2015 Chiefs Draftees Marcus Peters, Steve Nelson Join Team for Minicamp from The Mothership
"It will be good to get the two young guys, the corners (Peters and Nelson) here," Reid said. "They have a lot of work ahead of them."
After another fellow rookie cornerback, DeVante Bausby, went down with a broken clavicle suffered in practice last week, Justin Cox is currently the only other healthy rookie cornerback on the Chiefs' roster right now.
Peters and Nelson will join Cox and the rest of the defensive backs on Tuesday afternoon.
"You just hope they can get as many reps as possible when they come back," Chiefs defensive coordinator Bob Sutton said. "There is nothing really anyone can do about it. We're going to coach them up hard and they'll come back prepared.
"The biggest thing is you get that technique base that you'd love to have."
What's Upcoming for the Kansas City Chiefs? from The Mothership
The NFL Scouting Combine has come and gone. The draft is over and so are OTAs.
So what's left?
Here is the remaining upcoming schedule for the Chiefs:
Tuesday, June 16 - Mandatory Minicamp Practice
Wednesday, June 17 - Mandatory Minicamp Practice
Thursday, June 18 - Mandatory Minicamp Practice
After Thursday's practice, camp breaks, meaning that coaches, players and football staff are free for roughly a month and a half.Training camp begins in late July and will lead up to the Chiefs' first preseason game of the season on Saturday, August 15, against the Arizona Cardinals.
Here are the remaining key offseason dates:
The Chiefs' Moms Safety Clinic Deadline is Approaching from The Mothership
The Kansas City Chiefs and USA Football are hosting a "Football Clinic for Moms" at the University of Kansas Hospital Training Complex on Friday, June 26 at 6 p.m.
The event is a chance for moms to educate themselves on how to make the game of football safer.
"This event is designed to inform local mothers on the proper techniques of hitting, equipment fitting, hydration and safety," Heads Up Football Ambassador and former Chief Shawn Barber said. "We want to keep parents in the know about the different techniques, the symptoms of concussions and how to stay hydrated, so that they can help keep the game safe."
Gridiron Glory at Union Station: "The AFL-10 Year Patch" from The Mothership
Kansas City players wore anniversary patches for any number of years including the 25th, the 35th, 40th (highlighting 40 years in Kansas City), 50th, and 75th (in conjunction with the NFL's anniversary), to name but a few.
Perhaps the most celebrated patch, at least for the fellows who had started and finished their careers in the American Football League, was the "AFL-10 year patch."
It's hard for today's fans to understand the passion many of the young league's players had for what the AFL had given them. For those discarded by the NFL, the AFL provided a place to continue their careers, for those just coming out of college, it was an opportunity to get on the field sooner and not languish for years on the bench if they were lucky to have made the team.
Meet the hardworking relatives behind Big Slick Celebrity Weekend from The Kansas City Star
When the Hollywood boys arrive this week to host Big Slick Celebrity Weekend, it's not as if they'll just waltz in after all the detailed groundwork has been laid.
OK, yes. It's a lot like that. By design.
Kansas City originals Jason Sudeikis, Paul Rudd, Rob Riggle, Eric Stonestreet and David Koechner are, of course, in the loop about plans for the annual fundraiser they host for Children's Mercy Hospital. It will be Friday and Saturday.
But it's a local "brain trust" that drives Big Slick, now in its sixth year. And — how very KC — the clutch of unpaid leaders is largely KC area family, including parents, siblings and in-laws of the five celebrity hosts.
Big Slick: Celebs Gather in Kansas City to Focus on Family, Charity This Father's Day Weekend from The Huffington Post
There's an incredible documentary called Inside Pediatrics that was filmed at Children's Mercy last year, narrated by Paul Rudd and including a glimpse of Big Slick weekend. Whether you're familiar with the Kansas City area or not, it's a moving look at the current work being done in child medicine and the challenges faced by our neighbors impacted by illness. It's what inspires me. This Father's Day or any day -- whether in your hometown or current town -- I encourage you to find what inspires you to act. Making a difference could start with something as simple as an idea and phone call. To learn more about Big Slick, visit BigSlickKC.org or Crowdrise.com/BigSlick.
BIG SLICK CELEBRITY GAME from MLB.com
Scheduled to attend (check back for updates):
Scott Aukerman
Matt Besler
Hilarie Burton
Dustin Colquitt
Chris Daughtry
Neil Flynn
Josh Hopkins
Travis Kelce
Johnny Knoxville
Dave Koechner
Samm Levine
Joe Lo Truglio
Seth Morris Missi Pyle
Kevin Rahm
Rob Riggle
Paul Rudd
Robert Smigel
Martin Starr
Eric Stonestreet
Jason Sudeikis
Aisha Tyler
James Van Der Beek
George Wendt
David Zayas
Areas to monitor during Chiefs minicamp from Chiefs Digest
The Chiefs begin a final set of workouts Tuesday through Thursday before taking a month-long break in preparation for training camp.
The three-day mandatory minicamp concludes the offseason workout program and affords coach Andy Reid a final look at his players in shorts and helmets with no contact.
The past three weeks of organized team activities left Reid with a good feel of the team's direction.
Chiefs get in work without Houston during mandatory minicamp from The Associated Press via FS Kansas City
The videos that Justin Houston has been posting on social media of his workouts this offseason, and the absurd amount of weights he's been lifting, should help set Chiefs coach Andy Reid at ease.
Especially considering Reid probably won't see Houston until at least training camp.
The All-Pro linebacker has skipped the entirety of Kansas City's offseason program after getting the franchise tag, a power play to spur along negotiations on a long-term deal.
But up until now, all of those workouts have been strictly voluntary, including the full-squad practices.
This week is different:
So where are Chiefs, exactly, at tight end? from ESPN
Interesting information from colleague Field Yates, who tweeted that the Kansas City Chiefs were one of 10 teams to put in a waiver claim on tight end Tim Wright, who was recently cut by the New England Patriots. The Chiefs didn't get Wright, who went instead to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
But the Chiefs obviously believed Wright could have been of some value. They're right. He could have been. Tight end was already one of the thinnest spots on the roster and that was before Demetrius Harris had to have a second surgery on his broken foot.
HOF guard Will Shields hopes early retirements raise concussion awareness from FS Kansas City
Will Shields understands. Completely. But at the same time, he wonders: An offensive tackle retiring from the NFL at 25, in his physical prime, is curious enough. But that Anthony Davis is the second San Francisco 49er under age 26 to walk away from the game since March because of concussion-related concerns, well, all sorts of red flags start waving.
"But it's also interesting that it's a lot of guys on the same team that are actually going through this, saying, 'Hey, I've got concussion issues, I'm going to retire,' things of that nature," Shields, the former Kansas City Chiefs guard and 2015 Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee, tells FOXSportsKansasCity.com. "I wonder, over all the years, what transpired to have guys from the same team saying, 'We're not feeling right.'"
Tough to say whether Chase Daniel is a top 10 backup quarterback from ESPN
But it's still a mystery whether Daniel can fill in capably for a longer stretch of time. He's never been asked to do that, so we're all just taking a guess by claiming whether he can or can't do it.
That's probably why he didn't make Clayton's list. Those 10 players are mostly former starters. In any case, they've started more games than Daniel, so each is more of a known commodity.
Chiefs sign former K-State OL Tavon Rooks from Chiefs Digest
The Chiefs shook up the roster Monday, a day before the start of mandatory minicamp.
The Chiefs signed offensive lineman Tavon Rooks, according to his agent Richard Koppelman of KLASS Sports.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The 6-5, 300-pound Rooks entered the league in 2014 out of Kansas State as a sixth-round pick of the New Orleans Saints.
Jamaal Charles campers work on basic fundamentals and skills from The Beaumont Enterprise
"I'm proud of the turn out and glad the kids learned some things and had fun," Charles said. "We just want kids to work hard and have fun while working on their skills."
The former Port Arthur Memorial star brought in fellow Port Arthur native and Baltimore Raven Danny Gorrer, his Kansas City Chief Pro Bowl teammates Jeremy Maclin and Dontari Poe, fellow Chief Travis Kelcie and a few other NFL players to teach and help campers out with the drills.
Alex Smith among Forbes' World's Highest-Paid Athletes from KSL.com
University of Utah alumni Alex Smith has had respectable career in the NFL, and he's being paid very well for it. So well that he made his debut on the annual Forbes list of The World's Highest-Paid Athletes. The list ranks the top 100 earners based on their salaries, prize money, and bonuses paid out between June 1, 2014, and June 1, 2015. Smith came in tied at number 90 on the list, bringing in a total of $19.6 million.
CHIEFS MINI-CAMP EXPECTATIONS from Warpaint Illustrated
Until last week, the Chiefs starting quarterback was MIA in OTA's. Yes he attended every session but his accuracy and down field aerial strikes were way off target.
The fact he and his understudy, Aaron Murray, both stepped up their games last week, should be a big sigh of relief for Head Coach, Andy Reid.
If the Chiefs are going to sustain any success this season, Smith has to become a Pro Bowl caliber quarterback. In the early stages of May, that seemed unlikely. However, he turned a corner last week and that bodes well for his chances to succeed in 2015 at a level that finally ends KC's playoff winless drought.
Minicamp madness: What to watch for as teams take the field from FOX Sports
Kansas City: Will unsigned outside linebacker Justin Houston report for minicamp?
"He probably won't," Chiefs coach Andy Reid said last week. Kansas City is without Houston's services until the NFL's reigning sack leader signs his franchise tender or a multiyear deal. Houston's absence from offseason practices has provided much-needed extra reps for 2014 first-round pick Dee Ford. He struggled to make the adjustment from college defensive end to outside linebacker in his rookie season.
Fantasy football mock draft No. 1 from ESPN
The ancillary tight ends start to go here, which begs the question: Is there a legit second TE tier above the huddled masses? I don't think so. I grant you that Travis Kelce has rare speed for his size, and on another squad, I might use a higher pick on him. But with the Kansas City Chiefs, bleh. His average yards at the catch last year was 5.2, 20th among 24 qualified TEs. Because ofAlex Smith, Kelce belongs to the feast/famine TE ranks. As for Greg Olsen, he's as solid, but he usually doesn't give you big weekly peaks.