The Chiefs unveiled promotions and additions to their front office staff on Wednesday, elevating Mike Borgonzi to assistant general manager under Brett Veach. Borgonzi served under the title of director of football operations for the 2020 season. He joined the Chiefs in 2009 as a college scouting administrator and has marched up the personnel leader under three different general managers, …
There was no hiding of the enthusiasm in the Chiefs’ draft room on day three of the NFL Draft when the club landed offensive lineman Trey Smith in the sixth round, and that excitement continued once the rookie took the field during organized team activity practices (OTAs). Offensive line coach Andy Heck underscored that confidence in Smith on Thursday, proclaiming …
Patrick Mahomes limped to the finish of the 2020 season, putting on a brave face despite a turf toe injury that required surgery in February, but his recovery appears nearly complete as the Chiefs kicked off their offseason practice schedule this week, according to head coach Andy Reid. “He’s been doing everything,” Reid said following practice on Thursday. “He’s been …
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,” …
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, …
