Chiefs' intriguing rookie has the support of his teammates after a struggling day at training camp

With the Kansas City Chiefs back at training camp, the real work is about to begin. The Chiefs, and every other NFL team, will go straight from camp to the regular season. So, technically, this is where the season starts. For the Chiefs, this is where the title defense and the quest for a three-peat starts.

No one has ever three-peated before, so, the Chiefs are trying to do something historic. Because they are trying to do something that has never been done, they must think outside of the box - do something no other team would think about, and do something that could take them over the top and give them even the slightest edge over everyone else.

That thing could be Louis Rees-Zammit, an International Pathway Program Player who was once a rugby star in England. He is trying to transform his rugby skills into becoming an NFL weapon . It's harder than it sounds, and he has shown that during training camp, as on Sunday he had a very rough day.

"Listen, he's learning, he's learning. This is all new to him," head coach Andy Reid said Sunday. "But, he's working his tail off and working through it. You can see his athletic ability. He's just got to get used to all the different things we are asking him to do."

When it came time for the 1-on-1 period, and LRZ was made to do some pass protection drills, he ended up flat on his butt several times. Of the four drills he did, two of them saw him on his backside.

"There are a lot of aspects of rugby that probably translate over to the running back position, and there are a lot of things that don't," linebacker Drue Trabquill said. "He's learning the aspects that don't and he's seeing the aspects that do. We know he has incredible top-end speed, and he has to learn in pass pro how to sit down and take on blocks. He is a great athlete, so all that will come with time."

It's clear that, even as a first-timer in the sport, he has never played before, and even after struggling, he still has support all around him. The team must feel that he can be a valuable piece to a championship team, it's just going to take time.

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