By MATT PIKE
As “Closing Time” blared from the speakers, the traditional final song of Training Camp, the Kansas City Chiefs wrapped up their time in St. Joseph.
Head Coach Andy Reid thanked everyone at Missouri Western State University for another successful camp on the St. Joseph campus
“The people up here have been phenomenal,” Reid tells reporters following practice. “They feed us, they house us, they baby us, they keep this field looking groomed like they do, and the facility cleaned up, and so we appreciate that.”
Reid says the team really attacked this camp with the right frame of mind
“I mentioned it to them last night that there wasn’t one of those days where we had a hiccup day, where everything was just not right, the biorhythms were down, we didn’t have one of those,” Reid explains.
While coming to St. Joseph might not be for some on the team, Patrick Mahomes says he actually likes coming here for camp
“It’s like the best practice fields that you can possibly have and the weather kind of held off pretty well, except for like one day, it was pretty good weather all camp long,” Mahomes says. “Even though the dorms, I could do without the dorms, but everything else like I have fun out here and I’m excited now to get home and see my kids. but at the same time you kind of get away and you focus just on football and it kind of locks you in for whenever you go back you’re in football season and you’re not in that offseason.”
Mahomes spent much of the final practice in St. Joseph during Chiefs Training Camp with the scout team, and not in his usual spot with the starters.
Early indication from Reid is that Mahomes, along with some other starters, may not play in Friday’s game against the Seattle Seahawks.
Mahomes says he always wants to play, but at the end of the day he trusts Reid
“He has a reason for everything that he does, I’ll be ready to play this week and if I get to play I’ll be ready to go and if I don’t, I’ll be ready to go again the next week, and if I’m not I’ll be just as energized on the sideline as I would be if I was playing in the game,” Mahomes says. “And so, I trust in Coach Reid fully, and so whatever his decision is I’ll be ready to go out there and get the most I can out of it.”
The Chiefs and Seahawks kick off at 9pm on Friday, pregame will air at 8 on Q Country 92.7. Following the game, the Chiefs will return to their facility in Kansas City for the remainder of the preseason.
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