KANSAS CITY, Mo. – An essential part of the draft-evaluation process kicks off Tuesday with the NFL Scouting Combine, which runs through Monday at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. A total of 332 draft-eligible players are scheduled to go through a variety of events – including medical and psychological evaluations, team interviews (formal and informal), measurements and position drills – in front of …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The NFL Scouting Combine begins Tuesday, but a key member of the Chiefs coaching staff will not be present. Coach Andy Reid will miss the Combine after recently undergoing knee replacement surgery, a team spokesman confirmed. Reid, who turns 58 on March 19, is rehabilitating in the Kansas City area, the team announced. This marks the …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A little less than 48 hours after the NFL Draft has the Chiefs feeling good about the results. The Chiefs addressed positions of need with the nine selected players and the draft board fell the way the team hoped it would. “I know you all don’t like to hear this, but the way that board peeled …
The Chiefs left the 2015 NFL Draft with nine players and effectively filled positions of need at cornerback and inside linebacker. Indeed, four of the first six draft picks were dedicated to those positions, and each player could contribute on defense as early as the upcoming season. Meanwhile, the reporting of the pre-draft process offered insight and value. The Chiefs …
Without a doubt, the driving force behind the nine players selected by the Chiefs in the 2015 NFL Draft was need. All but a small handful of players that come into the league through the draft must be developed once they join a team. Teams often label some of their selections as developmental picks. That’s NFL code for “we aren’t …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – New Chiefs cornerback Marcus Peters stood tall in the hallway following his introductory press conference Saturday morning at the team’s training facility. The first-round pick (18th overall) moved from interview to interview with various members of the media, exchanging firm handshakes, smiling, shoulders square, making eye contact and patiently answering the barrage of questions. A firm …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Chiefs filled depth in the final three rounds of the 2015 NFL Draft. The two picks in the fifth-round were used on inside linebacker D.J. Alexander (172nd overall) and tight end James O’Shaughnessy (173rd overall). The Chiefs finished with the selection of defensive lineman Rakeem Nunez-Roches in the sixth round (217th overall) and seventh round resulted …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Inside linebacker was a glaring need entering the 2015 NFL Draft. The Chiefs, after all, only had Derrick Johnson, Josh Mauga, James-Michael Johnson and JoJo Dickson on the roster. The quartet now has company after the Chiefs added much-needed depth with the fourth-round selection (118th overall) of Georgia inside linebacker Ramik Wilson. “He’s big, he’s fast …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Chiefs watched 10 wide receivers go off the board before springing to action in the third round. Kansas City sent the 80th overall pick and a sixth-round pick (193rd overall) to the Minnesota Vikings to move up four slots to Minnesota’s 76th overall slot. The Chiefs used the pick on Georgia wide receiver Chris Conley. “I …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Chiefs went the offensive line route in the second round with the selection of Missouri offensive lineman Mitch Morse. The 6-5, 305 pound Morse, the 49th overall selection of the NFL Draft, offer the Chiefs flexibility and can be interchangeable along the line based on his college playing career. “He can play multiple positions,” Chiefs general …
