ST. JOSEPH
On Wednesday morning, minutes after the Chiefs’ final training camp practice at Missouri Western ended, outside linebacker Dezman Moses took his place in front of a padded blue blocking dummy.
He smacked it with his arms and forearms at a quick, rhythmic pace reminiscent of a boxer training his hand-eye coordination on a speed bag.
It is a new ritual for Moses, but the same one star outside linebacker Justin Houston has faithfully done, post-practice, for the better part of two years.
“(You’re) just training your hands — eye, hand, muscle memory (to) be able to do things, even when you’re tired,” said Moses, 26.