After the Kansas City Chiefs selected five defensive backs in April’s draft, secondary coach Dave Merritt says that it’s been like Christmas for him.
“I call them the ‘Fab Five’ — [though] most of them weren’t even born then,” he joked with reporters after Tuesday’s training camp practice at Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph, referencing the name given to the University of Michigan’s 1991 basketball recruiting class. “We drafted five guys and I said, ‘You guys need to understand that this group is very special.’ So to be able to have the guys come in and have the camraderie that they’ve had and be able to have the love for one another has been great.