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WATCH: Chiefs lineman warm up ahead of first practice in full pads

Kansas City’s linemen warmed up in full pads ahead of the #Chiefs’ Friday practice session, toughing it out through a summer heat advisory.

The Kansas City Chiefs are embarking on the second phase of their training camp process on Friday by conducting their first practice in full pads. This means that the team will be making contact during their workouts, practicing their craft the way it was intended to be played.

The good folks at Kansas City Sports Network, who were in attendance for Friday’s practice session, got some great footage of the Chiefs’ linemen warming up before workouts began and posted their video to Twitter.

This progression through training camp will be a sight for the sore eyes of fans who have patiently waited through the week for the team to begin running full-contact drills in earnest.

The practice field at Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph is sure to be abuzz with highlight-reel plays and new developments in first and second-team positional groupings, so stay tuned to Chiefs Wire as we cover all the action from Friday’s workouts.

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Patrick Mahomes, Chiefs to conduct first practice in full pads on Friday

The #Chiefs will conduct their first practice in full pads on Friday and run drills with full-contact through the end of their training camp.

Patrick Mahomes and the rest of the Kansas City Chiefs roster will don full pads during workouts for the first time this year at training camp in St. Joseph, Missouri on Friday.

To this point, the Chiefs have conducted their practices in shells that do not offer the full complement of protection that they wear during an actual game. As such, they have not been making full contact or tackling each other to the ground as they have conducted drills since Sunday’s first full-scale exercises.

While it is sure to be exciting for fans in attendance at Missouri Western State University to see the team playing football as it was intended to be played, this development will present an elevated risk of injury for players who participate in each of the Chiefs’ workouts.

Keep an eye out for the Kansas City’s injury report after each practice from Friday onward as Chiefs coaches keep fans and the media abreast of any news related to players getting banged up during practice.

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