NFL Announces Chiefs Offseason Schedule, With a Twist

The Chiefs will conduct their mandatory minicamp June 9-11. Two days after that camp concludes, Travis Kelce is scheduled to wed Taylor Swift. The first World Cup match at Arrowhead Stadium is scheduled for June 16.

They’ll also hold a three-day rookie minicamp with newly drafted players from May 1-3.

Kansas City’s offseason schedule

• Offseason workout program begins: April 20

• NFL Draft: April 23-25

• Rookie minicamp: May 1-3

• Organized team activities: May 26-28, June 1-3

• Mandatory minicamp: June 9-11

Quarter of league schedules six OTAs

Eight other teams -- Carolina, Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas, Indianapolis, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Seattle – also are holding just six OTAs, a league-wide trend to keep players off their feet and preserve them for training camp and the regular season. Denver has scheduled only seven OTAs.

Every other club has scheduled at least eight sessions.

Last season, the Chiefs scheduled 10 OTA sessions, the maximum allowed under the current collective bargaining agreement. Many teams wind up cancelling one or more OTAs as a bonus to their players, sometimes surprising them with team-bonding ventures such as paintball competitions.

Every NFL team’s nine-week offseason program is voluntary and conducted in three phases. The first two weeks (Phase 1) limits activities to strength and conditioning, meetings and physical rehabilitation.

The next three weeks (Phase 2) allow on-field workouts, individual or group instruction and drills and periods with offensive players across from offensive players and defensive players across from defensive players. Phase 2 is limited to a walk-through pace with no live contact or any activity involving team offense vs. team defense.

The final stretch (Phase 3) is four weeks with up to 10 allowable OTAs. Live contact is prohibited, although 7-on-7, 9-on-7, and 11-on-11 drills are within the rules.

Teams with new head coaches, such as Klint Kubiak and the Raiders, are allowed to begin their offseason schedules two weeks earlier and conduct a three-day voluntary minicamp with veterans in April. The Chiefs haven’t had a new head coach since Clark Hunt hired Reid in 2013. Reid’s current stretch, entering Year 14, is the longest active tenure in the league.