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. – The 2015 NFL Scouting Combine officially concluded Monday in Indianapolis and offered numerous takeaways from the annual pre-draft evaluation process. The Chiefs will apply the information gained from the Combine to numerous Pro Day workouts, and bring in additional prospects for visits before finalizing a plan for the NFL Draft. Of course, the Chiefs won’t lose …
They put away the tape measure, scale and stopwatch at Lucas Oil Stadium on Monday as the league wrapped up the physical testing at the NFL Combine in Indianapolis. The players were all out the door on Monday, and the club personnel will be on their way on Tuesday. Many consider the Combine to be nothing more than underwear Olympics …
INDIANAPOLIS – The Chiefs’ defensive backfield is primed for personnel turnover sooner than later. Cornerback Chris Owens and safeties Ron Parker and Kurt Coleman are scheduled to be unrestricted free agents on March 10. Cornerback Sean Smith and free safety Husain Abdullah enter the final year of their respective contracts. The Chiefs would be wise to plan ahead and potentially …
INDIANAPOLIS – The inside linebacker position may become a pressing need for the Chiefs within the next year. Starters Derrick Johnson, who turns 33 in November, returns from an Achilles injury, and Joe Mays turns 30 in July. Johnson and Mays enter the final year of their respective contracts. So it makes perfect sense for the Chiefs to begin exploring …
INDIANAPOLIS – Carolina Panthers linebacker Luke Kuechly and San Francisco 49ers linebacker Chris Borland are tackling machines. Kuechly led the NFL in 2014 with 153 tackles, while Borland burst on the scene in his rookie campaign with 108 tackles to rank 27th in the league. Kansas Jayhawks linebacker Ben Heeney, who had 127 tackles in his senior season, picked a …
INDIANAPOLIS – Texas A&M offensive tackle Cedric Ogbuehi is sidelined as he recovers from a torn ACL suffered during the Liberty Bowl on Dec. 29, 2014. But that hasn’t prevented him from being present at the NFL Scouting Combine where he has drawn plenty of interest as one of the draft’s top tackles despite the injury. The 6-5, 306 pound …
INDIANAPOLIS – Chiefs general manager John Dorsey addressed the media Thursday at the NFL Scouting Combine. While Dorsey touched on a variety of subject, an area of need deserves special attention as the Chiefs prepare for the NFL Draft. “I think this draft class, the receiver position, I think there is some depth there,” Dorsey said. “They are very similar …
INDIANAPOLIS – The Chiefs are in the market to upgrade or add depth to guard and right tackle for an offensive line that struggled as an entire unit in 2015. And the Chiefs apparently haven’t wasted time at the NFL Scouting Combine talking to a number of draft prospects, including Arizona State offensive lineman Jamil Douglas. “I spoke to the …
There will be 44 wide receivers working at the 2015 NFL Combine in Indianapolis in two weeks. They will go through the typical tests and drills the Combine has always offered, and they will interview with individual teams. Whether it’s the first round, or picks in later rounds, the Chiefs are going to draft a wide receiver. After ignoring the …
