The Chiefs top draft pick from this past season, Breeland Speaks claimed that he isn’t overly anxious looking ahead to Thursday’s preseason opener. It’ll just be another workday, he deadpanned.
However, the rookie also calmly and nonchalantly said he intends to bring some “crazy” along with him each game day. Speaks stands 6-foot-3 and weighs 285 pounds. You’d think he’d be plenty intimidating even with a mild-mannered demeanor, but he explained to reporters that he has a heightened intensity on the football field.
“I heard you’ve got to be a little crazy to play defense,” Speaks said when asked about a video clip of him in a college game waving to the television camera, wide-eyed with a slightly creepy smile and looking like a villain in a superhero movie.