Chiefs Training Camp Update 8/5 AM
by Joel Thorman on Aug 5, 2009 11:26 AM CDT
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The updates are a little light today but we've still gathered everything from the usual suspects. Mr. Looney at the Mothership is still killin' it over there so we thank him for that.
UW-RF updates will be coming out shortly and I will update this post as soon as they do.
(Edit: BobGretz.com and UWRF updates added.)
Updates after the jump.
General stuff
- Weather: 72 degress, 75% humidity (UWRF)
- About 230 fans showed up (UWRF)
- Today was Kids' Day (UWRF)
- LB Zach Thomas returned to workouts after a day off yesterday (Josh Looney at the Mothership)
- Coach Todd Haley is riding the receivers hard today. He appears to be unhappy with them (Gretz at CBS)
- "Coach Haley is now in the confessional with @SI_PeterKing. Coach is having flashbacks to the Penguins winning the Cup I think" (ChiefsPR Twitter)
- Again, if you jumped off sides or turned the ball over, you're running (Mitch Holthus Twitter)
Offense
- WR Rodney Wright got past a defender for a deep touchdown (Josh Looney at the Mothership)
- "Lots of energy" from the offensive line today (Josh Looney Twitter)
- WR Mark Bradley caught a deep pass in WR/DB drills (Josh Looney at the Mothership)
- Offensive line had a good performance against the defensive line in inside run drills (Josh Looney at the Mothership)
- WR Devard Darling and the rest of the receivers are getting a lot of reps. Darling caught three consecutive passes (Josh Looney at the Mothership)
- RB Jackie Battle had a couple of nice runs (Josh Looney at the Mothership)
- After a couple of Battle's runs, Matt Cassel yelled, "Great series, fellas. Great (freakin') series!" (UWRF)
- Wright caught a pass from Croyle and caught some YAC (Josh Looney Twitter)
- The passing game is still "hit or miss" no matter who is throwing the ball (Bob Gretz)
- WRs Rodney Wright and Quinten Lawrence had a "decent session" (Mitch Holthus Twitter)
- Charles took a Croyle handoff to the house (UWRF)
Defense
- DB Londen Fryar made two nice plays on WR Bobby Engram. First was an interception on an out route then other was breaking up a pass on a fly route (Josh Looney at the Mothership)
- LB Corey Mays had a big hit at the end of practice (Josh Looney at the Mothership)
- CB Brandon Carr picked off QB Matt Cassel in 7-on-7 drills (Gretz at CBS)
- Andy Studebaker replaced Vrabel on the first team (Bob Gretz)
- During OL vs. DL drills, Alphonso Boone and Alex Magee jumped offsides and had to run. On one play, DL Dion Gales didn't hustle as fast as Tim Krumrie liked (UWRF)
- The starting defensive line at times was Magee, Edwards, Boone with Dorsey taking Magee's spot from time to time (UWRF)
- NT pressured Croyle but later fell down twice to the ire of Pendergast and Haley (UWRF)
Special teams
- K Ryan Succop was 3/3 in field goals today (Gretz at CBS)
Injuries
- LB Monty Beisel (No reason given) (Josh Looney at the Mothership)
- Beisel wasn't conditioning either, but he took a blow when he tried to tackle RB Jackie Battle yesterday (Bob Gretz)
- Mike Vrabel didn't practice - nothing serious (Bob Gretz)
- Not practicing: LBs Wes Dacus and Demorrio Williams, RB Kolby Smith, TE Brad Cottam, S DaJuan Morgan and OL Wade Smith (Bob Gretz)
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Two questions....
Can Succop kick from somewhere around the 50 yard line??? What is his longest field goal in training camp? When is Tyson Jackson going to sign?
53 yarder in a rushed pressure situation no less too
In two minute drill.
"Success is never ending, failure is never final."
by GenericBrand on Aug 5, 2009 11:55 AM CDT up reply actions
I know he hit a 50 yarder
I cant remember but I think it was the one that the ran him onto the field also..anyone remember?
For the record
that was 3 questions. =)
D-Bowe, Mark Bradley, Bobby Engram and Turtle. Four Chiefs WRers. 4 Pro Bowlers.
by Patrick Allen on Aug 5, 2009 12:58 PM CDT up reply actions
When is Tyson Jackson going to sign?
… around 5 oclock tonight!
Cassel's INT's
I know it is training cam and there is no way to tell what is really going on but I am a little concerned about the frequency with which Cassel is throwing picks.
Anyone else feel this way?
D-Bowe, Mark Bradley, Bobby Engram and Turtle. Four Chiefs WRers. 4 Pro Bowlers.
I haven't seen many reports of him throwing that many INTs
Especially one a day. Four QBs throwing balls so it could be any of them.
"Success is never ending, failure is never final."
by GenericBrand on Aug 5, 2009 11:57 AM CDT up reply actions
I noticed that too.
I think its okay though. The reports never seem to mention a bad pass that resulted in an Interception. Like JBchiefs said, the DBs are expecting a pass in most of the passing drills and I think it speaks more to how awesome our dbs are than cassels throws.
Now if we start getting updates that an over/under thrown passes are being intercepted, thats a different situation..
"...Said he couldn't go on the American way"
Yep, me too
Yea, seems like he throws one every day. But we don’t know the details. Most are 7 on 7 where its only a pass drill…so the DBs can T off. They know a pass is coming and playing really tight defense likely as opposed to a real game situation where run is an option.
Great
Love to see Succop doing well, but even more important….
Our DB’s are insane, they make plays EVERY practice, and guys like Fryar turn into players because of Flowers/Carr etc..
Good luck this season to opponents if they get any pass rush…..since we all saw flowers/carr put on an island last year many times, only to come out successful…Not even mentioning Leggett…
Too bad Morgan hasnt done anything, he is so invisible I wonder if the guy will make the roster with Brown Pollard Page and ST ace Mcgraw.
Morgan
Morgan is a big project in the secondary… All the analyst said the same thing about him coming out of college. He has a crap load of RAW talent that needs to be refined. He will be a huge contributor on Special Teams because of his athleticism.
Haley on Battle
"I think that Jackie has put himself in a position to suceed," Haley said following practice. "He has shown, during these first few days, of anyone on the team that I’d point somebody out as ‘getting it,’ he’s definitely somebody that i would talk about. It’s hard to find a guy of his size and speed. He did everything he could to give himself a chance and now he’s working hard and doing some good things for us."
Josh at the Mothership
It's up.
It’s crazy how much information they give during their updates.
by NJ Chiefs Fan on Aug 5, 2009 12:42 PM CDT up reply actions
Washington, Morgan
I haven’t heard much about Washington yet, and do we know why Mordan is out?
-Robbie
He also stated that it should take Dorsey a couple days of practice...
to get back into ‘football shape’. I expect to hear about some nice plays by him come Friday.
Where's Savage?
- Again, after practice there were seven players catching kicks off the ball machine: Rodney Wright, Quinten Lawrence, Jackie Bates, Charles, Maurice Leggett, Fryar and Carr.
From Gretz’s site
I’m pulling for Savage, so this concerns me a bit.
If Rodney can field kicks he might be the leader for that position..
because he’s done pretty good work at receiver too.
"Success is never ending, failure is never final."
Must not be all that great
Because I don’t recall having heard his name mentioned except who was playing on what unit.
Chiefs go 9-7. LJ makes 1400 yards. DBowe makes 1200 yards. Defense #18.
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