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The Kansas City Chiefs officially began Phase I of their voluntary offseason program on Monday, ahead of the 2025 NFL draft. Head coach Andy Reid addressed the beginning of the virtual session during his Zoom press conference with reporters.
"I think it's one of the positives that came out of that, probably for a lot of professions. I mean, here we're doing this virtually, and that didn't happen before either." Reid said. "You can use it as a teaching tool, and that's something that the players have perfected, we've perfected and feel comfortable doing, but no, I wouldn't have seen that before the whole COVID year showed up."
This part of the Chiefs' offseason program will not involve on-field drills. Players can return to the team facility for strength and conditioning training and to attend meetings before Phase II of the offseason program starts on May 5th. Reid and his coaching staff embrace the period to do more teaching.
"We try to – myself included – try to be teachers, be the best teachers we possibly can. It tests you a little bit when you're doing it virtually," said Reid, "You're not seeing necessarily the reaction of the player there as you have the big screen on and you're going through the plays. You're not playing off the crowd; I guess you'd say, you're playing off of – and keeping these guys occupied by the ability that you have to teach and to help them become even better than they already are. I mean, they're one out of the 32 guys in the whole world that are doing what they do. This gives them an enhancement to be even greater than they already are."
The Chiefs hope to add impact rookies in the NFL Draft later this week, before they begin Phase II.
This article originally appeared on Chiefs Wire: Chiefs HC Andy Reid on virtual meetings during the offseason program
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"I think it's one of the positives that came out of that, probably for a lot of professions. I mean, here we're doing this virtually, and that didn't happen before either." Reid said. "You can use it as a teaching tool, and that's something that the players have perfected, we've perfected and feel comfortable doing, but no, I wouldn't have seen that before the whole COVID year showed up."
This part of the Chiefs' offseason program will not involve on-field drills. Players can return to the team facility for strength and conditioning training and to attend meetings before Phase II of the offseason program starts on May 5th. Reid and his coaching staff embrace the period to do more teaching.
"We try to – myself included – try to be teachers, be the best teachers we possibly can. It tests you a little bit when you're doing it virtually," said Reid, "You're not seeing necessarily the reaction of the player there as you have the big screen on and you're going through the plays. You're not playing off the crowd; I guess you'd say, you're playing off of – and keeping these guys occupied by the ability that you have to teach and to help them become even better than they already are. I mean, they're one out of the 32 guys in the whole world that are doing what they do. This gives them an enhancement to be even greater than they already are."
The Chiefs hope to add impact rookies in the NFL Draft later this week, before they begin Phase II.
This article originally appeared on Chiefs Wire: Chiefs HC Andy Reid on virtual meetings during the offseason program
Continue reading...
