Dontari Poe

AP Photo According to Randy Covitz of The Kansas City Star, rookie defensive tackle Dontari Poe is currently running with the Chiefs third team defense and isn’t even in the mix to start. “One of the most competitive battles in Chiefs camp is at nose tackle, where Anthony Toribio is starting ahead of first-round pick Dontari Poe and second-year man Jerrell Powe, a sixth-round pick in 2011.” “Toribio made solo tackles in each of the No. 1 defense’s series during the preseason opener Friday...Read Full Story

AP The Kansas City Chiefs plan on starting rookie nose tackle Dontari Poe for Thursday’s preseason finale against the Green Bay Packers.  It looks like they want to see how he fares against a starting offense in a live game. “He’s making progress,” Crennel told The Kansas City Star per NFL.com. “But he’s still that rookie who reverts back to what he knows at times, and he forgets to remember how we want to do it. There was one play in the game, he was in good position on the blocker and ended...Read Full Story

AP Photo Kansas City Chiefs head coach Romeo Crennel was asked how much rookie Dontari Poe has to work on in order for him to transition to the NFL game. “A lot,” Crennel said, per the Kansas City Star. “He needs to work on technique, he needs to work on understanding the system, he needs to get the calls correct all the time. He’s got a ways to go.” Poe was asked what’s different about the NFL compared to college football. “It’s all different,” he said. “The technique of it, there’s nothing...Read Full Story

AP Photo Kansas City Chiefs head coach Romeo Crennel was asked how much rookie Dontari Poe has to work on in order for him to transition to the NFL game. “A lot,” Crennel said, per the Kansas City Star. “He needs to work on technique, he needs to work on understanding the system, he needs to get the calls correct all the time. He’s got a ways to go.” Poe was asked what’s different about the NFL compared to college football. “It’s all different,” he said. “The technique of it, there’s nothing...Read Full Story

Getty Images According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter via ArrowheadPride.com, the Kansas City Chiefs and first round pick Dontari Poe are “not close” to getting a deal done. “Chiefs and Dontari Poe, the 11th overall pick, right now are not close,” said Schefter, via ArrowheadPride.com.  ”The next 24 hours are said to be critical to getting a deal done and typically both sides will be motivated to get that deal done and to get Poe into camp. But right now as it stands Poe and the Chiefs are not close...Read Full Story