It was 3 a.m., and Sammy Watkins was wide awake.
Two weeks before he was set to report to his first Chiefs training camp, the wide receiver knew it was time for a change.
So in the middle of the night, he took a pair of clippers and went to work, shearing off the dreads he’d worn for over a decade.
“Kind of just wanted to be different this season and just be about business,” Watkins said. “I’ve had them for 12, 13 years. I’m 25 now. I don’t want to be 40 with dreads. I just decided to cut it.