Enthusiastic cheers and the sound of pads smacking will signal the return of football when the Kansas City Chiefs begin training camp in the coming week at Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph, Mo. Rookies, quarterbacks and select players arrive Tuesday afternoon and the group will conduct three straight morning practices starting Wednesday before veterans report Friday afternoon. The …
With the Kansas City Chiefs heading to training camp, many players have much riding on the 2016 season. Below is a look at six players who should have plenty of motivation: MOST TO GAIN Defensive tackle Dontari Poe – Poe is playing the 2016 season under a fifth-year option, and a very lucrative contract could be in his future. This offseason, Philadelphia defensive …
The Kansas City Chiefs are set to enter training camp with the league maximum of 90 players on the offseason roster, which breaks down as 44 on offense, 43 on defense and three specialists. Four players return from spending the 2015 season on injured reserve: Running back Jamaal Charles (knee), cornerback Phillip Gaines (knee), tight end James O’Shaughnessy (foot) and …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Finding inspiration on career goals away from the football field came easy for Garrick Mayweather. While growing up in Baton Rouge, La., the Chiefs rookie offensive lineman was fully aware his mother, Suguna, has numerous relatives on her side of the family with successful medical careers. From surgeons to nurses, the list includes a grandfather who …
Welcome to the only true NFL “offseason,” the period between the end of mandatory minicamp and the start of training camp in late July. News in the next month is traditionally slow and that is not too surprising with players taking a long break. So, with the offseason workouts in the rearview mirror, this edition of the mailbag looks ahead …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Inside linebacker Justin March was a low-key offseason addition in 2015. The Chiefs used two draft picks on Ramik Wilson and D.J. Alexander, after all, before signing March as an undrafted free agent out of Akron. March’s emergence in training camp, however, provided numerous moments of excitement and proved he wasn’t going to remain under the …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Chiefs on Friday announced the complete training camp schedule. Rookies and quarterbacks report Tuesday, July 26 at Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph, Mo., while veterans are scheduled to report Friday, July 29. The first official team practice, which is open to the public, starts at 3:30 p.m. CT on Saturday, July 30. The …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Unlike past offseason workouts, the shuffling of personnel groupings on the Chiefs offensive line in 2016 has been minimal and focused largely at left guard. Zach Fulton began organized team activities (OTAs) at left guard with the starting unit before giving way to rookie Parker Ehinger on Day Four of OTAs. Since then, Ehinger, a fourth-round …
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – From Jeff Allen, Donald Stephenson, Eric Kush, Mitch Morse, Zach Fulton, Laurent Duvernay-Tardif to Jarrod Pughsley, the Chiefs have offered numerous looks at center and down the right side of the first-team offensive line since training camp began. Why should the final day of camp be different? The Chiefs on Wednesday rolled out Stephenson at left …
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – The Chiefs wrapped up the heavy lifting of training camp on Wednesday morning, going through their final full practice at Missouri Western State University. They were watched by more than 100 members of the armed forces and families that attended the workout, including a flyover from a C-130 out of Rosecrans Air National Guard Base in …