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.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — The Chiefs open their three-game preseason schedule on Saturday at Chicago for a noon kickoff against the Bears, and head coach Andy Reid expects his starts to play approximately one quarter of action. “We’ll go quarters for the quarterbacks, so we got four quarterbacks, each one will get a quarter, and then their group will kind …
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — Saturday’s preseason trip to Chicago to take on the Bears will be pivotal for the Chiefs’ rookie draft class looking to make its mark on special teams. The biggest spotlight will shine on running back Isiah Pacheco, whom special teams coordinator Dave Toub tabbed as the starting kick returner. “We’re going to give him every chance …
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — When players put the pads on for a training camp practice, one of the most anticipated sessions is when the offensive and defensive linemen gather in a circle for one-on-one battles of supremacy. It’s also where Creed Humphrey reigns supreme. Just ask Chris Jones. “I haven’t went against him, I try to stay as far away …
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — While Clyde Edwards-Helaire is the established mainstay of the Chiefs’ offensive backfield, it remains a wide-open race behind him for who is the team’s No. 2 running back. One day it’s Ronald Jones, who rushed for 978 yards in Tampa Bay’s Super Bowl campaign in 2020. The next day it’s Jerick McKinnon, who tallied 315 yards …
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — The AFC Championship wasn’t on the line during Saturday morning’s training camp practice but that didn’t matter for rookie cornerback Trent McDuffie. Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs offense faced a fourth-and-long in a 2-minute drill scenario. The quarterback dropped back with a blitzing Joshua Williams bearing down on him. Mahomes saw Mecole Hardman splitting the safeties, …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It’s nearly the midpoint of the Chiefs’ training camp with eight practices down, and when the club returns to work on Saturday they will have just four more workout sessions before heading to Chicago next Saturday for their preseason opener. And with left tackle Orlando Brown Jr. and freshly signed free-agent defensive Carlos Dunlap both now …
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — In an NFL career entering its 13th season, Carlos Dunlap had been a free agent for all of 22 days until this offseason. Two contract extensions with Cincinnati and a trade to Seattle meant he never reached free agency until 2021 when the Seahawks released him in a salary-cap move on March 8 and resigned him …
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — Chiefs linebacker Willie Gay picked off two passes last season but it’s the ones that got away that were on his mind after Wednesday morning’s training camp practice. “Cowboys, Broncos, I feel a couple of other teams I can say,” Gay said. “I feel like if I make those opportunities and make a play, that’s like …
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — When Chiefs head coach Andy Reid walked off the practice field Monday morning, the fish wasn’t in the boat yet. The fish, in this case, is Orlando Brown Jr. The fish is on the boat, now, however. Brown reported to training camp in St. Joseph Monday and is ready to sign his one-year franchise tender of …
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — At a quick glance, it’s easy to take a quick glance at Chiefs defensive end Frank Clark and not recognize him. His trimmer than when you last saw him at the end of the AFC Championship game in January, his hair shorter and a different color. “A little bit, a little of this, a little of …
