The Kansas City Chiefs took it easy on Monday after rain ruined their plans for practice at Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph. Nonetheless, the team’s offense put on a show during their truncated drills, and quarterback Patrick Mahomes did his best to make it worth the time of fans in attendance for their workouts.
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Check out all of the best stories from Kansas City’s practice and more on today’s edition of Chiefs check-in for the morning of Tuesday, August 1:
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Top Chiefs stories
- We broke down our five biggest standouts from the Chiefs’ first week of training camp practices.
- Cryptic tweets are the only new development in Chris Jones’ contract negotiations as the veteran defensive tackle continues his holdout from Kansas City’s training camp.
- Andy Reid elected to run a truncated practice on Monday as rain swept over the campus of Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph.
- Reid told reporters after Sunday’s workouts that he wasn’t too concerned with Travis Kelce’s behavior at practice this weekend after the tight end punched linebacker Jack Cochrane.
- Cornerback Joshua Williams spoke to the media on Sunday, making it clear that he feels that Kansas City’s receivers are some “slept-on dudes”.
In case you missed it
- Patrick Mahomes had to mediate a minor scrum between cornerback Jaylen Watson and Ihmir Smith-Marsette at the Chiefs’ Sunday practice session.
- Despite the madness, Mahomes managed to find four different receivers for touchdowns during red zone drills at Sunday’s workouts.
- Andy Reid broke down all of the Chiefs’ latest injuries on Sunday during his comments to the media.
- Travis Kelce got into a tussle with linebacker Jack Cochrane during Kansas City’s practice on Saturday in an unfortunate turn of events that would come to characterize the Chiefs’ weekend.
Around the AFC West
Top Broncos news
- Broncos receiver Tim Patrick suffered a torn Achilles during Denver’s workouts on Monday.
Las Vegas Raiders news
- Cornerback Nate Hobbs returned to practice for the Raiders after missing time at Las Vegas’ training camp due to an injury sustained when he got hit in the head with a softball.
Los Angeles Chargers news
- Chargers head coach Brandon Staley is looking to get receiver Keenan Allen more involved in Los Angeles’ early-down situations in 2023.
Around the NFL
- Quarterback Kyler Murray has no timetable for return according Cards Wire.
- Vikings Wire shared their top 10 takeaways from Minnesota’s latest training camp practice.
- First-round picks Zach Wilson and Mekhi Becton will reportedly play for the New York Jets in Thursday’s Hall of Fame game that will mark the official start of the NFL preseason.
- The Cleveland Browns hosted defensive lineman Shelby Harris for a free agent visit on Monday, fueling speculation that they are interested in upgrading their offensive line ahead of the regular season.
- Tampa Bay Buccanneers first-round pick Calijah Kancey was carted off the field at the team’s practice session on Monday.
