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Training Camp Day 1
by Bob Gretz

The Chiefs were in full pads and ended the afternoon with a live goal-line session where the offense had a slight edge on the defense. It was action that pleased Haley.

“There was great enthusiasm, great competition among the players, coaches and everybody involved,” Haley said. “I thought it was a good end of the practice with good spirit and competitiveness.”

Here’s more of what went down on the fields at Missouri Western:

– First-round draft choice S Eric Berry tweeted earlier in the day that he had a contract agreement with the team. But he did not make it to practice and Haley said after practice he wasn’t sure where things stood with Berry and his deal.

– Although Haley would not confirm, two players failed the conditioning test – DL Dion Gales and OL Ikechuku Ndukwe. They were not practicing and spent a lot of time running sprints on the sidelines with the strength and conditioning staff.

– Starting LG Brian Waters did pass the conditioning test on Thursday, but he did not practice on Friday. Haley wouldn’t address why, but it seemed to be the lingering effects of the foot/ankle injury that Waters suffered on the first day of training camp last year. He should not be out long.

– On top of the injury report is offensive coordinator Charlie Weis, who worked the practice from a scooter, occasionally standing with the help of a cane. Haley said that earlier in the week Weis left knee “gave out” and he had surgery. But he was on the field for the entire practice.

– A July depth chart is frequently never worth the paper it’s printed on, so take these next few items on their face value – the personnel moves of the first practice. On offense, it was Thomas Jones and Tim Castille behind Matt Cassel, with Leonard Pope at TE and WRs Chris Chambers and Dwayne Bowe. The offensive line from left to right was Branden Albert, Darryl Harris (for Waters), Rudy Niswanger, Ryan Lilja and Ryan O’Callaghan.

– The first team defense was Glenn Dorsey, Ron Edwards and Tyson Jackson across the front, with Vrabel, Tamba Hali, Demorrio Williams and Corey Mays at linebacker. In the secondary, the cornerbacks were Brandon Flowers and Brandon Carr, with Jon McGraw and Reshard Langford working at the safety spots.

– Here was the No. 2 defense – Wallace Gilberry and Bobby Greenwood at end, Derek Lokey at the nose, Andy Studebaker and Pierre Walters at OLB, with Derrick Johnson and Jovan Belcher inside. The cornerbacks were Maurice Leggett and Travis Daniels, with Kendrick Lewis and DaJuan Morgan at safety.

– And the No. 3 defense was – Jeffrey Fitzgerald and Alex Magee at end, Shaun Smith at the nose, Justin Cole and Cameron Sheffield at OLB, with David Herron and Cory Greenwood inside. At the corners were Javier Arenas and Mike Richardson, with Donald Washington and Ricky Price at safety.

– Working as deep snappers behind Thomas Gafford were Cory Greenwood and Lokey. Catching balls on returns were Dexter McCluster, Maurice Leggett, Jackie Bates, Quinten Lawrence and David Grimes.

– Some plays that stood out – nice block by Lilja in the 9-on-7 drill that gave Jones a lane to crack a nice run … good penetration by Johnson in filling a gap on a running play … another nice run by RB Kestahn Moore who showed good balance getting through the wash at the line of scrimmage … Cory Greenwood the Canadian linebacker keeps showing up, filling gaps nicely in the 9-on-7 … Cassel and Chambers hooked up on a nice 40-yard TD play, with a great throw by the QB. Carr was right on Chambers in coverage but the ball was placed perfectly.
– Leggett always seems to find his way to the football; he picked off a pass in the 7-on-7 drill.

The Chiefs have a pair of practices set for Saturday. We’ll have reports after each.

That sucks Tony is hurt

I could see Lewis starting this year

We have looked really good throughout preseason lucky to have no injuries yet

We havent had any major injuries. The Moeaki thing will hopefully work itself out.

Waters practiced with the first team today.

Waters being healthy is huge for us. Our O-line should be mcuh improved.

Gretz had some interesting comments about this afternoon's indoor practice.

- Haley said heat wasn't the main factor moving them inside. He said he wanted them to practice on turf since they're playing in a dome vs the Falcons.

- At Mo Carthon's request, the team practiced, "half time." they practiced for 90 minutes until the whistle blew then headed for the lockers before coming back out finish practice. Mo Carthon said it was an area of weakness last year! LOL! I like Carthon. That guy is a real outside the cube thinker.

- CB Travis Daniels got an INT off of Brodie,
and as he was running it back for 6, he got tackled by Charlie Weiss who rolled his scooter onto the field!!! Ha.... No not really, but Weiss did roll out his scooter to head him off. Still pretty funny.