For what happened on the field, here are a few quick notes about Wednesday's practice:
- Wide receiver Marcus Kemp, who spent the last three seasons with the Chiefs, re-joined the roster prior to practice and made one of the best catches of camp so far with a leaping grab deep down the sideline.
- Veteran Kelechi Osemele continued to work with the first team at left guard. Osemele – who signed with the Chiefs earlier this summer - is entering his ninth season in the NFL and was a Pro Bowl selection as recently as 2017 with the Oakland Raiders.
- Elsewhere on the line, veteran Mike Remmers was at left tackle with the first team as starter Eric Fisher continues to work through the concussion protocol.
- Defensive end Tanoh Kpassagnon recorded a batted pass at the line of scrimmage, using all of his six-foot-seven frame and 35-inch arms to disrupt the play. Kpassagnon enjoyed an impressive season in 2019 with four sacks in eight starts and is putting together a strong camp.
- Safety Tyrann Mathieu and linebacker Ben Niemann each notched an interception.
- Defensive end Alex Okafor impressed yet again in what has been a really strong camp for the veteran pass-rusher as he returns to action following a season-ending pectoral injury in 2019.
Following practice, Reid, linebacker Anthony Hitchens, offensive lineman Mitchell Schwartz and tailback Darwin Thompson spoke with the media via web call.
Here are five things that stood out from their pressers.
1. Reid spoke about Kemp's return and what it's like to have him back in town.
Kemp appeared in all 16 of the Chiefs' regular season games back in 2018 before suffering a knee injury during the following preseason. Now a full year later, Kemp is back on the field for Kansas City.
"Having him back is great. He's a great kid and I'm so glad that he's back now because he was playing his best football since we've had him here when he got hurt," Reid said. "It was a shame that happened and now he's getting a chance to come back. It looks like he's worked his tail off. We worked him out yesterday and he did a great job with it. So, he needs to get himself into football shape, but he took some reps today and did a nice job with it, and we'll just see how it goes. We need depth at that position - there and the secondary - because they do quite a bit of running."
The 25-year-old Kemp was a major contributor on special teams in 2018, seeing the field on more than 64 percent of the Chiefs' special teams' snaps.
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