By MATT PIKE
St. Joseph Post
The official start to Chiefs Training Camp is just around the corner as rookies and quarterbacks wrapped up their final practice today at Missouri Western State University.
Chiefs President Mark Donovan says it's exciting to be back in St. Joseph and on the Missouri Western campus for another year of camp.
"There's a lot of excitement within our organization, there's a lot of excitement around the team, the players, the coach's, etc., they're excited to be back," Donovan tells reporters. "And they're excited to be back in St. Joe who just treat us so well every single year, there's a reason we keep coming back."
As Chiefs Training Camp begins a looming question is will the reigning Super Bowl champions return to St. Joseph next year.
This is the last guaranteed year Missouri Western is under contract to host the Chiefs for training camp.
When asked if the Chiefs would like to return, Donovan counters with the question why wouldn't they?
"It's been a great partnership, it's been something that as I said we're proud to have been here 14 of the last 15 years, we expect that to continue," Donovan says. "We'll do what we always do, and it's a great relationship, because we will get through this camp (and) at the end of camp we'll sit down and talk about what went well, where are the challenges, what was better this year than last year, what was worse than last year, what can we do to improve?"
As for this year's camp, the first practice open to the public is on Sunday at 9:15. There will be a $5 admission fee and tickets must be acquired online.
Final practice for rookies and quarterbacks provides extra opportunity
Ahead of the official start to Chiefs Training Camp at Missouri Western rookies and quarterbacks had one final practice before the full team reports to campus.
Several veterans, including Patrick Mahomes and Carson Wentz, sat out today to give younger players valuable reps.
Quarterback Chris Oladokuen says while getting extra reps is great, everyone is critical.
"It's good to see live color and then go in there and get in the classroom and see and make those corrections," Oladokun tells reporters following practice. "It's really important for me especially, when Pat and Carson come back those reps get pretty short, so every rep is critical for me."