- VIDEO: A Rewind of Week One of Chiefs OTAs
- GALLERY: Day One of Chiefs OTAs
Kansas City Chiefs players and coaches were out on the practice field for OTA'a day one on Tuesday.
- ARTICLE: Chiefs Coach Andy Reid on CB Terrance Mitchell: "He's More Confident"
One of the top stories for the Kansas City Chiefs last season, particularly at the end of the year, was the play of cornerback Terrance Mitchell, who ranked among the top players in the league at that position over the final few weeks of the regular season.
From Week 13 to the end of the year, Mitchell had five passes defensed, **which ranked fifth in the league**, and opposing quarterbacks completed just 45.5 percent (15 of 33) of passes thrown in his direction, which ranked 10th.
The quarterback rating when testing Mitchell was just 58.8, which ranked just behind the Denver Broncos' standout duo of Chris Harris and Aqib Talib.
Simply put, he was good, like *really *good.
- TWEET: Checking in During Week 2 of Chiefs OTAs
OTAs week 2 pic.twitter.com/2gifFJ9jUh — Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) June 3, 2017
- ARTICLE: Andy Reid Calls Maclin Release "Worst Part" of Job, but Confident in Young WRs
With Maclin's release, the focus turns to a young Chiefs receiver's core, which doesn't have a player over the age of 24 right now.
Most of the attention will be on Albert Wilson (24), De'Anthony Thomas (24), Chris Conley (24), Tyreek Hill (23) and Demarcus Robinson (22), who hasn't seen the same amount of time on the field as the other four, but is a player Reid said has been impressive so far this offseason.
After catching 17 passes for 199 yards as a rookie in 2015, Conley more than doubled those numbers last year—stepping in as Maclin missed some time with a groin injury—and caught 44 passes for 530 yards.
Hill, who was named an All-Pro as a returner last year as a rookie, caught 61 passes for 593 yards and six touchdowns.
"I have a ton of trust in the young guys that they will step up and do a good job for us," Reid explained. "The point that we have here is we have some good players. I believe everyone has to be ready to go. I've never said we have a number one guy, that's just never where I have been with this thing. We try to mix it and mix it up the best way we possibly can.
"A few years ago you saw Maclin] catch a lot of passes, last year you saw [[Travis Kelce] with a lot of catches, and Tyreek [Hill] had a few. So, you try to spread it around and put enough pressure on defense as you possibly can.
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- GALLERY: Rookie STM Event
Rookie season ticket members got to attend a special event at Arrowhead stadium where they were able to meet the Chiefs rookies, KC Wolf, and attend a Q&A session with BJ Kissel and John Dorsey.
- TWEET: Alex Smith finds his target
- ARTICLE: Continuity Along Offensive Line Reason for Optimism for Chiefs' Offense
The Kansas City Chiefs have returned every offensive lineman who played a snap last year.
That, by itself, is reason enough to feel good about what the offense could look like heading into this season. That kind of continuity could only mean good things.
"We had real strong offensive line play last season, especially throughout the last half of the season," third-year center Mitch Morse said after Tuesday's OTA practice. "We had great continuity, guys stayed strong, took care of their bodies and they took the extra time outside of the facility to stay on the field. That's such a huge part of being an offensive lineman—the continuity.
"The only way we can do that is if we play together."
At left guard—whether it's Zach Fulton, who started 12 games last year, or Parker Ehinger, who started four and was lost midway through the season with a knee injury, there's plenty of reason to feel good about this group.
Three of the starters—left tackle Eric Fisher, right guard Laurent Duvernay-Tardif and right tackle Mitch Schwartz—are all on their second contracts. They have proven to play at a high level.
The fourth—Morse—has proven to be one of the league's better (and more athletic) centers.
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- VIDEO: Patrick Mahomes is Learning From his Mistakes
- TWEET: Mic'd up with Dustin Colquitt
Mic'd up with Dustin Colquitt at OTAs. pic.twitter.com/x7qrmPo3cV — Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) June 7, 2017
- ARTICLE: The NFL's Kicker Fraternity is Real, and Cairo Santos is a Part of It
Before he booted the doink-seen-round-the-world to win last season's Sunday Night Football thriller in Denver, before he helped clinch the team's first AFC West title in six years, before he became the NFL's Brazilian ambassador, Cairo Santos was, well, he was just a 22-year-old rookie.
The year was 2014, and he had just beat the incumbent Ryan Succop for Kansas City's kicker job in a training camp battle he was so unsure of, he'd asked visiting Madden representatives whether or not tryout players made the game.
Lo and behold, Santos dethroned the fan favorite in Succop, and what came with that challenge were the eyes of Chiefs fans watching very carefully.
The preseason was one thing, but the regular season was a whole different animal.
"Now, you're playing in front of 90,000 people, primetime, and some guys get it quick," Santos said. "Some guys get real comfortable in that situation. I'm not going to lie, for me, it took a little adjustment. It was a big difference between preseason and regular season, even though we had 50,000 people here in preseason. The adrenaline. People were yelling the whole game, and you just see cameras everywhere, people all over the sidelines. It's kind of a shock."
- VIDEO: Chris Jones Excited About New Celebration Rules
