Don Stephenson

[keg in kc]

Stephenson's story is pretty cool. I didn't realize that he was a local kid and a life-long fan of the team. I didn't even know the NFL did local pro days (neat little video on the Chiefs website about it). We get stuck in all that draft hubub, who should go where, we should've taken player x, y and z instead, and sometimes miss the neat sidebar stuff.

[aturnis]

Originally Posted by keg in kc

Stephenson's story is pretty cool. I didn't realize that he was a local kid and a life-long fan of the team. I didn't even know the NFL did local pro days (neat little video on the Chiefs website about it). We get stuck in all that draft hubub, who should go where, we should've taken player x, y and z instead, and sometimes miss the neat sidebar stuff.

I don't think all teams do the local pro days. I believe it's new to the Chiefs since Pioli's been here...

[ChiefsCountry]

Originally Posted by aturnis

I don't think all teams do the local pro days. I believe it's new to the Chiefs since Pioli's been here...

Chiefs had them under Peterson.

[keg in kc]

Originally Posted by aturnis

I don't think all teams do the local pro days. I believe it's new to the Chiefs since Pioli's been here...

I don't know, tonight's the first time I heard about them. Judging by the video, teams are allowed to invite any players from within 40 miles of the metropolitan area where the team resides. They were kind of joking how different it is for some teams, mentioning Miami and how they could bring in every Hurricane player if they want, whereas the Chiefs have to scour local kids (regardless of the college they attended) as well as players at local universities, which here means small schools. KU and K-State are too far away.

I don't know a whole lot about it though, just what I could gather from the video. Neat idea, in any case, reminds me of the scouting camps local minor league baseball teams ran back when I still played.

[mdchiefsfan]

Originally Posted by keg in kc

Stephenson's story is pretty cool. I didn't realize that he was a local kid and a life-long fan of the team. I didn't even know the NFL did local pro days (neat little video on the Chiefs website about it). We get stuck in all that draft hubub, who should go where, we should've taken player x, y and z instead, and sometimes miss the neat sidebar stuff.

That's awesome. I didn't know that thanks for the info