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Q&A with Todd Haley on Chiefs Final Day of Mandatory Mini-Camp

Transcript courtesy of the mothership. How in the world do they get those transcripts up so quickly?  Kudos to whoever types that up. 

I'll post the video here shortly when it's up on the official site.

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Q: Has there been anybody who’s stood out in these three days to where you’re surprised?

HALEY: "Not so much from that standpoint, but a guy that stood out to me is Branden Albert. He’s a guy who came in way out of shape that we were all pretty disappointed in. He kind of let himself go when the season ended and probably in-season a little bit. But the guy’s got his nose to the grindstone and he’s lost a lot of weight and is getting much stronger and practicing with technique. I’m pretty excited about what the possibilities are for Branden.

"Now there are a lot of young guys that I didn’t know a lot about specifically on that defensive side of the ball – some of the linebackers and those guys who are changing positions that I’m encouraged by."

Q: What are your impressions of Jamaal Charles?

HALEY: "Jamaal was a player that I liked a lot coming out (of college) and as I’ve gotten to know him. He probably underperformed to the extent he wanted to last year. I think with Jamaal he’s gaining a little confidence. There’s no doubt he has ability but if he can get confidence in himself and raise his expectations up to where they should be I think Jamaal will be all right. But he’s done a great job in the off-season; he’s learning how to work. He’s getting bigger, stronger; he’s already fast. I think he’s starting to understand offensively what we’re trying to do running and in the pass game, specifically protection."

Q: Do you get any sense who’s ahead: offense or defense?

HALEY: "There’s such a long way to go. We made strides on both sides of the ball, I really believe that. I was encouraged defensively, especially since it’s a brand new scheme and new positions for guys and that those guys definitely in these last couple of days made strides and made marked improvement.

"Now, there’s no pads. A lot can change but as far as without pads and playing techniques and doing the things that they’re supposed to do, I think they made strides and that got me a little excited."

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Very nice to hear this stuff coming from Haley.

The overall impression that I got when reading the entire transcript was these guys were out of shape, even through part of last season. The current regime is whipping these guys in to shape.

Yeah, let's just keep matriculatin' the ball down the field, boys! ...

by oldchiefsfan on Jun 7, 2009 1:34 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

If Albert was out of shape last year...

and still had the year he did then we might have a really good LT for a really long time.

by GenericBrand on Jun 7, 2009 1:43 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

The statement
He kind of let himself go when the season ended and probably in-season a little bit.

sort of implied he thought he was, to me. That’s probably why he wanted him to drop 40 or so pounds.

Yeah, let's just keep matriculatin' the ball down the field, boys! ...

by oldchiefsfan on Jun 7, 2009 4:36 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I didnt think it was policy for them to comment on individual players

I’m interested to hear what the new coaching staff thinks of DaJuan Morgan

by KansasCityShuffle on Jun 7, 2009 2:31 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I gotta say..

That considering how not good things looked on paper maybe things really arent so bad with this team. I know its June and I’m not going to dip into the Koolaid yet but there were alot of unknowns that were easy to be negative or apprehensive about that after a weekend and reports like this(thanks gretz) kind of make things look a bit better. We’ll see how it progresses but early reports of LJ being a nice guy, Hali pass defending, the defense outplaying the offense, Cassel stepping up as a leader, everyone being in great shape, Brian Waters and Mike Vrabel smiling and Haley having a bit of fun and actually looking happy at pc is a great sign.

by GenericBrand on Jun 7, 2009 5:56 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Dammit

They’re doing it to me again. Every damn year! (Well not last year but…)

I try not to get too excited before the season because the letdown is awful, but then I see something like this and start thinking positive again. Here’s to some actual success this time around!

TOUCHDOWN! KAN-SAH-CITY!!!

by TheScootness on Jun 8, 2009 12:08 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

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