters rejected a sales tax referendum that would have funded renovations to Arrowhead Stadium. And this week, rookie receiver Xavier Worthy, the Chiefs’ 2024 first-round pick, had his car stolen from his apartment complex shortly after moving to Kansas City.

Taking all of this into account, the Chiefs probably feel like their 2024-25 season opener against the Baltimore Ravens on September 5th can’t come soon enough.