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Tershawn Wharton, a key member of the Chiefs’ defensive line for the past three seasons, passed his physical and returned to practice in a limited capacity on Wednesday. Wharton was placed on the active/PUP list at the onset of training camp as he recovered from an ACL tear suffered in Week 5 of the 2022 NFL season.
Chiefs HC Andy Reid explained to reporters what Wharton brings to the table following practice.
“(Tershawn) Turk (Wharton) has that great quickness and strength, great combination there, good pass rusher,” Reid said. “He’s a strong player who has experience, so adding him into the mix is a good thing – that’s a positive thing for us. We just got to take it slow as we go with him and make sure he’s okay ramp him up there.”
Wharton did not participate in any team drills during Wednesday’s practice session and Reid confirmed they would ease him back from his injury. As for when Wharton might begin participating in team drills, that has yet to be determined.
“We’ll see,” Reid added. “We try to keep open communication with him and just see how it goes day by day. That’s the way to handle these type of things, serious injuries.”
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7/30 - Signed to 90-man roster - TE Izaiah Gathings & CB Anthony Witherstone
7/30 - Placed on injured reserve - LB Isaiah Moore & CB Nazeeh Johnson
8/2 - Passed physical - DT Tershawn Wharton
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“They have a lot of potential; they show flashes day in day out coming to practice. They’re like sponges, especially Keondre (Coburn), I’ve been working with him just trying to make sure he stays locked in on the things we got to do. Felix (Anudike-Uzomah) he is improving every single day, in terms on one on ones, pass rush, things like that. I expect a lot of promising things from these two kids.” - Derrick Nnadi on Chiefs’ rookie d-linemen
He’s been a great impact. I look at MVS (Marquez Valdes-Scantling) as a big brother for sure. He’s always that guy that’s going to want you to finish that rep, he’s always going to want you to finish the catch and everything like that, so I look at MVS as a big brother for sure.” - Justyn Ross on Marquez Valdes-Scantling
It’s normally what you feed them, new plays, schemes those types of things that challenges them. As far as the training camp does, it’s similar now the rules – the rules obviously we had a different conditioning program for the offense and defense line. But other than that we keep it kind of the same. There’s no easy way to get yourself into shape, football shape.” - Andy Reid on the evolution of his training camps
“Yeah, I think we all have it. We have a lot of guys out here that are super competitive, but it’s about just doing it the right way. (Travis) Trav (Kelce) punching the guy, not necessarily the way you want to do it, but you love the fire. You love the fire on both sides of the ball. Trying to finish to the last second, but that’s just the type of guys we are. We’re going to compete, we’re going to argue on the football field, and then we’re going to love each other in the locker room. We have a lot of dudes that are super competitive on this team.” - Patrick Mahomes on keeping an edge in practice
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