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Chiefs begin Phase 3 of offseason program on Monday

The #Chiefs kick off Phase 3 of the offseason program on Monday with the first of three sessions of organized team activities.

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The Kansas City Chiefs are set to begin Phase 3 of the offseason program on Monday, May 22.

The team has completed one week of Phase 2 activities, putting in some good work in the weight room, but now things are set to ramp up during Phase 3. The team will get a chance to participate in voluntary workouts called organized team activities (OTAs) in addition to a mandatory minicamp to close things out until training camp.

OTAs are entirely voluntary. They still don’t include any padded practices or live contact. They serve as an opportunity for the team to get both their veterans and rookies on the practice field with the inclusion of team drills for the first time during the offseason.

Here is what Phase 3 entails, via the NFL’s offseason workout press release:

“Phase Three consists of the next four weeks of the program. Teams may conduct a total of 10 days of organized team practice activity, or ‘OTAs’. No live contact is permitted, but 7-on-7, 9-on-7, and 11-on-11 drills are permitted.

Article 22 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement stipulates that clubs may hold one mandatory minicamp for veteran players. This minicamp, noted below, must occur during Phase Three of the offseason program”

The Chiefs had strong attendance to start Phase 2 of the offseason program, but you can expect that Phase 3 will also have few absences. One player that fans should be keeping a close eye on is DT Chris Jones, who only has one year remaining on his contract and is looking for a new deal.

Monday, May 22 will kick off the first of three sessions of OTAs for Kansas City. They’ll have a total of 10 practices spread out over the three sessions. You can find the dates for each of those workouts here.

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Chiefs begin final week of OTAs on Tuesday

The final week of #Chiefs OTAs begins on Tuesday and ends on Friday.

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The Kansas City Chiefs continue Phase 3 of the offseason program this week with their third and final set of OTAs beginning on Tuesday, June 7th.

The team has been going through the offseason workout program since April 18. They’ve gone through voluntary strength and conditioning workouts, plus a reintroduction of on-field instruction and drills in Phase 1 and Phase 2. The team has seen five OTA practices so far, with Phase 3 of the offseason program incorporating things that puts the team closer to playing “real” football.

Here is what Phase 3 entails, via the NFL’s offseason workout press release:

“Phase Three consists of the next four weeks of the program. Teams may conduct a total of 10 days of organized team practice activity, or “OTAs”. No live contact is permitted, but 7-on-7, 9-on-7, and 11-on-11 drills are permitted.

Article 22 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement stipulates that clubs may hold one mandatory minicamp for veteran players. This minicamp, noted below, must occur during Phase Three of the offseason program”

OTAs lack contact, but the return of team drills allows the Chiefs to further set the foundation for the upcoming season. The team is set to have four consecutive days of practice from June 7-10. The last week of OTA practices tends to be one of the better-attended sessions with Mandatory Minicamp coming the following week.

We expect to hear from Andy Reid and select players on Thursday ahead of the conclusion of OTAs. It’s possible that Reid cancels or alters practice on Friday should the practice week go well.

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Chiefs offseason program Phase 3 begins today

Phase 3 includes Organized Team Activities and Mandatory Minicamp.

The Kansas City Chiefs are set to begin Phase 3 of the offseason program on Monday.

The team completed one week of Phase 2 activities and now things will ramp up during Phase 3. The team will get a chance to participate in voluntary workouts called Organized Team Activities (OTAs) during this phase in addition to Mandatory Minicamp to close things out prior to training camp.

OTAs begin on Tuesday for Kansas City, but they still don’t include any live contact. It serves as an opportunity for teams to get their veteran players on the practice field and do various team drills for the first time during the offseason.

Here’s the NFL’s updated description of Phase 3:

“Phase Three (May 24-June 18) remains its customary four weeks in length. Beginning in Phase Three, clubs may conduct in-person meetings and classroom instruction subject to COVID-19 testing cadence, tracking, facility access and other protocols.  During Phase Three, teams may conduct a total of 10 days of organized team practice activity, or “OTAs”. No live contact is permitted, but 7-on-7, 9-on-7, and 11-on-11 drills are permitted.”

The Chiefs had strong attendance to start Phase 2 of the offseason program, so you can expect that Phase 3 will also have few absences. It’s even possible that the team inches even closer to 100% attendance. The returning veterans all seem highly motivated after the Super Bowl LV loss, but these are voluntary workouts.

Tuesday, May 25 will kick off the first of three sessions of OTAs for Kansas City. They’ll have a total of 10 practices spread out over three sessions. You can find the dates for each of those workouts here.

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Matt Patricia alters team meetings away from football and towards conversations on racism

The Detroit Lions were supposed to begin Phase 3 of their offseason on Monday but instead pivoted to player-led meetings surrounding racism.

The Detroit Lions were supposed to begin Phase 3 of their offseason on Monday but instead, they pivoted to player-led meetings surrounding racism and the current protests happening across the country.

Late Tuesday night, coach Matt Patricia spoke with MMQB’s Albert Breer and discussed how the team shifted their team meetings away from football in the wake of George Floyd’s murder.

After watching the video of Floyd’s death, Patricia told Breer that “Honestly, I was just disgusted, angry, sad, depressed. The range of emotion, you watch the video, someone being murdered and you’re like … I didn’t even know how to process it. And the range of emotion I know I felt in watching that was only one-tenth of a fraction of a minute percent of what my players must’ve been feeling.”

Patricia discussed how he knew he was out of his depth on this topic and that the best thing he could do for his players was to put football conversations on hold and allow them to share their thoughts, feelings, and experiences related to the current events.

“It was just about listening and making sure we tried to get on and open it up for conversation, real conversation, truthful conversation, honest conversation, heartfelt conversation,” Patricia said. “And really, honestly, credit to my players for leading that. They’re the ones that really were able to get it to where it became so powerful.”

The Lions held both large (120 people) and small (only position groups) meetings, giving players multiple ways to share depending on their comfort level.

After two days of player-led conversations, and an off day on Wednesday, it’s still a bit unclear when the Lions will get back to football but Patricia is confident his players will help him decide when it’s the right time.

“When everyone’s ready to talk and move in that direction of football, we’ll move when the team wants to move,” Patricia said. “I think the one thing to understand there—we won’t move away from the conversation. It’s just, at some point, you’re having the conversation and then you’re also working on what we do, which is football.”

The Lions have not yet made a public statement regarding the events surrounding Floyd’s death or the fallout since, but one is expected to be made soon.