KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Chiefs addressed offense in the fourth round (124th overall) with an explosive player after going defense with the previous two picks. Needing a replacement for wide receiver/punt returner Dexter McCluster, who signed a free-agent contract with Tennessee Titans, the Chiefs effectively filled it with the selection of Oregon’s De’Anthony Thomas. “He’s just an explosive playmaker,” …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Two straight picks in the 2014 NFL Draft show the Chiefs addressing a glaring hole that ultimately knocked the team out of the first round of the 2013 playoffs. Thursday brought outside linebacker Dee Ford, while Friday saw the Chiefs stay on defense with the selection of Rice cornerback Phillip Gaines in the third round (87th …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Listed at 6-foot-2, 252 pounds, new Chiefs outside linebacker Dee Ford’s physique and athletic talent led to a love of football and status as a first-round pick. Ford more than lives up to his look as a 2013 All-Southeastern Conference first-team selection. He joins the NFL from Auburn where he recorded 93 tackles (59 solo) and …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – It’s becoming an annual occurrence with a projected top draft prospect sliding while waiting in the green room at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. And the 2014 NFL Draft proved no different on Thursday night, putting Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel within a pick of the Chiefs at No. 23. But the Cleveland …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Fans may have been surprised Thursday night by the selection of Auburn defensive end/outside linebacker Dee Ford during the first round of the NFL Draft. But they apparently weren’t alone in that feeling. “I’m definitely surprised that it was Kansas City,” Ford admitted during a post-draft media conference call. “I’m not surprised it’s the first round.” …
The hype and pageantry of the league’s premier offseason event will officially be on full display Thursday night at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Thirty draft prospects with hopes of being a 2014 NFL Draft first-round pick are scheduled to be in attendance. Among the players headlining the group are Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel; Missouri defensive …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Shortly after the Chiefs’ second organized team activities (OTAs) in early June, quarterback Alex Smith will shift attention from his teammates to the community. Smith is scheduled to host the inaugural Hy-Vee Alex Smith Football ProCamp presented by SunnyD at Shawnee Mission West High School in Overland Park, Kan., from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on …
The long wait for the 2014 NFL Draft will finally be over in four days, including the speculation over what the Kansas City Chiefs have planned with the 23rd pick overall. While popular opinion has the Chiefs taking a wide receiver in the first round, the brain trust at One Arrowhead Drive may not see it that way. The underlying …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Any hope of gaining behind-the-scenes insight on potential targeted by-name draft prospects will ultimately have to wait until next week’s NFL Draft. Chiefs general manager John Dorsey held his pre-draft news conference Friday, and he wasn’t offering information when it came to the 23rd pick overall. “The best available player,” Dorsey told reporters with a grin …
————— Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith delivered the commencement address Thursday night to the 2014 graduating class at his alma mater, the University of Utah. Prior to the speech, Smith received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters. The evening included an audible “Go Chiefs!” cheer when the university president, David Pershing, formally introduced Smith to the graduating class. Here …
