The Kansas City Chiefs completed day one of a three-day minicamp on Tuesday. Here’s some of the notes and observations of people who were there.
FOUR TRYOUT PLAYERS
The Chiefs invited four players, one of which was a former Missouri player, to participate in minicamp on a tryout basis. None of them are under contract. Terez A. Paylor has the names.
"Former Mizzou cornerback Kip Edwards, cornerback Quinton Byrd, receiver Mark Harrison and receiver Cole Stanford were invited to participate in the team’s three-day mandatory minicamp."
Paylor notes Byrd is wearing Brandon Flowers old number, 24.
DE’ANTHONY THOMAS MOVES AROUND THE FIELD, THEN GETS SICK
De’Anthony Thomas returned to the Chiefs after finally completing is school work at Oregon, and, as predicted, he began to get some reps at wide receivers in addition to some time at running back.
However, it appears the heat is going to take some getting used to for Thomas.
It's is going to take De'Anthony Thomas some time to get acclimated to the heat/humidity here in KC.
— Nick Jacobs (@Jacobs71) June 17, 2014
TRAVIS KELCE AND KYLE WILLIAMS BOTH PRACTICE
After sitting out the 10 voluntary practices over the last few weeks, but Kelce and Williams were back on the field after recovering from their offseason surgeries. Kelce is coming off of a microfracture surgery while Williams had his ACL repaired.
Travis Kelce picked up where he left off last year. He showcased the athletic ability. Some good catches today. He looked 100%
— Nick Jacobs (@Jacobs71) June 17, 2014
QUARTERBACK BATTLE STILL FORMING
It is very early in the process but we got a little bit of insight into how the quarterback battle is going.
“@blackNOTmixed: as of today, how do the QBs rank, in your opinion?” 1) Smith 2) Daniel 3) Bray 4) Murray is how they are getting reps.
— Nick Jacobs (@Jacobs71) June 17, 2014
One would think Murray is a lock to make the team, so the real battle is likely between Bray and Daniel (unless the Chiefs keep four quarterbacks). For his part, Bray looked solid on Tuesday.
Tyler Bray was impressive in his decision making today. He was willing to take the checkdowns when they were open. #Chiefs
— Nick Jacobs (@Jacobs71) June 17, 2014
SO, JUNIOR HEMINGWAY
DEMETRIUS HARRIS
Demetrius Harris is still turning heads at practices, hauling in some nice passes. He still dropping his fair share of throws, so keep that in mind.
Demetrius Harris made an impressive catch when the ball was throw behind him. Adjusted and still made the catch. #Chiefs
— Nick Jacobs (@Jacobs71) June 17, 2014