Good Morning, AP! Welcome to today's Kansas City Chiefs news. If you are a local fan, be sure to take advantage of tonight's open practice. Free admission, free parking, and a chance to see the New Arrowhead combine into a pretty good deal. Enjoy!
He doesn’t want to say much about it, and whether that’s his way or just a little timely modesty, Wallace Gilberry isn’t doing anything to jinx what could be the best chance of his career to be a starting defensive end in the NFL.
"Still a lot of things I need to work on," he said this week.
Sure, but he has the attention of the Chiefs’ coaches. Here’s the situation: Coach Todd Haley said that Gilberry, who entered the league in 2008 as an undrafted free agent, has an opportunity to unseat a top-five draft pick for a spot on Kansas City’s first-team defensive line.
Unheralded Chiefs end Gilberry plays his way into contention for a starting spot from KC Star
Fans will be able to get an early look at the New Arrowhead Stadium during a free evening practice on Wednesday night.
The stadium gates open at 6:15 p.m. Wednesday and the practice is slated to start at 7:15 p.m. Fans can enter through the spiral gate, the Tower Gate and Founder's Plaza Gate entrances. Parking is free for the practice.
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"What he did last year … it was an eight-game window or an eight-game sample that we saw," Haley said. "What we’re pushing Jamaal to do is show that he can do that throughout a 16-game and hopefully-plus schedule. That’s something that Thomas has proven through time.
"Everybody can have an opinion on who the best player is. I’m not going to get into that right now. I’m for trying to get these guys ready to go and us to understand how we need to use them to be the best we can be."
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Has a player ever been No. 2 on the depth chart and been a first-round fantasy pick? Chiefs running back Jamaal Charles, who exploded for 658 yards rushing and four touchdowns in the final four games of 2009, is currently running behind Thomas Jones in Kansas City.
RapidDraft ADP: Chiefs' Jamaal Charles Flying Too High? from USA Today
Tamba Hali is far and away the Kansas City Chiefs best pass rusher. Branden Albert has been tapped to be the team’s franchise left tackle. That means Hali and Albert go at it every day in practice and according to coach Todd Haley, the battles are helping both players.
"I think when Tamba brings it like he’s bringing it in a game and if you’ve been out here to practice a bunch, you see this guy isn’t calling off the dogs very often," said Haley at yesterday’s press conference. "So I see a good battle between Branden and Tamba on a consistent basis and that’s going to make both of them better, but I think Branden’s benefiting from that work every day."
Hali Vs. Albert Becoming an Everyday Battle from Arrowhead Addict
But the return game could be ramped up this Friday against the Kansas City Chiefs as April said there's "a possibility: the Eagles could use DeSean Jackson and Jeremy Maclin on punt returns.
Ellis Hobbs and Quintin Demps will return kickoffs. Chad Hall should be looking over his shoulder as after returning kicks in the first two games he's only "a possibility" to do it against the Chiefs.
Eagles Wednesday Update: Look for D-Jax and Maclin to Return Punts Friday from The Delaware County Daily Times
Residents may not realize that the same man who helped bring Pizza Hut Park to life and coordinated the move of FC Dallas to Frisco, also gives his name to Lamar Hunt Middle School. Lamar and his wife, Norma, were former American history teachers in Richardson, but Lamar is famous around the world for helping found the American Football League (AFL) and then later negotiating the AFL and NFL merger in 1966.
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It wasn’t that long ago when the NFL’s Western divisions were supercharged with power. The Seattle Seahawks and St. Louis Rams were Super Bowl caliber and the Kansas City Chiefs were annual playoffs contenders. But a lot has changed in recent years, and many league analysts now view both the AFC West and NFC West as the weakest divisions in the NFL.
Johnson was not the first to wiggle, show off or proudly march into the end zone. Homer Jones, a New York Giants receiver in the 1960s, was the first to spike the ball. The godfather of showboating was Kansas City Chiefs receiver Elmo Wright. A University of Houston receiver in the late 1960s, Wright had a drum major's highstep strut into the end zone. He tossed the ball like casting a die. Even in the early 1970s version of the NFL, this was outrageous.
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