Matt Derrick is the lead beat writer and publisher of Chiefs Digest. He joined Chiefs Digest in 2013 and became lead beat writer in 2016. He resides in Kansas City, Missouri.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Chiefs tight end Demetrius Harris received a one-game suspension Tuesday from the NFL for violation of the league’s substances of abuse policy. “This morning the NFL notified the club that tight end Demetrius Harris will serve a one-game suspension effective Week 1 of the regular season,” read a brief statement from the club issued following the …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs waived Rakeem Nunez-Roches on Thursday, two days after the defensive lineman posted his goodbye message to them on social media. The moves comes less than two weeks after he re-signed with the team for the 2018 season. The Chiefs attempted to find a trading partner willing to pick up the fourth-year lineman, but his …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — General manager Brett Veach rewarded seven members of the club’s personnel staff with promotions on Wednesday and also confirmed the addition of two new staff members. Mike Borgonzi assumes the role of director of football operations after previously serving as director of player personnel, a job he shared with Veach prior to the 2017 season. Former …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs officially confirmed the signing of five undrafted free agents who attended the team’s rookie minicamp over the weekend on a tryout basis while also waiving running back Akeem Hunt and claiming tight end Alex Ellis on waivers. The team parted ways with six players, including Hunt. The club waived Hunt with a failed physical …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs signed the first of their 2018 draft picks on Monday, inking sixth-round cornerback Tremon Smith to a rookie deal. Smith received a four-year contract worth $2.6 million dollars, per a league source. The contract includes a signing bonus of roughly $150,000. The contract averages to around $653,000 per year. The contract carries a cap …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs’ three-day rookie minicamp concluded Monday afternoon and while head coach Andy Reid wasn’t ready to single out any one of the 68 participants in the camp quite yet he finished the weekend pleased with the progress players showed. “I’m not going to get into all that,” Reid said. “The draft picks did good. I’ll …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Defense dominated the first day of the Chiefs’ rookie minicamp on Saturday, but on Sunday the offense started flexing its muscles a bit as players picked up the offense and started executing more effectively. The defense still represented well with second-round draft pick Breeland Speaks remaining a dominating force off the edge. But the receiving corps …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One glance at Elliott Berry must force anyone who knows his older brother Eric to do a double take. The physical presence and mannerism, the strong yet gentle voice, the steely-eyed earnest look, even the hair style and beard show remarkable similarities. “I think I’m more laid back, maybe,” the younger Berry said on the biggest difference …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Football seemed like a breeze for wide receiver Byron Pringle during the the past two seasons at Kansas State, but his trials off the field make this weekend’s rookie minicamp a first triumph in what he hopes is a long NFL career with the Kansas City Chiefs. “I take this opportunity as a blessing coming from …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Head coach Andy Reid shuffled his coaching staff during the offseason, and rookie minicamp marked the new staff’s first time coaching as a group on the field. “I guess you’d say this is the first time they’ve coached somebody with a helmet on and that’s a plus,” Reid said. Gone are offensive coordinator Matt Nagy, assistant …
