Chiefs' Andy Reid talks Dee Ford, Alex Smith, Tamba Hali and more

Arrowhead crowd

• "When they get rockin', it's a tough place to play for opponents and they had it going this year."

LB Dee Ford

• "He'll work in some of our nickel packages. He's surrounded by some good people that will be willing to teach him, veteran players that have been Pro Bowl players."
• "If he's Derrick Thomas, that's a great thing. That son of a gun could play. Time will tell on that."
• "I don't relate [the Dee Ford pick] to Tamba Hali."

RB / WR De'Anthony Thomas

• "He'll probably have more impact on special teams quicker than he will on the offense. He can't be here right now so that hurts a little bit as far as the introduction goes because Oregon is on the quarter system."

QB Aaron Murray

• "I liked the fact that he made plays and he made plays in big games. He's a smart kid and good leader. He has all those intangibles you need at that quarterback position. He isn't the biggest guy, around 6'1 and 208-210 pounds. He had some productive years at Georgia and got a few of the honors that comes along with playing well against good competition. We feel the would be a fit in this offense. His offense was similar to this, it wasn't the spread offense you see colleges run, it's closer to what you do in the NFL."

OT Laurent Duvernay-Tardif

• "When we were drafting him, he was delivering twins. Seriously, the guy is a doctor. I told our doc, this is going to be the first player-doctor combination we've had. Sharp guy, big kid close to 6'5 and 300-plus pounds, good flexibility, the whole deal. He just hasn't played a ton of football at this level."

G Zach Fulton

• "Zach was one of the leaders of that Tennessee offensive line. They had a couple good players on that offensive line there, him being one of them. He'll have a chance to come in and compete at the guard position."

Alex Smith's contract talks

• "Tom Condon is his agent and he's partial to the Kansas City Chiefs {as a former Chief). I keep reminding him of that. I'm sure that will get done in the near future."
• "I don't know a timeline on this, I'm not sure any of us do."

Tamba Hali "overweight" report

• "The whole weight issue, Tamba came back at the same weight he left playing as an All-Pro at so I don't know exactly where that came from. Nobody works harder than Tamba Hali on our football team."