Promising LB Willie Gay quickly making up for lost time, opportunities in OTAs – The Athletic

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Although linebacker Willie Gay has been in the NFL for 14 months now, he’s still going through experiences that usually happen during a player’s rookie year.

This summer has been the first time Gay has practiced with his Chiefs teammates in a more loose setting, one in which a young player can correct his mistakes more quickly because the repetitions are aplenty. And unlike last year, amid the height of the coronavirus pandemic, Gay went through his first voluntary on-field workouts the past three weeks at the Chiefs’ training facility as the first phase of his anticipated second season, in which he is expected to be one of the team’s starters.