KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Offensive lineman Jeff Allen has appeared in 32 games with 28 starts since joining the Chiefs as a second-round pick in the 2012 NFL Draft. Allen has been a mainstay at left guard. That is, until the Chiefs added two-time Pro Bowl left guard Ben Grubbs in March via trade with the New Orleans Saints in exchange …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The excitement of a potential breakout 2014 season from Chiefs defensive end Mike Catapano began building during the offseason. The Chiefs’ seventh-round pick of the 2013 NFL Draft looked good coming off a rookie campaign where he appeared in 15 games as a reserve, recording four tackles (three solo), a sack and three quarterback hurries. A …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The post-draft process continues with the addition of undrafted free agents and invitations to rookie minicamp, which is scheduled for May 16-18. While various reports have made the rounds since the end of the NFL Draft, most did not specify if a player was signed to an undrafted free-agent deal or was an invite to the …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Terrelle Pryor experiment at quarterback is over before it began. The Chiefs on Tuesday afternoon waived Pryor, a source with knowledge of the situation confirmed with ChiefsDigest.com. The source spoke on the condition of anonymity because the Chiefs did not officially announce the transaction at the time. ProFootballTalk.com was the first to report the news. …
The post-NFL Draft edition of the mailbag tackles questions on player versatility, projected depth at position groups and a tale of the tape, among other subjects. @HerbieTeope Why do the Chiefs seem fixated on drafting OL guys who are pretty good at several positions rather than great at one position? — Eric Clarkson (@Eric_Clarkson) May 4, 2015 Taking that approach …
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 …
