Originally Posted by Coogs
Gretz afternoon practice update...
August 17, 2009 - Bob Gretz | 1 Comment
From River Falls, Wisconsin
Todd Haley was all over his offense in the Chiefs Monday afternoon practice here in the northwoods.
He kept up a constant chatter throughout the workout of encouragement, criticism and frustration as he asked his offense to be productive and start fast.
There were mixed results. At the end of practice, the Chiefs went into a situation period. The No. 1 offense had two minutes and 80 yards to score a TD with no timeouts. On seven plays, QB Matt Cassel had led the offense to the defense’s 43-yard line, but on the eighth play, his pass was picked off by CB Maurice Leggett.
The No. 2 offense had this situation: 50 seconds to play, one timeout and they needed a FG to win, with the ball starting ata their 40-yard line. Basically, the offense needed to get to the defense’s 25-yard line to set up a kick. QB Brodie Croyle completed two short passes and was forced to use his timeout. A third-and-2 play became a third-and-7 play when TE Brad Cottam jumped early and was penalized for a false start.
But on that play, Croyle found WR Mark Bradley wide open about 20 yards down the field and hit him in stride. Bradley then ran untouched through the No. 2 defense for a touchdown.
Other notes and highlights from the afternoon practice:
– WR Devard Darling left practice with about 30 minutes to go and trainers were working on his right shoulder. Typical of the new regime, Darling had an ice bag taped to his shoulder, and was then sent to the rehab area, where he rode a stationary bike for the rest of practice.
– With Darling out, WR Dwayne Bowe got some snaps with the first-team offense, catching three passes from QB Matt Cassel during the teamwork portion of practice.
– Sitting out the workout were the same four players that missed the morning practice: QB Tyler Thigpen, RB Kolby Smith, G Tavares Washington and ILB Zach Thomas, who did a lot of running and cutting during his work and looks like he’s close to being able to come back. Again, the Chiefs will release no details on his injury.
– In the team run portion of practice, the defense dominated, winning nine of the 12 plays.
– RG Mike Goff got the day off from the pass protection drill as Wade Smith handled the snaps at the position against the pass rushers. Goff took all the other snaps on the right side. Barry Richardson again ran with the first team O-Line at right tackle.
– In a red zone 7-on-7 passing drill, the Chiefs offense had 12 plays and scored just one TD as Cassel hooked up with WR Terrance Copper. Leggett, CB Brandon Carr and FS Jon McGraw knocked down passes in or near the end zone.
– After practice seven players caught balls off the machine as kick or punt returners; Leggett, Rodney Wright, Taurus Johnson, Londen Fryar, Dantrell Savage, Quinten Lawrence and Jackie Bates.
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