The football sailed high through the bright blue sky during the Chiefs’ practice on Wednesday, a perfect spiral on a straight line to the left corner of the end zone.
But while most eyes were fixed on the ball — it was hard not to, given how pretty it was — Al Harris was staring like a hawk at its intended target, receiver Tyreek Hill, and the man charged with disrupting the connection, cornerback Steven Nelson.
And when the ball ultimately dropped softly in Hill’s outstretched arms for a touchdown — he’d won the vertical route by separating with a bit of rare burst at the end — Harris, the Chiefs’ expressive secondary coach, didn’t unleash.