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.
The Chiefs opened their three-day rookie minicamp on Friday with a streamlined roster of 29 players, including the team’s six draft picks, eight undrafted free agents and 10 first-year players on the club’s active roster. Linebacker Nick Bolton, the team’s first pick in this year’s draft at No. 58 overall, said he’s working on picking up the playbook as he …
The opening of NFL training camps remains nearly three months away but Chiefs chair and CEO Clark Hunt said on Saturday he hopes the Chiefs can return to the campus of Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph after a one-year absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Our hope and our mindset is that we will be in St. Joe …
As an anchor of the dominant Kansas City Chiefs teams of the 1990s, Tim Grunhard helped pave the way for the likes of Christian Okoye and Marcus Allen while serving as center for Joe Montana, and now he’s heading into the club’s Hall of Fame and the Ring of Honor at Arrowhead Stadium. Chiefs chairman and CEO Clark Hunt announced …
Chiefs general manager Brett Veach saw plenty of linebacker Nick Bolton playing football down Interstate 70 for the Missouri Tigers, and when Bolton’s name was staring him in the face on his draft board Friday night, it proved an easy call. “He’s a guy that can come in here and play both at the Mike position and the Will position,” …
The Chiefs front office took time of the draft preparation to add to their running back stable on Friday afternoon, agreeing on a one-year deal with free agent Jerick McKinnon, as first reported by Peter Schrager. McKinnon rushed for 319 yards and five touchdowns for the 49ers last season. An effective pass catcher out of the backfield throughout his NFL …
Chiefs general manager Brett Veach served as a spectator only for the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft Thursday night and while it proved a fun night at One Arrowhead Drive, he was never tempted to stray away from his two picks in Friday night’s second round and move up the draft board. “There wasn’t a time where there …
Chiefs general manager Brett Veach weighed very carefully the benefits of spending the No. 31 selection in Thursday’s first round of the 2021 NFL Draft on a left tackle. Instead, he found what his team needed in Orlando Brown Jr., sending the club’s first-round pick to Baltimore in exchange for the 24-year-old Pro Bowler. “These guys that you’re looking at, …
The rebuilding of the Chiefs’ offensive line following Super Bowl LV saw the final piece fall into place Monday with the arrival of Orlando Brown Jr. The smile on Brown’s face belied the seriousness of the mission he accepts when he steps inside the Kansas City locker room for the first time. It’s his job to protect the blindside of …
The Chiefs and general manager Brett Veach didn’t want to wait around for next week’s NFL Draft to fill the vacancy at left tackle on their offensive line, sending their first-round selection and three other picks to Baltimore in exchange for Orlando Brown Jr. Kansas City will send Baltimore the No. 31 pick along with a third-round (No. 94), fourth-round …
