The Kansas City Chiefs have completed Day 2 of mandatory minicamp on Wednesday.
For the most part, things were status quo with most of the team’s 90-man offseason roster in attendance. Three players remained absent from practice as they were on Tuesday, with Martinas Rankin, Armani Watts and Kyle Long all still missing. There hasn’t been confirmation from the team on Watts and Rankin, but their absences seem to be injury-related. I wouldn’t expect those players to be fined for their minicamp absences as an injury would be a sufficient excuse.
Both DE Malik Herring (ACL) and CB DeAndre Baker (Femur) remained present at practice but sidelined with their respective injuries. They didn’t participate in OTAs and aren’t expected to get back to work prior to training camp. I wouldn’t expect Herring to participate at all given he suffered his injury at the Senior Bowl.
One new player was absent, but only for a portion of practice. As noted by Chiefs Digest’s Matt Derrick and KC Star’s Sam McDowell, offensive lineman Austin Blythe sat out of team drills during Wednesday’s practice. Hopefully, this absence isn’t injury-related as the Chiefs already seem to have some attrition along the interior offensive line with an injury to Kyle Long. That’ll be something to monitor heading into the final mandatory minicamp practice tomorrow.
Players like Frank Clark, Charvarius Ward and Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, who were absent from voluntary OTA practices earlier this offseason, continued to ramp up their repetitions in their return to action. Look for Thursday’s practice to look a little more normal for each of the three returners.
