The Kansas City Chiefs can take their first step towards preparing for the 2023 NFL season beginning on Monday.
The Chiefs are one of 26 NFL teams that will start the voluntary portion of their offseason workout program on Monday, April 17. That group includes the Atlanta Falcons, Baltimore Ravens, Buffalo Bills, Chicago Bears, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, Dallas Cowboys, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, Jacksonville Jaguars, Las Vegas Raiders, Los Angeles Chargers, Los Angeles Rams, Miami Dolphins, Minnesota Vikings, New England Patriots, New Orleans Saints, New York Giants, New York Jets, Pittsburgh Steelers, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tennessee Titans and Washington Commanders.
The voluntary offseason workout program kicks off with Phase I — a two-week period where players are allowed to attend meetings, partake in strength and conditioning training at team facilities and participate in physical rehabilitation only. The Chiefs held their meetings virtually last year so that Patrick Mahomes could host receivers down in Texas for throwing sessions. It appears they might do the same thing this year as several players have already been spotted working with Mahomes.
It eventually leads Kansas City into Phase II of the offseason program, which includes on-field workouts with individual or group instruction and drills, but no live contact or team periods of practice.
Then as we get to the end of May, we’ll enter Phase III with 10 total voluntary Organized Team Activities sessions. There are three groups of OTAs:
- Organized Team Activities Group 1: May 22-24
- Organized Team Activities Group 2: May 30-June 1
- Organized Team Activities Group 3: June 6-9
These OTAs can finally include on-field workouts with individual and group components, including walkthroughs, but no live contact is permitted during these workouts.
Rookie minicamp, which is the first portion of the offseason workout program that is not voluntary, can take place on the first or second weekend following the 2023 NFL draft, which ends on April 29. The Chiefs will hold their lone mandatory minicamp session from June 12 through June 14.
Training camp dates haven’t been announced yet, but they will begin sometime in late July. Rookies and quarterbacks reported to camp on July 22nd last season.
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