By MATT PIKE
St. Joseph Post
Throughout Chiefs Training Camp in St. Joseph two young offensive tackles will be battling for the starting left tackle position, replacing Donovan Smith.
Wanya Morris and Kinglsey Suamataia have been rotating at the position, Morris the one-year pro, getting a majority of the first team snaps.
Head Coach Andy Reid says there's no timeline to have that battle settled, and that as a staff they'll see how things go.
"You obviously want to get the guys reps in there and all that, but you also want to make sure you get the best guy in there," Reid tells the media following practice. "And so, you give them a chance to play with one another, as far as the guards and tackles go, and see what the best match is there and how they fit together."
Also spotted along the offensive line at today's practice was Lucas Niang filling in at left guard for Joe Thuney who is on the PUP list.
While there's a battle for the starting left tackle spot along the offensive line, one player locked into a starting job is right tackle Jawaan Taylor.
Early on last season Taylor struggled with penalties in his first year with Kansas City, a total of nine false start calls on him all season.
Taylor says he's been working this camp on getting less penalties and says part of that has been working on his technique.
"Really just homing in on my technique, getting better with that, and just making sure I'm in the playbook more," Taylor says. "Now it's my second year going into that I'm pretty comfortable with it, and just getting better with that overall."
After adding Xavier Worthy and Hollywood Brown to the wide receiver room, the Chiefs are working on different ways to use Kadarius Toney
During camp, Toney has been spotted working with both the receivers and the running backs.
Reid says one of the strengths of Toney is being able to move around the offense.
"He had some positive snaps for us at running back last year and so I think he enjoys doing that," Reid says. He's pretty multi-faceted there with what he can do and we're going to try to utilize it to the best of his abilities there."
Worthy was once again missing from practice today with an illness.
The Chiefs practiced for close to two hours today, and will practice for the same amount of time tomorrow at 9:15
There is no practice Thursday. Players will practice with pads starting on Friday.
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