KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Chiefs concluded voluntary organized team activities Friday, and now enter the home stretch of Phase III of the offseason workout program. Up next, the mandatory three-day minicamp on June 16-18 to pick up where the team left off with the final OTA workout. “I think we’ll just continue to progress from where we’re at right …
The Chiefs kick off Phase Three of the offseason workout program with the first set of organized team activities (OTAs) on May 26-28. Teams are allowed 10 total days of OTA activities, and the Chiefs will conduct the second set on June 2-4 before closing out on June 9-12. The Chiefs will hold a mandatory three-day minicamp on June 16-18 …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Chiefs re-signed two exclusive rights free agents on Monday. Wide receivers Frankie Hammond Jr. and Junior Hemingway signed their respective tenders, according to Monday’s NFL Transactions report. The 25-year-old Hammond joined the Chiefs as an undrafted free agent out of Florida in 2013, and spent that season on the Chiefs practice squad. Hammond emerged during …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Coach Andy Reid’s passing game appears on track for better results in 2015 based on the reunion of two former Philadelphia Eagles teammates. The Chiefs on Wednesday signed wide receiver Jeremy Maclin to a free-agent contract, and then brought back wide receiver Jason Avant on Friday, a day after releasing Dwayne Bowe. A pair of former NFL players …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Chiefs recently tendered exclusive rights free-agent offers to outside linebacker/defensive end Josh Martin and wide receiver Junior Hemingway, sources confirmed with ChiefsDigest.com. The Chiefs have not officially announced the transactions. The 6-3, 245-pound Martin joined the Chiefs in 2013 as an undrafted free agent out of Columbia. The Chiefs waived Martin on Sept. 24, and then …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Chiefs enter free agency with holes at the wide receiver position after parting ways with Donnie Avery and A.J. Jenkins. While the Chiefs are set to rebuild at the position, retaining a veteran receiver familiar with coach Andy Reid’s version of the West Coast offense is apparently on the radar. The Chiefs have expressed interest in …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The weekend sets the stage for the NFL’s new calendar year. NFL teams starting Saturday are allowed to contact and enter negotiations with the certified agents of players scheduled to become unrestricted free agents when 2014 contracts expire at 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday, per NFL rules. Any agreed upon contract during the three-day window, however, …
The Chiefs went with a youth movement at kicker and punt returner in 2014, and the results provided a promising future. 2014 ROSTER: Kicker Cairo Santos, punter Dustin Colquitt, long snapper Thomas Gafford, punt returner De’Anthony Thomas, kick returner Knile Davis, returner Frankie Hammond Jr. INJURED RESERVE: None 2015 FREE AGENTS: Thomas Gafford, Frankie Hammond Jr. (exclusive rights) POSITION REVIEW …
A look back at the Chiefs wide receiver corps from the 2014 season. 2014 ROSTER: Dwayne Bowe, Albert Wilson, Jason Avant, Junior Hemingway, Donnie Avery, Frankie Hammond Jr. INJURED RESERVE: A.J. Jenkins (shoulder) 2015 FREE AGENTS: Jason Avant, Junior Hemingway (exclusive rights), Frankie Hammond Jr. (exclusive rights) POSITION REVIEW The wide receiver position held one of the most talked about …
There should be little doubt of the top two positions on offense offering the highest level of frustration from the recently concluded season. #ChiefsDigest what do the chiefs need to do in order to fix the O-line? How many get added and is is through draft or FA — Josh (@joshuabmayer) December 30, 2014 The offensive line proved the weakest link …