KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Chiefs rookies and 39 tryout players converged Saturday on the team’s training complex for the first day of a three-day rookie minicamp. For a vast majority of the players outside of 12 who spent time with the Chiefs during the offseason, Saturday marked the first time since their college careers ended to be around an organized …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Sixty-seven players took the field Saturday, which marked the first day of Chiefs rookie minicamp, but the spotlight fell on wide receiver Tyreek Hill. Hill made his first public appearance since being selected in the fifth round of the 2016 NFL Draft and absorbed numerous questions. The queries, however, weren’t typical of a fifth-round pick and …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Chiefs handled business Friday with a majority of their 2016 draft class, signing six of the nine selections ahead of Saturday’s rookie minicamp. Kansas City announced the signings of second-round pick defensive lineman Chris Jones (37th overall), fourth-round pick offensive lineman Parker Ehinger (105th overall), fourth-round pick wide receiver Demarcus Robinson (126th overall), fifth-round pick …
With the 2016 NFL Draft in the rearview mirror, the latest edition of the mailbag addresses questions on the Chiefs’ draft class and undrafted free agents as the team prepares for rookie minicamp, which runs May 7-9. @HerbieTeope #ChiefsDigest how many of these draft picks do you think make the roster? — Brian Tremblay (@Rbtone2981) May 5, 2016 Good question …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – When the Chiefs drafted a player convicted of felony domestic assault and battery in the fifth round of the NFL Draft, team officials asked fans to trust them and insisted they performed their due diligence during the vetting process. On Monday, The Topeka Capital-Journal and ChiefsDigest.com confirmed that part of the team’s vetting included contacting the …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Trades and a touch of controversy highlighted a wild three days of the NFL Draft for the Chiefs. With no third-round pick to start the draft, the Chiefs traded out of the first round and secured an additional second-round pick (37th overall) from the San Francisco 49ers. The Chiefs then traded the second (59th overall) of …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Teams often utilize the later rounds of the NFL draft to take flyers on players and the Chiefs are no different. But the Chiefs’ second of two picks in the fifth round caused heads to turn. A day after Chiefs chairman and CEO Clark Hunt said character matters, the team sent mixed signals with the selection …
