Wednesday morning the Kansas City Chiefs couldn’t use their normal practice ground at Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph, Missouri. Rain and thunderstorms in the area forced them to head indoors for the seventh full practice of the 2022 training camp.
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Second-round rookie wide receiver Skyy Moore was back on the practice field after leaving practice early with a hip injury on Tuesday. Although he didn’t appear on the field with his new teammates, defensive end Carlos Dunlap was scheduled to report to camp on Wednesday. We expect him to be available for practice on Thursday – and weather permitting, fans will get to see him in a Chiefs uniform for the first time.
Arrowhead Pride editor Pete Sweeney was there among other Chiefs beating reporters and TV crews, watching everything that was happening. Pete’s observations have already been posted on Twitter — and now we’re sharing them here.
Since reporting rules are a bit different for non-public practices (and indoor practices during training camp fall into this category), Pete took a somewhat different approach to some of his observations of the Wednesday.
LT Orlando Brown Jr. took part in his second practice of training camp on Wednesday, and he did a little more than Tuesday. This is a good thing. We’ll see if he puts in the full duration on Thursday, a lighter workout.
— Pete Sweeney (@pgsween) August 3, 2022
Another Chiefs player is start camp later than everyone else.
The prevailing thought is DE Carlos Dunlap will arrive in St. Joe today. Reid was asked if he would be in practice on Thursday.
“I’ll talk to him first. We’re going to come up with a plan for it to start here.
Dunlap has recorded at least 6.0 sacks every season since 2011.
— Pete Sweeney (@pgsween) August 3, 2022
Two other players who scared us this week seemed totally fine.
Lightweight QB Patrick Mahomes (ankle walked on Monday) and WR Skyy Moore (hip issue on Tuesday) are complete non-issues. In Wednesday’s look, the two moved like those moments hadn’t happened.
— Pete Sweeney (@pgsween) August 3, 2022
The head coach got an update on one of the players in the Active/PUP list.
CB Rashad Fenton (shoulder) remains on the PUP list.
“He’s another hard-working one,” Reid said. “We’ll see how it goes. I can’t give you an exact date, but he’s progressing and he’s working extremely hard.
— Pete Sweeney (@pgsween) August 3, 2022
It appeared that the players are almost ready for the next break.
We may already be approaching camp “dog days”. Wednesday’s indoor practice was a bit more hectic, and that may be a good thing. Chiefs will be good for a light day Thursday and a day off Friday. You can tell the players are ready to see another shirt.
— Pete Sweeney (@pgsween) August 3, 2022
And this is where we deviate from the usual procedure. After three days of padded training, here is 10 things Pete thinks:
1) I think the Chiefs are richer at TE than I thought before training camp. Before a quad problem, Jody Fortson was back to normal. But in Fortson’s absence, Noah Gray and Jordan Franks flashed. I think #83 deserves as much attention as #88.
— Pete Sweeney (@pgsween) August 3, 2022
2) I think LB rookie Leo Chenal may not earn a starting job at a camp (Elijah Lee has the advantage), but he will play a role in the rundown as a tamper. It’s great fun to watch and I know KC fans are going to love it.
— Pete Sweeney (@pgsween) August 3, 2022
I think it’s gonna be hard for #Heads keeping four running backs given the roomy talent WR and TE…and bearing in mind they’ll keep FB Mike Burton.
On Pacheco…He reminds many of us of Kareem Hunt…except he runs faster, a 4.37 dash for 40 yards. (2/2)
— Pete Sweeney (@pgsween) August 3, 2022
Reid: “Spags knows the position like the back of his hand… So [Dave Merritt] has been doing it for a long time…David works with these corners and has spent a lot of time with them as Spags. You can see he has talent there; the children are ready to work.”
— Pete Sweeney (@pgsween) August 3, 2022
5) I think the new balanced offense will ease the pressure on Patrick Mahomes to constantly watch the field for the former No. 10. I think JuJu and MVS could end up closer in yardage than people think , giving KC a real chance for three 1,000-yard pass catchers.
— Pete Sweeney (@pgsween) August 3, 2022
6) Laugh if you must, but I think DE Frank Clark, who showed up to camp at least 10 pounds, looks as good as he has since this late 2019. His departure is better and he looks as fresh on the pitch at the end of practices as he did at the start.
— Pete Sweeney (@pgsween) August 3, 2022
7) I think C Creed Humphrey not being a Pro Bowler in 2021 was a mistake, and if he stays healthy, it will be the last time in his career that he misses the demo game…or whatever Either way, they will change it.
— Pete Sweeney (@pgsween) August 3, 2022
8) I think I like chatter and goals from S Juan Thornhill (guaranteed to be an All-Pro) FROM Mike Danna (5-6 sacks) and LB Willie Gay Jr. (wants to lead NFL linebackers in INTs). Gay picked Mahomes on Wednesday and said if he could do it against 15, why not?
— Pete Sweeney (@pgsween) August 3, 2022
9) I think K Harrison Butker seems to be in mid-season form already…his lineup seems to be in the 50s.
— Pete Sweeney (@pgsween) August 3, 2022
10) I think the #Heads will keep six wide receivers, and I think one of them will definitely be Justin Watson. Speaking of Watson… (our notebook includes post-workout chat, press sound, injury report, tweet and quote of the day and more) https://t.co/UDzMBRpOGw
— Pete Sweeney (@pgsween) August 3, 2022
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