Early in its training camp at Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph, the Kansas City Chiefs were missing critical pieces in its defensive line. Chris Jones was (and still is) amid a contract holdout, Turk Wharton started on the physically unable to perform (PUP) list and Mike Danna suffered an early-camp calf injury.
In recent days, Wharton and Danna have returned to the field, but the front will still need reps to meet the level of play the rest of the defense has reached — particularly at the back end, where the Chiefs return nearly every starter from last season.