The Specialists, Anthony Sherman win best entrances at Chiefs training camp

From a NASCAR driving fullback to some armed forces convoy for the team’s specialists, it was an amazing day of arrivals for the Kansas City Chiefs.

It’s time to rank some things.

1. The NASCAR fullback

Every year, Anthony Sherman is the one to watch in terms of player entrances and this year, while the competition was much stiffer than ever, the reality is that no one out-entrances the fullback.

While in years past, the outfits have been loud enough to make us all pledge allegiance, this year it was the matching outfit and car. Specifically it was a driver’s outfit from NASCAR and a car from Clint Bowyer, a famous stock car driver from Emporia. Check out the following:

2. The Specialist Convoy

If a player (or group of players) are going to try to challenge Sherman for best way to come to training camp, Dustin Colquitt and the team’s specialists did an incredible job coming into camp in this huge military convoy vehicle (pretty sure that’s not the official name).

It was a head-turning moment to be sure and Colquitt, who later admitted to reporters that he’s an RV guy so he could handle driving this just fine, looked at home in such an impressive ride. That said, it falls to No. 2 here only because if we had to choose one of those vehicles to drive for ourselves, we’re taking the race car.

3. Chris Jones is on time

The deadline was 2:00 p.m. for players to arrive at training cam, and Chris Jones reportedly arrived exactly at the appointed time. There’s no way of knowing if Jones was trying to make a point with such a precise arrival, but we’re thrilled with any entrance that brings the talented defensive lineman into the fold.

There’s a lot of money at stake for both sides in the stalled negotiations on a long-term extension between Jones and the Chiefs. Fortunately, Jones was willing to show up and not prolong his absence until he absolutely had to be in camp by August 6. That display of good faith will hopefully nudge the Chiefs along in the interest in bringing both sides together.

No one knows when the Chiefs will find a way forward with Jones, but it’s much easier to do so when everyone is in the same place. We’re cautiously optimistic that can now happen with Jones in camp

4. Tyreek Hill is in the building

The Chiefs chose not to make wide receiver Tyreek Hill available to the media, but the fact that he’s even around to make that choice is a breath of fresh air for the team on the field. Personal feelings aside (for some) about Hill as a person, having Hill on the field as a player means the Chiefs can come to camp at full strength.

The rigors of the NFL schedule forces every team to do what they can at positions of need as injuries and fatigue set in week after week. It looked for a while as if the Chiefs were going to enter the season already in that mode, waiting for the moment they could be at full strength. Now they are not hamstrung and that should allow Andy Reid and company to breathe a bit easier as they prepare for Week 1.