KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Head coach Andy Reid shuffled his coaching staff during the offseason, and rookie minicamp marked the new staff’s first time coaching as a group on the field. “I guess you’d say this is the first time they’ve coached somebody with a helmet on and that’s a plus,” Reid said. Gone are offensive coordinator Matt Nagy, assistant …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — If any question existed about who ranked as the strongest player on the Florida State football last year, Chiefs rookie defensive tackle Derrick Nnadi confidently ended the debate during the opening of the team’s rookie minicamp. “I was,” said Nnadi, who measures in at 6-foot-2 and 316 pounds and can squat lift 750 pounds and bench press …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The team that reports to St. Joseph for training camp in July appears primarily set in place for the Chiefs, and general manager Brett Veach feels good about where his team stands after this weekend’s NFL draft. “I’m excited about the roster,” Veach said during a post-draft conference call Monday. “We feel good about it. I …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs emerged from the 2018 NFL draft with a defense-heavy class that ticks off almost all the team’s needs entering offseason workouts, and each of the six prospects offer reasons for hope and worry for their long-term success in the league. There’s plenty of reasons to believe why each pick fits one of the team’s …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs closed out a nearly all-defense draft in Saturday’s sixth round, selecting Central Arkansas cornerback Tremon Smith and Tennessee lineman Kahlil McKenzie. The Chiefs traded both of their remaining seventh-round picks in exchange for the right to select McKenzie, who is the son of Oakland Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie. The younger McKenzie played defensive …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs continued searching for help improving their porous defense with the addition of Texas A&M safety Armani Watts. Area scout Willie Davis repeated another common theme among this year’s draft class, hammering home on the toughness of the 5-11, 2015-pound safety. “He’s not the biggest kid but he’s instinctive,” Davis said. “He knows where to …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs finished out an all-defensive night during the second and third rounds of the NFL draft, adding Clemson linebacker Dorian O’Daniel. General manager Brett Veach said the draft continues his initiative to add more toughness to the defense. “How these guys are going to approach the process and what they’re going to bring on Sunday,” …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — If any doubts remained that the Chiefs needed a replenishment in their defensive front seven, the club’s first two selections of the 2018 draft silenced that debate. The Chiefs made their second draft-day trade Friday evening, moving up in the third round in selecting Florida State defensive lineman Derrick Nnadi. The move followed the Chiefs trading …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs expected to make defense a priority in the 2018 NFL draft, and the club did just that, moving up in the second round to select Mississippi defensive lineman Breeland Speaks. Head coach Andy Reid watched every snap from the 22-year-old’s redshirt junior season at the urging of general manager Brett Veach. “He has a …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The first round of the NFL draft unleashed a few surprises but none of them involved the Kansas City Chiefs, who watched from the sidelines without a first round selection. General manager Brett Veach admitted he felt tempted to move back into the first round. He said he had dialogue with teams between the 27th and …
