Chiefs DE BJ Thompson to start season on NFI list

There are several things going on in regards to the players of the Kansas City Chiefs as they enter the training camp.

Defensive end BJ Thompson will start off the season on the non-football injury (NFI) list as stated by break football coach Andy Reid. Voluntarily offseason practice on June 6: Thompson had a seizure and further went into a cardiac arrest while discussing a special team meeting.

Four days later, Thompson was discharge dfrom the hospital. Reid also said that Thompson is under recovery procedures and things are going well.

Cornerback Jaylen Watson, NFL defensive end Charles Omenihu who suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) during the AFC Championship, Thuney who will miss the season with a torn pec muscle, and Nnadi who had surgery on his elbow will all start the campaign on PUP.

All of them; Omenihu, Thuney and Nnadi missed out on Super Bowl LVIII whiles Watson was in the game to feature for the Chiefs when they won back to back Super Bowl.

This makes the Chiefs have five spots to fill in the roster should they opt to do so next year roster.

Throwing a vote of confidence in Reid that Thuney is also “doing great” and that he is close to returning.

Hailing from Southern Methodist University, rookie wide receiver Xavier Worthy, was involved in two days of the rookie minicamp alongside a few days of the off-season workout before been sidelined by a hamstring injury.

Reid said he will try to gradually get the first round pick to get reps because the quarterbacks and rookies will have the first three days of training camp beginning Wednesday.

“Well, he is actually looking forward to it,” Reid said pointing to Worthy. “He wants to get in there and go. It was driving him crazy to have to watch. You don’t want to be the number one pick come in and be sitting on the bench and watching. He’s a competitive kid that wants to be in there. And we’re gonna get him going. We just got to see how he’s doing here, and like I said in this rookie camp these lines are short they’re gonna get plenty of

Quarterback Patrick Mahomes is ready for his team to get Worthy ready for the fight to attempt to win what has yet to be done in the NFL, three Super Bowl Championships in a row.

“There’s no easing, he’s gonna have to be ready to go,” when asked on the young Chiefs’ quarterback, Patrick Mahomes. “Guys were coming with a lot of heat on this offense throughout this offense. We had a lot of competition which comes with bringing guys like [General Manager] Brett Veach and Coach Reid to bring a lot of competition, but [Worthy] got a lot of mental work during the last few weeks that he had during OTAs and minicamp, now it’s time to turn it on. ”

“Y’all saw it with Rashee [Rice] last year and some of the throwing-up days he had We’re gonna push you to the limit and prepare yourself to be ready to go for the season, and that’s not just him That’s everybody Everybody has to have that mentality when they come into camp,” he added.

Cornerback Nazeeh Johnson and linebacker Leo Chenal will also be taking part in the reps with the youths. Johnson is coming back to the rotation after he nurtured an injury on his knee, specifically a torn ACL in training camp of the last season, in the Missouri Western State University indoor facility.

Chenal also was a no-show during the team drills during the offseason training because of a back problem.

The rookies and young players will train in the next three days; drills will be behind the closed doors, and the remaining team members will join them on Friday, while the first full team practice will be on Sunday.