2. Cornerback Mansoor Delane hauled in an interception during 11-on-11 drills.<\/p>\n
Delane, the No. 6 overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, tallied an interception when the ball glanced off the intended receiver’s hands and right into Delane’s grasp.<\/p>\n
The rookie cornerback is still sporting a yellow, non-contact jersey as he continues to work his way back to full strength from a shoulder injury suffered earlier this summer, but he’s still managing to make plays.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere on defense, cornerback Kristian Fulton logged a diving pass-breakup during 7-on-7 drills. Defensive back Jadon Canady also recorded a noteworthy play when he notched a pass-breakup on a short throw during an 11-on-11 period.<\/p>\n
3. Wide receiver Omari Evans was a standout on Saturday.<\/p>\n
An undrafted free agent signee, Evans flashed on Saturday with a handful of noteworthy plays.<\/p>\n
First, Evans hauled in a catch deep down the sideline during 7-on-7 drills while showing off his electric speed, which clocked a 4.28 40-yard dash at his pro day earlier this year. For context, that time would have tied for the third-fastest among all players at the NFL Scouting Combine.<\/p>\n
Evans then recorded another impressive play a little bit later when he completed a diving grab near the sideline during an 11-on-11 portion of practice.<\/p>\n
Overall, it was a strong day for a player who’s worth knowing as training camp continues.<\/p>\n
4. The “ramp up” to padded practices is now complete.<\/p>\n
The league-mandated process of “easing” into padded practices is now complete following Saturday’s session, setting the stage for the first padded practice of training camp on Monday morning.<\/p>\n
It’s obviously a major benchmark in the Chiefs’ preparation for the upcoming season, and keep in mind \u2013 due to league rules \u2013 Monday will mark the first time that Kansas City takes the field in pads since last season ended. The entirety of the offseason training program was limited to non-padded practices, meaning the\u00a0true evaluation of certain position groups \u2013 notably the linemen on both sides of the ball \u2013 can really begin on Monday.<\/p>\n
In regard to the defensive line specifically, defensive tackle Chris Jones \u2013 who mentioned Peter Woods and R Mason Thomas as standouts so far \u2013 shared his excitement about Monday’s session and beyond.<\/p>\n
“I’m excited about the young talent we have on the defensive line. [There’s] a lot of explosiveness,” Jones said. “I’m excited to get the pads on and see where we stand.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2. Cornerback Mansoor Delane hauled in an interception during 11-on-11 drills. Delane, the No. 6 overall pick in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":962220,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2063],"tags":[501,346,7,497,118,110,2438,2437,6,498,499,505,503,502,504,500],"class_list":["post-962219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-andy-reid","tag-chiefs","tag-football","tag-geha-field-at-arrowhead-stadium","tag-kansas-city","tag-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-kansascity","tag-kansascitychiefs","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-football","tag-patrick-mahomes","tag-super-bowl","tag-super-bowl-iv","tag-super-bowl-liv","tag-super-bowl-lvii","tag-travis-kelce"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/117025996997459180","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=962219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962219\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/962220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=962219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=962219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=962219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}