{"id":31818,"date":"2025-09-03T11:54:54","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T11:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=31818"},"modified":"2025-09-03T11:57:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T11:57:20","slug":"breaking-news-kansas-city-chiefs-dc-steve-spagnuolo-comments-on-the-progress-of-rookie-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=31818","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS : \ud83d\udd25 Kansas City Chiefs DC Steve Spagnuolo Reveals Shocking Insight on Rookie Players\u2019 Progress \ud83d\udc40\ud83c\udfc8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/chiefswire.usatoday.com\/gcdn\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/09\/02\/SCHF\/85933578007-usatsi-26829376.jpg?crop=4171,2346,x0,y0&amp;width=3200&amp;height=1800&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Chiefs DC Steve Spagnuolo comments on the progress of rookie players\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kansas City Chiefs defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo spoke to reporters recently, revealing his thoughts on Ashton Gillotte and Omarr Norman-Lott going into the regular season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I thought he (Ashton Gillotte) played really good, too. He had some explosive plays, a tackle for a loss where he busted right through. It was slow-go at the beginning with both (of) those guys from the standpoint of learning the system. But Ashton (Gillotte) just gets better and better.&#8221; said Spagnuolo, &#8220;He impresses guys in one-on-ones and the things that he&#8217;s doing, he&#8217;s real strong from the waist down. Omarr (Norman-Lott) is just kind of taking a little while to get going, you know? He makes strides, and then he gets an injury here, and that&#8217;s been a tough thing for him to get through. So, we&#8217;ll see where we&#8217;re at by (the) time we get to gametime. But as we get going here in the course of the season, we&#8217;re going to rely on both of those guys.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gillotte impressed during the preseason with his energy and intensity on defense and special teams. He collected five tackles but showed flashes of his ability as a potent pass rusher.<\/p>\n<p>Norman-Lott suffered an ankle injury in the Chiefs&#8217; second preseason game and has been slowed as the team focuses on his recovery. 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