ST. JOSEPH, MO- Teams across the National Football League (NFL) will open training camps starting next week. Of local interest, RNN Sports will highlight regional teams in our company’s footprint that include the Kansas City Chiefs, Dallas Cowboys, and the Tennessee Titans.
The defending World Champion Kansas City Chiefs, 38-35 winners over Philadelphia in Super Bowl LVII, will go back to work next week on July 18. Chiefs rookies will report on this date and veterans will report on July 25. The Chiefs’ training camp is located in St. Joseph, Missouri and will be held on the campus of Missouri Western State University. Kansas City is coached by Andy Reid who was most recently named as “The Best Head Coach in the NFL” by Pro Football Focus.
The Dallas Cowboys, whose last Super Bowl appearance was in 1996, will open their training camp on July 25. Rookies as well as veterans will report on this date. The Cowboys Training Camp has traditionally been held in Oxnard, California with the team residing at the Marriott Residence Inn. Media outlets are predicting that Dallas will be in the playoff hunt again this season, but there is a feeling that they will once again not be a Super Bowl contender again in 2023. It will be a big year for quarterback Dak Prescott and their head coach, Mike McCarthy.
To the northeast, the Tennessee Titans’ rookies will report on July 22. Titans veterans will report a few days later on July 25. Tennessee is one of a few teams in the NFL that do not leave home for training camp. The Titans will hold camp in Nashville at the Ascension Saint Thomas Sports Park. Tennessee faces hard decisions in the direction the Titans will take in 2023 and in the near future. The team’s offense has revolved around former Alabama running back Derrick Henry, but the aging Henry has a limited time left in the prime of his career. The Titans will have to decide how long they stick with Henry and other aging veterans before they begin to look to younger players and rebuilding for the future.
All in all, it should be another great season in the NFL. Personnel questions will play out throughout the league in July and August preseason camps and games leading up to the start of the regular season on September 7. The “NFL Kickoff” game officially starting the 2023 season will feature the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs vs the up-and-coming Detroit Lions at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City.
Stay with RNN Sports as we periodically update you on NFL teams of regional interest.
