The Kansas City Chiefs selected running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire with number 32 in the first round of the NFL draft on Thursday night, and in doing so, did something Andy Reid has never been a part of before. That should tell us something.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Early Thursday evening, more than two hours before the NFL Draft started and more than six hours before the Chiefs went on the clocks for their first selection, general manager Brett Veach made the call. He told head coach Andy Reid and club chairman and CEO Clark Hunt LSU running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire would be his …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — As the scouting process for the NFL Draft reaches its pick, Chiefs general manager Brett Veach gives head coach Andy Reid a group of players to evaluate. When Veach handed off the tape of LSU running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire, he invoked the name of a favorite player from Reid’s past in Philadelphia. “I told coach, I …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In the AFC West it’s all about keeping up with the Joneses – or rather the Mahomeses – so perhaps it’s no surprise that the Chiefs’ divisional rivals targeted offense in Thursday’s opening round of the 2020 NFL Draft. “I think teams certainly, they got to score some points against us,” Chiefs general manager Brett Veach …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The NFL released its list of compensatory selections in the 2020 NFL Draft but the Chiefs won’t hold one of the additional choices awarded to teams based on free agents lost during the 2019 offseason. That leaves the Chiefs sitting with five selections in this year’s draft, one in each of the first five rounds. The …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — NFL rivalries aren’t what they once were but if anything can redefine the Chiefs-Raiders rivalry for the modern era, it just might be the father and son duo of Reggie and Kahlil McKenzie. The son – born Reginald Kahlil McKenzie Jr. – threw down the gauntlet quickly, vowing “to whoop up on” the Raiders – where …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs emerged from the 2018 NFL draft with a defense-heavy class that ticks off almost all the team’s needs entering offseason workouts, and each of the six prospects offer reasons for hope and worry for their long-term success in the league. There’s plenty of reasons to believe why each pick fits one of the team’s …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs closed out a nearly all-defense draft in Saturday’s sixth round, selecting Central Arkansas cornerback Tremon Smith and Tennessee lineman Kahlil McKenzie. The Chiefs traded both of their remaining seventh-round picks in exchange for the right to select McKenzie, who is the son of Oakland Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie. The younger McKenzie played defensive …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs continued searching for help improving their porous defense with the addition of Texas A&M safety Armani Watts. Area scout Willie Davis repeated another common theme among this year’s draft class, hammering home on the toughness of the 5-11, 2015-pound safety. “He’s not the biggest kid but he’s instinctive,” Davis said. “He knows where to …