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DaWolf · 11:47 AM

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**Tribal Warfare** · 08-03-2009, 11:49 AM

Sunday, August 2: Morning Practice

Extra, extra...

At 9:15 a.m. the horn went off, and the team met on field 2 for warm-ups and stretching. While the team was doing arm circle stretches, quarterback Matt Cassel and wide receiver Quinten Lawrence started the slow clap. The trend was short-lived, but it got a couple laughs out of the players.

While their teammates ran drills during practice, tight end Brad Cottam, running back Kolby Smith and linebacker Demorrio Williams were laying on the ground of field 3, pulling the giant cone-shaped dummies, that were fastened with a rope, 15 yards.

The team began cool-down stretches at 10:50 a.m.

The defensive backs took their turn signing autographs for excited fans after practice this morning. Cornerbacks Brandon Carr, Donald Washington, Travis Daniels and Ricardo Colclough and safeties Bernard Pollard, Mike Brown and Jarrad Page were a few of the players present during the signing period.

The Chiefs staff held a closed tryout after morning practice today. Media members were not allowed to enter the Ramer Field complex where the tryouts were taking place, but one player was seen passing balls, three players receiving balls and at least two linemen practicing drills. None of the players trying out were in pads. Team security turned away anyone who attempted to watch the tryouts from a distance, obviously trying to keep the identities of the players involved a secret.

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Bennie Dick of Goddard, Kan. spoke with UWRF reporters today. “This camp is awesome! I really like (Head Coach) Todd Haley because he gets on these guys and yells a lot.” When asked about what his favorite part of camp was, Dick said that he enjoyed watching his favorite team while relaxing on the sidelines and getting to be so close to the players. “This is my second year here. I was here in 2006,” Dick explained. “I also took a picture with (running back) Larry Johnson at the CBE (College Basketball Experience) Tournament in Kansas City a while back, and he signed it for me here at camp!”

Aaron Taylor of River Falls watched in awe today as the Chiefs offense and defense ran full-contact drills. “This is sweet!” Taylor exclaimed. “I love watching the full-contact drills because it is amazing to see all these huge guys hitting each other.” Taylor is a member of the UWRF Student Senate Committee and isalso involved in the Theta Chi Fraternity on campus.

Kristin Glanz of Woodbury Minn. attended the early part of morning camp today. “This is my first time visiting Chiefs camp even though I’m a student at UWRF,” Glanz stated. “It’s pretty cool to see all of the people that come to cheer them on, all dressed in red.” A member of multiple student organizations on campus, Glanz brainstormed, “we need to get more UWRF students out here. The team most likely won’t be here next year, so we might not get this chance again.”

Special Teams

At the sound of the horn, the team got together (minus the linemen) to work on kickoff situations on field 2. The players worked 3-on-3 to read leverage and coverage. A coach would holler out, “Kick right. Return right,” changing the directions each time. The blockers were told to block “over the top,” and some players needed the drill explained more than once. Rookie wide receiver Quinten Lawrence and rookie linebacker Corey Smith recquired a little extra attention. Later, safety Bernard Pollard and wide receiver Jeff Webb didn’t “run over the top” a few times, and the coaching staff at the drill let them hear it.

While the team was split by position, the kicker Ryan Succop kicked balls off a tee between fields 2 and 3. Succop was kicking the ball toward the south end of the field to long snapper Tanner Purdum. Succop’s kicks were traveling from about the 45-yard line to the endzone.

Kicker Ryan Succop got four live kicks in today during the team’s field goal practice. His first kick from 39 yards away, hit the left upright and bounced back onto the field. Safety Bernard Pollard just about got to the kick from the left edge. Succop’s second attempt from 39 yards was drilled. Succop then knocked down kicks of 42 yards and 44 yards to end the session. On the 42-yard attempt, cornerback Brandon Carr was close to getting a hand on the ball .During the teams kickoff session, the returners taking the most reps were cornerbacks Maurice Leggett and Ricky Price and wide receivers Taurus Johnson and Rodney Wright.

Offense

The Jugs machines were once again firing at the beginning of practice. Drops have been a recurring problem in the first three practices.Today, there were four notable drops to report. Wide receivers Quinten Lawrence, Bobby Engram, Jeff Webb and Taurus Johnson each had drops during 1-0 drills. After Webb’s drop Head Coach Todd Haley yelled, “Catch the ball against air, please!”

Tackle Damion McIntosh was in full pads for the first time this season. McIntosh jumped right back in with the first-string. Head Coach Todd Haley commented later that is was good to have McIntosh back in pads. “He is working hard on his body,” Haley said. McIntosh had a huge pancake block of defensive end Alfonso Boone in 2-on-1 blocking.

Absent from practice were tight ends Brad Cottam and Tony Curtis. Head Coach Todd Haley was asked about their absences later. “I will only comment about the players that are practicing,” he said. Then Haley was asked whether either tight end was still on the roster, and he gave the same response.

Tight end Sean Ryan got some extra opportunities with the absences of Brad Cottam and Tony Curtis and made the most of it. Ryan made a spectacular, twisting sideline catch on a ball thrown by quarterback Matt Cassel. Head Coach Todd Haley commented on the catch later saying, “I thought that was a tremendous catch in traffic.”

Footwork drills seemed to be more prevalent today than in the last three practices. The quarterbacks and offensive line spent more time than usual working on footwork. The quarterbacks spent time taking snaps from center and working on different types of drops and handoff timing. The offensive line spent most of that session working on pulling in different directions and from different angles.

The offensive line and defensive front seven members were locked up in a 2-on-2 blocking drill. It was one of the most intense sessions of training camp thus far. The coaches were yelling, and the hitting was fierce. Head Coach Todd Haley yelled to get the drill started, “Lets go! Lets get woke up now!” The third group was slow getting the drill started, and quarterback Brodie Croyle got yelled at by Offensive Line Coach Bill Muir. “Quit wasting time! Call the god(dang) play!” he hollered. The third group continued to get some razzing. This time it was from Coach Haley. “You’re patty-caking over there.Come on, Bob (Tight End Coach Bob Bicknell). Get these guys off the ball. You’re the quietest group out here!”

The quarterbacks met on field 2 to throw balls at the target screen. Brodie Croyle was able to hit the middle target while rolling to his left one time. Croyle went 1-5 from the left. Tyler Thigpen went 0-5, and Matt Cassel went 0-3. Ingle Martin was able to hit the lower of the three targets, allowing him to go 1-5 from the left. Things were a little more positive looking when the quarterbacks moved to rolling to the right. Croyle hit the middle target twice, going 2-4. Thigpen continued to struggle from the right, going 0-4. Martin was able to hit both the upper and lower targets, finishing 2-3 from the right side. Cassel hit the middle target once, ending with a 1-5 record on the right.

During 7-on-7, quarterback Matt Cassel overthrew wide receiver Devard Darling due to the good coverage by cornerback Brandon Flowers. Cassel would later complete a pass to running back Larry Johnson for a small gain and another pass to wide receiver Bobby Engram who was quickly cleaned up by linebacker Zach Thomas. Safety Bernard Pollard would have had a huge tackle on running back Javarris Williams had the drill been being ran live. Quarterback Brodie Croyle threw a high ball to fullback Jed Collins, who was able to reach for the completion for a short gain. Later, however, Collins would let a nicely thrown Croyle pass soar right through his hands. Quarterback Tyler Thigpen threw a sideline pass to wide receiver Jeff Webb. Webb was able to get both feet down before falling out of bounds. Pollard was impressed, jumping up and down, hollering in excitement. Head Coach Todd Haley had seen the play as well, and said, “Good job, Webb.” to the four-year receiver. Rookie receiver Quinten Lawrence jumped offside, and a coach hollered, “Get him out of there!” Wide receiver Bobby Engram replaced Lawrence on the play. Cassel had a huge pass to wide receiver Mark Bradley, resulting in a 35 to 40-yard gain. Cassel’s next pass was a bit high to Darling, but the receiver was able to get some air and make the grab. A Croyle ball was almost picked off by linebacker Andy Studebaker. The ball went right through the hands of Studebaker, who cut off the receiver’s route. Studebaker was frustrated with himself, shouting obsceneties as he ran to the huddle. To end the 7-on-7 drill, Croyle had a completion to receiver Rodney Wright on the sideline.

During the team's 11-on-11 drill toward the end of practice, running back Jackie Battle had the ball knocked away from him after the whistle was blown. Head Coach Todd Haley screamed at Battle for the lack of focus. “Hold onto the football. You protect that thing all the way back to the huddle!” Haley shouted. Haley talked about the situation later in his press conference. “Those offensive guys have to protect the football at all times [like their life depends on it]. I am blowing the whistle for the defense.”

Defense

Before the official start of practice, the entire defensive squad was on the field, running various drills. The linebackers and defensive backs worked together on a drill that used five garbage bins to represent the offensive line. During the drill, Defensive Coordinator Clancy Pendergast called out linebacker Turk McBride on something he did incorrectly. McBride switched from defensive end to linebacker this season in order to accommodate the Chiefs new 3-4 defense. Pendergast and McBride spent a few minutes discussing the drill.

Linebacker Derrick Johnson was in full pads and practicing this morning after sitting out the last two practices. Johnson worked with the linebackers for a bit before heading over to the stationary bikes to work out with his teammates that weren’t suited up. Johnson wouldn’t return to practice with his team the remainder of the morning. Defensive end Glenn Dorsey and linebacker Demorrio Williams weren’t in pads and were not participating in practice again today. Neither player has participated in a practice yet.

Rookie defensive end Alex Magee continued to see time with the first-string, as he has been all of training camp thus far. Magee was the Chiefs 67th overall pick in the 2009 NFL Draft.

Defensive Line Coach Tim Krumrie sounded like he was losing his voice during the early drills of practice this morning. By mid-practice, Krumrie’s voice seemed to be almost full strength again as he hollered quite a bit at his defensive linemen throughout later drills.

While the defense was working together on a drill that practiced getting off the line of scrimmage, a Nerf football was used for snaps. Defensive Line Coach Tim Krumrie hollered, “Let’s get out head out of our (butt), and let’s go.” as some of the defensive linemen were getting pushed off the line of scrimmage. Later, Krumrie commented on the “good tempo” he was seeing from the entire defensive squad during the drill.

After warm-ups and stretches, the defensive got together as a collective squad and ran a few patterns over the padded hurdles. Defensive Coordinator Clancy Pendergast kept telling the defensive backs to make sure they “accelerate off,” and Defensive Line Coach Tim Krumrie kept telling the linemen to have “quick feet.” The defensive split after the hurdles. The defensive line hit on the stationary sled, and the linebackers worked on getting off the line of scrimmage, stuttering and then exploding. The defensive backs back-peddled and cut back up, practicing making interceptions.

While the defensive line worked on the single sled, Defensive Line Coach Tim Krumrie shouted, “Tattoo that son of a (gun), and snap his head back. Fly back his (butt)!” Krumrie seemed to be pretty intense during this morning’s practice. Defensive end Alex Magee was having a hard time knowing how to place his arms when they were pinning the single sled. Krumrie had the rookie hit the sled multiple times until he was satistifed with Magee’s performance.

While running through the cone-shaped dummies, Defensive Line Coach Tim Krumrie hollered, “Don’t frickin’ cruise. Stop cruising!” After the drill with the dummies, Krumrie had his men move to a new drill where they used a big, orange ball. The ball represented an offensive linemen. Krumrie would roll the ball to the them from both the left and the right, and the linemen would have to shove the ball back toward Krumrie and continue to accelerate off the yard line, representing the line of scrimmage.

The defensive line worked one-on-one against each other. One player was representing the offensive linemen, and the defensive player was trying to bust past the blocker, off the line of scrimmage. Defensive Line Coach Tim Krumrie was getting frustrated with the linemen when they weren’t keeping their elbows in. Defensive ends Alex Magee and Wallace Gilberry received the brunt of this frustration.

The defensive backs worked with the wide receivers on some one-on-one coverage of pass routes. After a while, the quarterbacks joined the backs and receivers to throw some balls on the routes. The last play of the drill was a highly praised interception by cornerback Brandon Flowers.

After a drill, linebacker Mike Vrabel, a 13-year veteran, was showing two-year linebacker Andy Studebaker how he should be using his arms during the drill. As the two walked away, joining the rest of the linebackers on field 1, Studebaker patted Vrabel on the back.

A session with the defensive lineman and the offensive lineman, running a 2-on-1 blocking drill was dominated by the defense. The stand-out of the drill was defensive end Alex Magee. Magee destroyed offensive linemen Mike Goff and Wade Smith on separate occasions. Linebackers Mike Vrabel and Tamba Hali were present for half the drill. Hali made an athletic move to shoot to the inside of Barry Richardson without being touched.

Hammock Parties · 08-03-2009, 11:53 AM

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Cassel’s next pass was a bit high to Darling, but the receiver was able to get some air and make the grab.

THAT'S MY BOY

**Tribal Warfare** · 08-03-2009, 11:59 AM

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- In one of the running drills, OLB Tamba Hali came off the edge and his collision with pulling RG Mike Goff could be heard all t hew ay to the Twin Cities. Goff ended up on the ground.

- In the pass rush-protection drill, rookie LB Jovan Belcher went head-to-head with McIntosh and took two of the three snaps. On the third, he ran McIntosh over with a bull rush, with the veteran tackle landing on his behind. Impressive power from Belcher.

- In the one-on-one pass protection-rush, NT Tank Tyler and LB Brian Waters had a great battle for three snaps; neither one had the advantage … rookie DE Alex Magee had several nice rushes against Wade Smith, Darryl Harris and Goldberg; Magee beat Smith with the same move he beat him with in yesterday’s practice and he got Goldberg on a nice spin move … at RT Herb Taylor had a nice series against DE Wallace Gilberry, taking two of the three snaps and working the third to a draw … Hali ran around Richardson at one point, but the tackle came back to put in two nice snaps against the outside linebacker.

- Working as kickoff returners during the session were six p layers: Rodney Wright, Maurice Leggett, Taurus Johnson, Jackie Bates, Londen Fryar and Ricky Price.

- In his part of the team work, Cassel was six-for-six in throwing, including hitting that nice throw on the run to Ryan. Brodie Croyle got the snaps with the second-unit offense and hit two of three throws. The only incompletion was a pass to WR Rodney Wright that was broken up on a nice play by FS Jon McGraw. Tyler Thigpen was two for two on his three plays.

- Haley had the offense work two series of plays where they began 1st and 10 at their own 1-yard line. On the first play, Cassel went deep to WR Dwayne Bowe, but CB Brandon Flowers had nice coverage and broke up the play. When Croyle got his chance, he was able to move the offense out of the hole and got a first down.

Hammock Parties · 08-03-2009, 12:00 PM

McIntosh got owned by a rookie free agent LAST year in camp, too.

**** that guy!

Sweet Daddy Hate · 08-03-2009, 12:01 PM

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The third group was slow getting the drill started, and quarterback Brodie Croyle got yelled at by Offensive Line Coach Bill Muir. “Quit wasting time! Call the god(dang) play!” he hollered. The third group continued to get some razzing. This time it was from Coach Haley. “You’re patty-caking over there.Come on, Bob (Tight End Coach Bob Bicknell). Get these guys off the ball. You’re the quietest group out here!”

Frickin' Brokie...

Hammock Parties · 08-03-2009, 12:08 PM

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Frickin' Brokie...

**the Talking Can** · 08-03-2009, 12:17 PM

lots of good chatter about magee so far...

**DaKCMan AP** · 08-03-2009, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Tribal Warfare

Whether it's about conditioning or humiliation, Dorsey remains in the doghouse

Chiefs defensive end Glenn Dorsey hasn't yet touched the practice field, although he has seen all of his previously out-of-shape teammates leave him on the PUP list and head toward team drills.

Dorsey is one of at least five regulars who failed Friday's conditioning test. Dorsey remains, and that's not a good sign for a second-year defender with a fat contract and reportedly still within grasp of his enormous potential. But he's useless to the Chiefs in conditioning purgatory, and coach Todd Haley isn't letting up on the guy.

"I’m a selfish coach," Haley said. "If you’re not on the field practicing, you can’t help me do my job."

As long as we're talking about work, let's discuss the grind that Dorsey is undergoing. He's spending time on sprints and the stationary bike, but I can't help but think that some of the exercises he's doing aren't more for continued humiliation of the one player who can't seem to get in shape.

Dorsey continues to spend his hours pulling, pushing, dragging and moving. Yesterday, he and Damion McIntosh took turns walking the length of the field either holding a barbell above their heads or hugging a 45-pound plate. On Monday, Haley apparently had Dorsey practice his fishing technique, lying on his back and dragging a blocking dummy in short bursts until it had reached him. Dorsey would finish his odd assignment, stand there bewildered for a few moments, then walk off to do something else.

This is the football equivalent of being confined to the stocks, an embarrassing punishment while everyone else watches.

In an ironic and cruel twist Monday, the Oscar-Meyer Wienermobile parked less than 50 yards from Dorsey's conditioning zone.

Urban Meyer does similar things with his players and "The Pit".

It was just the introduction to Meyer’s way of bringing the team together. There were many more, such as early morning training sessions and midnight practices. There was place called the pit, for players who couldn’t practice for one reason or another.

Players quickly learned that conditioning drills in the pit were far worse than contact on the practice field.

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article...-to-title-game

In his first practices at Florida, Meyer introduced his new team to "The Pit" — where players would lug boulders up and down stadium steps while heavy steel chains covered their shoulders and chests.

http://www.calendarlive.com/orl-spor...,192093.column

JD10367 · 08-03-2009, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Chiefnj2

From the UWRF:
"The Chiefs staff held a closed tryout after morning practice today. Media members were not allowed to enter the Ramer Field complex where the tryouts were taking place, but one player was seen passing balls, three players receiving balls and at least two linemen practicing drills. None of the players trying out were in pads. Team security turned away anyone who attempted to watch the tryouts from a distance, obviously trying to keep the identities of the players involved a secret."

Michael Vick is in da house.

Pats just cut second-year LB Vince Redd. I wouldn't doubt it if he was one of the guys.

**the Talking Can** · 08-03-2009, 12:34 PM

Bob Glauber (?), some nfl reporter on petro spent 10 minutes polishing Haley's knob....loves him, says he is the most like Parcells of any of parcell's "disciples"...convinced he'll win in KC..

just fyi....

TRR · 08-03-2009, 01:11 PM

Cottam was held out today because of a slight ankle sprain in last nights practice...although it was more of a hurt ego IMO. He dropped a perfectly thrown ball last night on a seam route, and got up limping while getting an ear full from Haley...

Haley then watched Cottam getting his ankle taped a bit later and yelled "that's your life story Cottam!". "That's your life story!".
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Hammock Parties · 08-03-2009, 01:14 PM

Wow...Haley being a bit of a jerk.

**the Talking Can** · 08-03-2009, 01:19 PM

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Wow...Haley being a bit of a jerk.

he's being parcells, for better or worse....constant mind ****

being injured will get you cut.....

this is exactly what the guy on the radio was talking about...haley is in your face about it, no discrete comments or distant glares

Titty Meat · 08-03-2009, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Tribal Warfare

More From Gretz

- In one of the running drills, OLB Tamba Hali came off the edge and his collision with pulling RG Mike Goff could be heard all t hew ay to the Twin Cities. Goff ended up on the ground.

WHAT?

Tiger's Fan · 08-03-2009, 01:27 PM

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he's being parcells, for better or worse....constant mind ****

being injured will get you cut.....

And being soft will get you injured. This roster needs to be broken down and completely rebuilt with mental toughness.

Herm was the personification of pussification.

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Tribal Warfare Man of Culture Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Far Beyond Comprehension Casino cash: $-3077187	Sunday, August 2: Morning Practice Extra, extra... At 9:15 a.m. the horn went off, and the team met on field 2 for warm-ups and stretching. While the team was doing arm circle stretches, quarterback Matt Cassel and wide receiver Quinten Lawrence started the slow clap. The trend was short-lived, but it got a couple laughs out of the players. While their teammates ran drills during practice, tight end Brad Cottam, running back Kolby Smith and linebacker Demorrio Williams were laying on the ground of field 3, pulling the giant cone-shaped dummies, that were fastened with a rope, 15 yards. The team began cool-down stretches at 10:50 a.m. The defensive backs took their turn signing autographs for excited fans after practice this morning. Cornerbacks Brandon Carr, Donald Washington, Travis Daniels and Ricardo Colclough and safeties Bernard Pollard, Mike Brown and Jarrad Page were a few of the players present during the signing period. The Chiefs staff held a closed tryout after morning practice today. Media members were not allowed to enter the Ramer Field complex where the tryouts were taking place, but one player was seen passing balls, three players receiving balls and at least two linemen practicing drills. None of the players trying out were in pads. Team security turned away anyone who attempted to watch the tryouts from a distance, obviously trying to keep the identities of the players involved a secret. Fans Bennie Dick of Goddard, Kan. spoke with UWRF reporters today. “This camp is awesome! I really like (Head Coach) Todd Haley because he gets on these guys and yells a lot.” When asked about what his favorite part of camp was, Dick said that he enjoyed watching his favorite team while relaxing on the sidelines and getting to be so close to the players. “This is my second year here. I was here in 2006,” Dick explained. “I also took a picture with (running back) Larry Johnson at the CBE (College Basketball Experience) Tournament in Kansas City a while back, and he signed it for me here at camp!” Aaron Taylor of River Falls watched in awe today as the Chiefs offense and defense ran full-contact drills. “This is sweet!” Taylor exclaimed. “I love watching the full-contact drills because it is amazing to see all these huge guys hitting each other.” Taylor is a member of the UWRF Student Senate Committee and isalso involved in the Theta Chi Fraternity on campus. Kristin Glanz of Woodbury Minn. attended the early part of morning camp today. “This is my first time visiting Chiefs camp even though I’m a student at UWRF,” Glanz stated. “It’s pretty cool to see all of the people that come to cheer them on, all dressed in red.” A member of multiple student organizations on campus, Glanz brainstormed, “we need to get more UWRF students out here. The team most likely won’t be here next year, so we might not get this chance again.” Special Teams At the sound of the horn, the team got together (minus the linemen) to work on kickoff situations on field 2. The players worked 3-on-3 to read leverage and coverage. A coach would holler out, “Kick right. Return right,” changing the directions each time. The blockers were told to block “over the top,” and some players needed the drill explained more than once. Rookie wide receiver Quinten Lawrence and rookie linebacker Corey Smith recquired a little extra attention. Later, safety Bernard Pollard and wide receiver Jeff Webb didn’t “run over the top” a few times, and the coaching staff at the drill let them hear it. While the team was split by position, the kicker Ryan Succop kicked balls off a tee between fields 2 and 3. Succop was kicking the ball toward the south end of the field to long snapper Tanner Purdum. Succop’s kicks were traveling from about the 45-yard line to the endzone. Kicker Ryan Succop got four live kicks in today during the team’s field goal practice. His first kick from 39 yards away, hit the left upright and bounced back onto the field. Safety Bernard Pollard just about got to the kick from the left edge. Succop’s second attempt from 39 yards was drilled. Succop then knocked down kicks of 42 yards and 44 yards to end the session. On the 42-yard attempt, cornerback Brandon Carr was close to getting a hand on the ball .During the teams kickoff session, the returners taking the most reps were cornerbacks Maurice Leggett and Ricky Price and wide receivers Taurus Johnson and Rodney Wright. Offense The Jugs machines were once again firing at the beginning of practice. Drops have been a recurring problem in the first three practices.Today, there were four notable drops to report. Wide receivers Quinten Lawrence, Bobby Engram, Jeff Webb and Taurus Johnson each had drops during 1-0 drills. After Webb’s drop Head Coach Todd Haley yelled, “Catch the ball against air, please!” Tackle Damion McIntosh was in full pads for the first time this season. McIntosh jumped right back in with the first-string. Head Coach Todd Haley commented later that is was good to have McIntosh back in pads. “He is working hard on his body,” Haley said. McIntosh had a huge pancake block of defensive end Alfonso Boone in 2-on-1 blocking. Absent from practice were tight ends Brad Cottam and Tony Curtis. Head Coach Todd Haley was asked about their absences later. “I will only comment about the players that are practicing,” he said. Then Haley was asked whether either tight end was still on the roster, and he gave the same response. Tight end Sean Ryan got some extra opportunities with the absences of Brad Cottam and Tony Curtis and made the most of it. Ryan made a spectacular, twisting sideline catch on a ball thrown by quarterback Matt Cassel. Head Coach Todd Haley commented on the catch later saying, “I thought that was a tremendous catch in traffic.” Footwork drills seemed to be more prevalent today than in the last three practices. The quarterbacks and offensive line spent more time than usual working on footwork. The quarterbacks spent time taking snaps from center and working on different types of drops and handoff timing. The offensive line spent most of that session working on pulling in different directions and from different angles. The offensive line and defensive front seven members were locked up in a 2-on-2 blocking drill. It was one of the most intense sessions of training camp thus far. The coaches were yelling, and the hitting was fierce. Head Coach Todd Haley yelled to get the drill started, “Lets go! Lets get woke up now!” The third group was slow getting the drill started, and quarterback Brodie Croyle got yelled at by Offensive Line Coach Bill Muir. “Quit wasting time! Call the god(dang) play!” he hollered. The third group continued to get some razzing. This time it was from Coach Haley. “You’re patty-caking over there.Come on, Bob (Tight End Coach Bob Bicknell). Get these guys off the ball. You’re the quietest group out here!” The quarterbacks met on field 2 to throw balls at the target screen. Brodie Croyle was able to hit the middle target while rolling to his left one time. Croyle went 1-5 from the left. Tyler Thigpen went 0-5, and Matt Cassel went 0-3. Ingle Martin was able to hit the lower of the three targets, allowing him to go 1-5 from the left. Things were a little more positive looking when the quarterbacks moved to rolling to the right. Croyle hit the middle target twice, going 2-4. Thigpen continued to struggle from the right, going 0-4. Martin was able to hit both the upper and lower targets, finishing 2-3 from the right side. Cassel hit the middle target once, ending with a 1-5 record on the right. During 7-on-7, quarterback Matt Cassel overthrew wide receiver Devard Darling due to the good coverage by cornerback Brandon Flowers. Cassel would later complete a pass to running back Larry Johnson for a small gain and another pass to wide receiver Bobby Engram who was quickly cleaned up by linebacker Zach Thomas. Safety Bernard Pollard would have had a huge tackle on running back Javarris Williams had the drill been being ran live. Quarterback Brodie Croyle threw a high ball to fullback Jed Collins, who was able to reach for the completion for a short gain. Later, however, Collins would let a nicely thrown Croyle pass soar right through his hands. Quarterback Tyler Thigpen threw a sideline pass to wide receiver Jeff Webb. Webb was able to get both feet down before falling out of bounds. Pollard was impressed, jumping up and down, hollering in excitement. Head Coach Todd Haley had seen the play as well, and said, “Good job, Webb.” to the four-year receiver. Rookie receiver Quinten Lawrence jumped offside, and a coach hollered, “Get him out of there!” Wide receiver Bobby Engram replaced Lawrence on the play. Cassel had a huge pass to wide receiver Mark Bradley, resulting in a 35 to 40-yard gain. Cassel’s next pass was a bit high to Darling, but the receiver was able to get some air and make the grab. A Croyle ball was almost picked off by linebacker Andy Studebaker. The ball went right through the hands of Studebaker, who cut off the receiver’s route. Studebaker was frustrated with himself, shouting obsceneties as he ran to the huddle. To end the 7-on-7 drill, Croyle had a completion to receiver Rodney Wright on the sideline. During the team's 11-on-11 drill toward the end of practice, running back Jackie Battle had the ball knocked away from him after the whistle was blown. Head Coach Todd Haley screamed at Battle for the lack of focus. “Hold onto the football. You protect that thing all the way back to the huddle!” Haley shouted. Haley talked about the situation later in his press conference. “Those offensive guys have to protect the football at all times [like their life depends on it]. I am blowing the whistle for the defense.” Defense Before the official start of practice, the entire defensive squad was on the field, running various drills. The linebackers and defensive backs worked together on a drill that used five garbage bins to represent the offensive line. During the drill, Defensive Coordinator Clancy Pendergast called out linebacker Turk McBride on something he did incorrectly. McBride switched from defensive end to linebacker this season in order to accommodate the Chiefs new 3-4 defense. Pendergast and McBride spent a few minutes discussing the drill. Linebacker Derrick Johnson was in full pads and practicing this morning after sitting out the last two practices. Johnson worked with the linebackers for a bit before heading over to the stationary bikes to work out with his teammates that weren’t suited up. Johnson wouldn’t return to practice with his team the remainder of the morning. Defensive end Glenn Dorsey and linebacker Demorrio Williams weren’t in pads and were not participating in practice again today. Neither player has participated in a practice yet. Rookie defensive end Alex Magee continued to see time with the first-string, as he has been all of training camp thus far. Magee was the Chiefs 67th overall pick in the 2009 NFL Draft. Defensive Line Coach Tim Krumrie sounded like he was losing his voice during the early drills of practice this morning. By mid-practice, Krumrie’s voice seemed to be almost full strength again as he hollered quite a bit at his defensive linemen throughout later drills. While the defense was working together on a drill that practiced getting off the line of scrimmage, a Nerf football was used for snaps. Defensive Line Coach Tim Krumrie hollered, “Let’s get out head out of our (butt), and let’s go.” as some of the defensive linemen were getting pushed off the line of scrimmage. Later, Krumrie commented on the “good tempo” he was seeing from the entire defensive squad during the drill. After warm-ups and stretches, the defensive got together as a collective squad and ran a few patterns over the padded hurdles. Defensive Coordinator Clancy Pendergast kept telling the defensive backs to make sure they “accelerate off,” and Defensive Line Coach Tim Krumrie kept telling the linemen to have “quick feet.” The defensive split after the hurdles. The defensive line hit on the stationary sled, and the linebackers worked on getting off the line of scrimmage, stuttering and then exploding. The defensive backs back-peddled and cut back up, practicing making interceptions. While the defensive line worked on the single sled, Defensive Line Coach Tim Krumrie shouted, “Tattoo that son of a (gun), and snap his head back. Fly back his (butt)!” Krumrie seemed to be pretty intense during this morning’s practice. Defensive end Alex Magee was having a hard time knowing how to place his arms when they were pinning the single sled. Krumrie had the rookie hit the sled multiple times until he was satistifed with Magee’s performance. While running through the cone-shaped dummies, Defensive Line Coach Tim Krumrie hollered, “Don’t frickin’ cruise. Stop cruising!” After the drill with the dummies, Krumrie had his men move to a new drill where they used a big, orange ball. The ball represented an offensive linemen. Krumrie would roll the ball to the them from both the left and the right, and the linemen would have to shove the ball back toward Krumrie and continue to accelerate off the yard line, representing the line of scrimmage. The defensive line worked one-on-one against each other. One player was representing the offensive linemen, and the defensive player was trying to bust past the blocker, off the line of scrimmage. Defensive Line Coach Tim Krumrie was getting frustrated with the linemen when they weren’t keeping their elbows in. Defensive ends Alex Magee and Wallace Gilberry received the brunt of this frustration. The defensive backs worked with the wide receivers on some one-on-one coverage of pass routes. After a while, the quarterbacks joined the backs and receivers to throw some balls on the routes. The last play of the drill was a highly praised interception by cornerback Brandon Flowers. After a drill, linebacker Mike Vrabel, a 13-year veteran, was showing two-year linebacker Andy Studebaker how he should be using his arms during the drill. As the two walked away, joining the rest of the linebackers on field 1, Studebaker patted Vrabel on the back. A session with the defensive lineman and the offensive lineman, running a 2-on-1 blocking drill was dominated by the defense. The stand-out of the drill was defensive end Alex Magee. Magee destroyed offensive linemen Mike Goff and Wade Smith on separate occasions. Linebackers Mike Vrabel and Tamba Hali were present for half the drill. Hali made an athletic move to shoot to the inside of Barry Richardson without being touched. __________________
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08-03-2009, 11:59 AM	#138
Tribal Warfare Man of Culture Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Far Beyond Comprehension Casino cash: $-3077187	More From Gretz - In one of the running drills, OLB Tamba Hali came off the edge and his collision with pulling RG Mike Goff could be heard all t hew ay to the Twin Cities. Goff ended up on the ground. - In the pass rush-protection drill, rookie LB Jovan Belcher went head-to-head with McIntosh and took two of the three snaps. On the third, he ran McIntosh over with a bull rush, with the veteran tackle landing on his behind. Impressive power from Belcher. - In the one-on-one pass protection-rush, NT Tank Tyler and LB Brian Waters had a great battle for three snaps; neither one had the advantage … rookie DE Alex Magee had several nice rushes against Wade Smith, Darryl Harris and Goldberg; Magee beat Smith with the same move he beat him with in yesterday’s practice and he got Goldberg on a nice spin move … at RT Herb Taylor had a nice series against DE Wallace Gilberry, taking two of the three snaps and working the third to a draw … Hali ran around Richardson at one point, but the tackle came back to put in two nice snaps against the outside linebacker. - Working as kickoff returners during the session were six p layers: Rodney Wright, Maurice Leggett, Taurus Johnson, Jackie Bates, Londen Fryar and Ricky Price. - In his part of the team work, Cassel was six-for-six in throwing, including hitting that nice throw on the run to Ryan. Brodie Croyle got the snaps with the second-unit offense and hit two of three throws. The only incompletion was a pass to WR Rodney Wright that was broken up on a nice play by FS Jon McGraw. Tyler Thigpen was two for two on his three plays. - Haley had the offense work two series of plays where they began 1st and 10 at their own 1-yard line. On the first play, Cassel went deep to WR Dwayne Bowe, but CB Brandon Flowers had nice coverage and broke up the play. When Croyle got his chance, he was able to move the offense out of the hole and got a first down. __________________
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08-03-2009, 12:00 PM	#139
Hammock Parties I'll be back. Join Date: Nov 2002 Casino cash: $720478	McIntosh got owned by a rookie free agent LAST year in camp, too. **** that guy! __________________ Chiefs game films
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08-03-2009, 12:17 PM	#142
the Talking Can Supporter Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: street Casino cash: $9092208	lots of good chatter about magee so far... __________________ Clark Hunt: "Thank god for the Dominican pool boy"
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08-03-2009, 12:34 PM	#145
the Talking Can Supporter Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: street Casino cash: $9092208	Bob Glauber (?), some nfl reporter on petro spent 10 minutes polishing Haley's knob....loves him, says he is the most like Parcells of any of parcell's "disciples"...convinced he'll win in KC.. just fyi.... __________________ Clark Hunt: "Thank god for the Dominican pool boy"
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08-03-2009, 01:11 PM	#146
TRR The Priest and I Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: CO Casino cash: $9420185	Cottam was held out today because of a slight ankle sprain in last nights practice...although it was more of a hurt ego IMO. He dropped a perfectly thrown ball last night on a seam route, and got up limping while getting an ear full from Haley... Haley then watched Cottam getting his ankle taped a bit later and yelled "that's your life story Cottam!". "That's your life story!". Posted via Mobile Device
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08-03-2009, 01:14 PM	#147
Hammock Parties I'll be back. Join Date: Nov 2002 Casino cash: $720478	Wow...Haley being a bit of a jerk. __________________ Chiefs game films
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