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. — Athletic trainers were busy at Chiefs practice Wednesday as five players left the workout early due to injuries, including linebacker Nick Bolton and wide receiver Kadarius Toney. Head coach Andy Reid said Bolton banged his left elbow while Toney injured his ankle. Also leaving practice Wednesday was offensive tackle Chukwuebuka Godrick (ankle), offensive guard McKde Mettauer …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Chiefs wide receiver Justin Watson and cornerback Nazeeh Johnson exited training camp practice via a cart on Wednesday, yet both players appeared to have dodged major injury concerns. Watson has a minor foot issue and is expected to return to action in a few days, a source tells Chiefs Digest. Johnson left practice for precautionary reasons …
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — Two-time Super Bowl champion Joshua Williams enters his third year in the NFL knowing exactly what he wants. How he plans to get it might seem unorthodox. The Chiefs return 10 of 11 of their defensive starters from last season, the only departure being cornerback L’Jarius Sneed signing a free agent deal with Tennesee. Williams makes …
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — The Chiefs opened their first full-squad workout of training camp without starting strong safety Justin Reid, who has been placed on the non-football injury list with a quad issue. The Chiefs also signed free agent tight end Izaiah Gathings to a contract. He takes the roster spot of fellow tight end Gerrit Prince, who was waived …
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — Even with Patrick Mahomes on the field for Kansas City’s opening practice of training camp, all eyes fixated on rookie Xavier Worthy on Wednesday, and the first-round wide receiver made an impression early. After jamming a finger on his left hand on his opening target from Mahomes during a 7-on-7 passing drill, Worthy finished his first …
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — The Chiefs rounded out their roster before the first practice of training camp with the addition of wide receiver Kyle Sheets while also officially placing five players on the physically unable to perform and non-football injury lists. Sheets, a 6-foot-3, 217-pound consensus Division II All-American last season at Slippery Rock, initially signed as an undrafted free …
ST. JOSEPH, Missouri — First-round wide receiver Xavier Worthy didn’t make it through two offseason practices before a tweaked hamstring curtailed his acclimation into the Chiefs offense but he’s now cleared for liftoff as Kansas City’s rookies reported for camp Tuesday, according to head coach Andy Reid. “We’ll ease him in,” Reid said. “We’re not going to just give him …
Here’s the complete roster for the Kansas City Chiefs 2024 rookie minicamp. Players eligible to participate in the three-day minicamp include rookies and other first-year players who haven’t accrued a full season of service as well as quarterbacks and injured players. Injured players who fully participated in the third phase of offseason workouts are not eligible for the rookie minicamp. …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — At age 18, Allen Wright worked his first training camp for the Chiefs and helped pack two 53-foot trailers for the road trip to the William Jewell College campus in Liberty in July 1983. For his 41st road trip to training camp, the team’s longtime equipment director oversaw loading an 11-truck convoy for the journey to …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In just 23 days the Chiefs first-year players, quarterbacks and select veterans returning from injury will report to training camp in St. Joseph, marking the official start of the 2024 NFL campaign for the two-time defending Super Bowl champions. For a team seeking an unprecedented third-straight Lombardi Trophy, it’s no surprise the Chiefs don’t have many …
