The rookies have begun to arrive in Kansas City ahead of Chiefs’ training camp.
The rookie report date is scheduled for Monday, July 20. Without a grievance filed by the NFLPA, teams will proceed as scheduled with training camp. Players will undergo COVID-19 testing, physicals and equipment fitting before hitting the practice fields for the first time.
It’s been an unorthodox offseason, to say the least, but the rookies will finally get a glimpse of NFL life and their new homes. The Chiefs’ first-round draft pick, running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire, touched down in Kansas City on Sunday evening. It marks the first time he’s been to Kansas City since being selected in the 2020 NFL Draft.
While he hasn’t been in town long, Edwards-Helaire already made an observation that has him thinking about his future in Kansas City.
Diesel $1.89 in KC!! Boutta get a fleet of trucks!
— GLYDE (@Clydro_22) July 19, 2020
It wasn’t the famed Kansas City Barbecue or the Midwestern hospitality that caught Edwards-Helaire’s attention when he first arrived. Instead, it was the cheap price of diesel fuel. The fuel prices have him thinking about the kind of trucking that he’ll do off of the football field. Hopefully, he’ll be doing some trucking on the football field too.
If you didn’t know by now, Edwards-Helaire is a car guy and spends his free time restoring old cars. Apparently, he might be spending some of the money from his soon-to-be-signed rookie contract on a whole fleet of trucks in the near future.
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