The Kansas City Chiefs’ rookie minicamp kicked off Saturday morning with 68 players taking the field for the first of three practices over the next three days.
“It’s a great opportunity for these guys,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid explained of this group, which consists of all six of the Chiefs’ draft picks, plus the 14 undrafted free agents who have already signed with the team, and then a number of tryout players. “They’ll get a lot of good individual work and they have an opportunity—that’s the best thing I can tell you.
“They have opportunity to play in the National Football League, which about less than 1 percent of people have an opportunity to do.