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Training Camp dates and times
Spoiler!
Thursday, July 24 Practice - 3:30 p.m. First Practice - $5 Admission
Friday, July 25 Practice - 8:15 a.m.
Saturday, July 26 Practice - 8:15 a.m. Family Fun Day- $5 Admission
Sunday, July 27 Practice - 8:15 a.m. STH Appreciation
Monday, July 28 Practice - 8:15 a.m.
Tuesday, July 29 No Practice
Wednesday, July 30 Practice - 8:15 a.m.
Thursday, July 31 Practice - 8:15 a.m
Friday, Aug. 1 Practice - 8:15 a.m.
Saturday, Aug. 2 Practice - 8:15 a.m.
Sunday, Aug. 3 Practice - 8:15 a.m.
Monday, Aug. 4 Practice - 8:15 a.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 5 No Practice
Wednesday, Aug. 6 No Practice
Thursday, Aug. 7 Preseason Game No. 1 - Chiefs vs. Bengals - 7 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 8 No Practice
Saturday, Aug. 9 Practice - 8:15 a.m.
Sunday, Aug. 10 Practice - 8:15 a.m.
Monday, Aug. 11 Practice - 8:15 a.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 12 Practice - 8:15 a.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 13 Practice - 8:15 a.m.
Thursday, Aug. 14 Practice - 8:15 a.m. Final Camp Practice
Friday, Aug. 15 No Practice
Saturday, Aug. 16 No Practice
Sunday, Aug. 17 Preseason Game No. 2 - Chiefs at Panthers - 7 p.m.
Training Camp Roster
Spoiler!
http://www.kcchiefs.com/team/roster.html
# NAME POS. HT. WT. AGE EXP. COLLEGE
62 Gottschalk, Ben C 6-5 293 SMU
61 Hudson, Rodney C 6-2 299 25 3 Florida State
31 Cooper, Marcus CB 6-2 192 24 R Rutgers
23 Gaines, Phillip CB 6-1 185 0 Rice
20 Owens, Chris CB 5-9 180 27 6 San Jose State
44 Rogers, Justin CB 5-11 181 26 3 Richmond
21 Smith, Sean CB 6-3 218 27 5 Utah
27 Van Dyke, David CB 6-0 185 0 Tennessee State
40 Van Dyke, DeMarcus CB 6-1 187 4 Miami
39 Abdullah, Husain DB 6-0 204 28 5 Washington State
41 Bronson, Malcolm DB 5-11 192 24 0 McNeese State
26 Commings, Sanders DB 6-0 223 24 R Georgia
24 Jones, Brandon DB 6-1 187 24 0 Rutgers
30 Kearney, Vernon DB 6-2 185 25 0 Lane
38 Parker, Ron DB 6-0 206 26 3 Newberry
22 Rutland, Kevin DB 6-0 193 26 2 Missouri
97 Bailey, Allen DE 6-3 288 25 3 Miami (Fla.)
77 Catapano, Mike DE 6-4 270 23 R Princeton
70 DeVito, Mike DE 6-3 305 30 7 Maine
93 Schwenke, Kona DL 6-4 297 Notre Dame
98 Cudjo, Jermelle DT 6-2 304 27 5 Central Oklahoma
75 Hamilton, Dominique DT 6-5 315 25 1 Missouri
96 Howard, Jaye DT 6-3 301 25 2 Florida
94 Love, Kyle DT 6-1 315 27 4 Mississippi State
92 Poe, Dontari DT 6-3 346 23 2 Memphis
99 Walker, Vance DT 6-2 305 27 6 Georgia Tech
40 Baker, James FB 6-2 228 Idaho
38 Campbell, Jordan FB 5-11 240 26 0 New Mexico Highlands
67 Hudson, Otis G 6-5 330 28 2 Eastern Illinois
75 Johnson, Rishaw G 6-3 313 25 2 California (PA)
74 Linkenbach, Jeffrey G 6-6 325 27 5 Cincinnati
53 Mays, Joe ILB 5-11 244 29 7 North Dakota State
5 Santos, Cairo K 5-8 160 22 0 Tulane
6 Succop, Ryan K 6-2 218 27 5 South Carolina
55 Ford, Dee LB 6-2 243 23 0 Auburn
66 Furr, DeRon LB 0 Fort Valley State
91 Hali, Tamba LB 6-3 275 30 8 Penn State
50 Houston, Justin LB 6-3 258 25 3 Georgia
59 Johnson, Ben LB 6-1 234 0 Tennessee-Martin
56 Johnson, Derrick LB 6-3 242 31 9 Texas
52 Johnson, James-Michael LB 6-1 240 24 2 Nevada
57 Johnson, Nico LB 6-2 249 24 R Alabama
54 Moses, Dezman LB 6-2 249 25 2 Tulane
51 Zombo, Frank LB 6-3 254 27 4 Central Michigan
95 Martin, Josh LB/DE 6-3 245 22 R Columbia
43 Gafford, Thomas LS 6-2 250 31 6 Houston
73 Fulton, Zach OG 6-5 323 22 0 Tennessee
65 Henry, Ricky OG 6-4 310 26 3 Nebraska
71 Allen, Jeff OL 6-4 307 24 2 Illinois
59 Kelly, Colin OL 6-5 298 R Oregon State
64 Kush, Eric OL 6-4 313 24 R California (Pa.)
79 Stephenson, Donald OL 6-6 312 25 2 Oklahoma
69 Watkins, Rokevious OL 6-3 338 25 2 South Carolina
45 Highsmith, Alonzo OLB 6-0 240 24 0 Arkansas
76 Duvernay-Tardif, Laurent OT 6-5 315 23 0 McGill (Canada)
72 Fisher, Eric OT 6-8 305 23 0 Central Michigan
68 Webb, J'Marcus OT 6-7 333 25 5 West Texas A&M
2 Colquitt, Dustin P 6-3 210 32 9 Tennessee
9 Bray, Tyler QB 6-6 215 22 0 Tennessee
10 Daniel, Chase QB 6-0 225 27 4 Missouri
7 Murray, Aaron QB 6-1 210 23 0 Georgia
11 Smith, Alex QB 6-4 217 30 8 Utah
25 Charles, Jamaal RB 5-11 199 27 6 Texas
34 Davis, Knile RB 5-10 227 22 R Arkansas
32 Gray, Cyrus RB 5-10 206 24 2 Texas A&M
30 McKnight, Joe RB 5-11 205 26 3 USC
42 Sherman, Anthony RB 5-10 242 25 3 Connecticut
1 Thomas, De'Anthony RB 5-9 174 21 0 Oregon
35 West, Charcandrick RB 5-10 205 0 Abilene Christian
29 Berry, Eric S 6-0 211 25 4 Tennessee
49 Sorensen, Daniel S 6-2 208 0 Bringham Young
34 McMillian, Jerron SS 5-11 203 25 3 Maine
66 McKee, Ryan T 0 Southern Mississippi
80 Fasano, Anthony TE 6-4 255 30 8 Notre Dame
81 Gordon, Richard TE 6-4 268 27 3 Miami (Fla.)
47 Harris, Demetrius TE 6-7 230 R UW-Milwaukee
87 Kelce, Travis TE 6-6 260 24 R Cincinnati
84 McGrath, Sean TE 6-5 247 26 2 Henderson State
83 Williams, Fred WR 6-0 190 St. Cloud State University
4 Anthony, Deon WR 0 Troy
17 Avery, Donnie WR 5-11 200 30 5 Houston
82 Bowe, Dwayne WR 6-2 221 29 7 LSU
13 Dressler, Weston WR 5-8 179 29 0 North Dakota
85 Hammond, Frankie WR 6-1 185 24 R Florida
22 Harrison, Mark WR 6-3 235 23 0 Rutgers
88 Hemingway, Junior WR 6-1 225 25 1 Michigan
89 Jackson, Jerrell WR 6-0 192 24 1 Missouri
15 Jenkins, A.J. WR 6-0 200 24 2 Illinois
14 Surgent, Darryl WR 6-0 185 0 Louisiana-Lafayette
19 Williams, Kyle WR 5-10 186 26 4 Arizona State
8 Wilson, Albert WR 5-9 200 0 Georgia State
Waivers/No Recall
# NAME POS. HT. WT. AGE EXP. COLLEGE
67 Alecxih, Chas DT 6-3 304 25 1 Pittsburgh
69 Broussard, Risean DT 6-2 280 R Hinds Junior College
66 Burden, Chandler G 6-4 310 24 1 Kentucky
Dill, R.J. OT 6-7 310 23 1 Rutgers
Grissom, Cory DT 6-2 316 24 0 South Florida
44 Kettani, Eric FB 5-11 240 27 1 Navy
12 Ross, Rashad WR 6-0 167 24 0 Arizona State
53 Wilson, Ridge LB/DE 6-4 256 R West Alabama
Chiefs training camp report, July 21: Drops abound in first practice
By TEREZ A. PAYLOR
The Kansas City Star
07/21/2014 11:51 AM ST. JOSEPH
The Chiefs held their first practice of training camp Monday morning at Missouri Western State University. Only rookies and quarterbacks were required to attend, although a few select veterans were also in attendance.
A few quick notes and observations:
Approximately 35 players were in attendance and practiced today, including several rookies and first-year players. A few notable names who participated were tight end Travis Kelce (who is coming off microfracture knee surgery and ran a few routes), receiver Weston Dressler (a Canadian Football League transport), receiver Kyle Williams (recovering from ACL surgery), receiver A.J. Jenkins and cornerback Chris Owens.
Jenkins and Owens are veterans, but they each missed a healthy portion of organized team activities due to hamstring injuries.
There were a number of drops today, which isn’t totally unexpected for the first day. Jenkins, Dressler, Williams, De’Anthony Thomas, Demetrius Harris and Deon Anthony are among the players who had drops throughout the course of the day. Some of the players listed above had multiple drops, including Jenkins and Anthony.
Kelce got some work as a deep snapper, which could affect tight end Sean McGrath, who serves as the backup behind Thomas Gafford. If Kelce proves he can handle the job in a pinch, the Chiefs could be more willing to go with the intriguing Harris instead of McGrath as the third tight end. Just something to keep an eye on.
Rookie quarterback Aaron Murray took snaps Monday, which probably means he’s ineligible to be placed on the physically-unable-to-perform list. We’re checking with the Chiefs to make sure that’s the case.
The Chiefs didn’t practice in pads, so there’s only so much that can be gleaned from today’s practice.
However, quarterback Alex Smith snapped off some nice passes during the final team period. Two went to Thomas and another went to A.J. Jenkins.
Thomas, by the way, spent most of his time at running back, though he often ran a lot of short routes or motioned out of the backfield before the snap.
Rookie cornerback Phillip Gaines had a nice day. By my count, he knocked away a pass and had coverage on at least three more incompletions. He did get beat by Jerrell Jackson on a deep route, though. Murray made the throw, which hung in the air for a bit but looked pretty coming out of his hand.
Receiver Frankie Hammond had a nice practice. He blew past cornerback Brandon Jones on a go route for a touchdown. Murray made the throw.
Murray also forced a pass into coverage downfield. The pass, which was intended for Hammond, was not caught. But it was not a great decision.
Otherwise, Murray — who is still wearing a brace on his right knee — looked unencumbered by the knee injury he suffered last November.
Linebacker Alonzo Highsmith made a nice red-zone interception. Linebacker Ben Johnson deflected an Alex Smith pass over the middle.
RealSNR
07-21-2014 11:02 AM
Eric Fisher sucks.
keg in kc
07-21-2014 11:04 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by SNR
(Post 10757685)
Eric Fisher sucks.
Hey, who are we to judge? Whatever it takes to get ahead in the world.
In58men
07-21-2014 11:06 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by SNR
(Post 10757685)
Eric Fisher sucks.
In comes BCD with a rebuttal
WakkaWakka
07-21-2014 11:06 AM
“@ArrowheadPride: Weston Dressler said today was a little rusty for the receivers. Plenty of drops"
BigBeauford
07-21-2014 11:12 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by WakkaWakka
(Post 10757697)
“@ArrowheadPride: Weston Dressler said today was a little rusty for the receivers. Plenty of drops"
Rusty? Sounds like they are picking up where they left off.
Pasta Little Brioni
07-21-2014 11:14 AM
Splooge
Mav
07-21-2014 11:17 AM
Alex Smith threw low and high.
Dante84
07-21-2014 12:18 PM
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>FYI: We can't tweet during these early practices (Today-Wed). Starting Thursday, we can.</p>— Arrowhead Pride (@ArrowheadPride) <a href="https://twitter.com/ArrowheadPride/statuses/491281489707823105">July 21, 2014</a></blockquote>
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Dante84
07-21-2014 12:19 PM
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Dee Ford watched practice, Aaron Murray watched film from last year. How they prepared for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ChiefsCamp?src=hash">#ChiefsCamp</a> & more.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>We post daily Chiefs pictures on our Facebook page. If you're into that, please like us here: <a href="https://t.co/OKsUAxMgPa">https://t.co/OKsUAxMgPa</a></p>— Arrowhead Pride (@ArrowheadPride) <a href="https://twitter.com/ArrowheadPride/statuses/491279454207897600">July 21, 2014</a></blockquote>
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