Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy’s wife, Mia Bieniemy, is in stable condition after she was shot on Sunday night, Kansas City head coach Andy Reid told reporters after Monday’s practice.
Eric Bieniemy has departed the team to be with his wife in Virginia. Reid said there is currently no timetable for Bieniemy’s return.
“Our hearts go out to Eric Bieniemy,” Reid said, via Nate Taylor of ESPN. “Mia is stable, which is a plus. ... We all love EB and you hate seeing those things happen. ... Real life. You take care of that. She’s a saint, one of God’s good blessings. But things happen.”
While Bieniemy is away from the team, pass game coordinator Joe Bleymaier will handle the offensive coordinator duties.
Bleymaier has been with the Chiefs since 2016 and has served in his current role since 2023.
Bieniemy’s son, Elijah, was arrested and charged in the shooting. Elijah Bieniemy is being held without bond and the investigation is ongoing.
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More details are emerging in connection with the news that the wife of Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy was shot in their Virginia home.
The Loudon County, Virginia, sheriff’s office has announced that Bieniemy’s son, Elijah, was “arrested and charged with Malicious Wounding, Use of a Firearm in Commission of a Felony, and Discharge of a Firearm Inside of a Dwelling.”
Mia Biemieny was shot multiple times, and she suffered “serious injuries.”
Elijah Bieniemy is being held without bond. The investigation, per the sheriff’s office, is ongoing.
Eric Bieniemy returned to the Chiefs as offensive coordinator in 2026. He previously held the job from 2018 through 2022. Since then, he worked as offensive coordinator of the Commanders in 2023, offensive coordinator at UCLA in 2024, and running backs coach for the Bears in 2025.
The wife of Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy was reportedly shot on Sunday night at the couple’s home in Virginia.
Nate Taylor of ESPN reports, citing unnamed sources, Mia Bieniemy has been hospitalized following the incident. Taylor adds that police in Loudoun County, Virginia, have confirmed a person was being treated for “serious injuries.” The authorities did not disclose the victim’s identity.
Eric Bieniemy is in Missouri, for Chiefs training camp.
Via Taylor, the Chiefs said in a statement they are “aware of the incident involving Eric Bieniemy’s family.” The Chiefs released no other details.
Bieniemy returned to the Chiefs as offensive coordinator in 2026. He had served in that role from 2018 through 2022.
Chiefs rookie cornerback Mansoor Delane wore a yellow non-contact jersey at his first training camp practice as a result of the shoulder injury he suffered during the offseason. But he says he’ll be fully cleared “some time soon, for sure.”
“It’s good, just getting better every day. Biggest thing right now is just getting my feet under me, acclimating to the conditioning,” Delane said.
Delane spent time studying the playbook and doing the conditioning he can while his shoulder healed. He acknowledged that the shoulder injury was a result of going too hard during Organized Team Activities but said he understands that in training camp he needs to dial it down, and save the big hits for the regular season.
“That’s something that’s going to be hard for me to turn down, my aggression, but you’ve got to be smart. In the NFL, you’ve got to protect your teammates. That’s the most important thing,” Delane said.
The Chiefs traded up to the sixth overall pick to draft Delane because they think he’s going to dial it up in a big way when the season starts.
Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and wide receiver Rashee Rice are cleared to participate in the opening of training camp. Rookie tight end John Michael Gyllenborg and second-year defensive tackle Omarr Norman-Lott are not.
Gyllenborg and Norman-Lott were placed on the active/physically unable to perform list on Saturday.
The players can move back onto the 90-player roster once they have passed a physical.
Norman-Lott tore the ACL in his right knee during a Week 7 game against the Raiders last season. He joined the team as a second-round pick in 2025
In five games as a rookie, Norman-Lott made five tackles and a sack.
Gyllenborg, who signed with the Chiefs as an undrafted free agent earlier this year, is working through a knee sprain that kept him out of the offseason program.
Jordan Devey, who played for five NFL teams over eight years, has died. He was 38.
Via Jeremy Tombs of Fox 13 in Salt Lake City, Devey died by suicide. His parents told Tombs that they believe Devey suffered from CTE.
Undrafted in 2013 out of Memphis, Devey initially signed with the Ravens but was released. He landed on the Patriots’ roster in 2013 and 2014, winning a Super Bowl ring to cap his second year in New England.
Devey spent 2015 with the 49ers, 2016 through 2018 with the Chiefs, 2019 with the Raiders, and 2020 with the Bills. He appeared in 44 regular-season games with 21 starts.
We extend our condolences to Devey’s family, friends, teammates and coaches.
The Chiefs traded first-, third- and fifth-round picks to move up and draft cornerback Mansoor Delane sixth overall, so when he was knocked out of Organized Team Activities with a shoulder injury, it was a concern. But it doesn’t sound like a big concern going forward.
Chiefs coach Andy Reid addressed reporters on Friday as the team reported to training camp, and he said Delane was in the process of getting medical clearance to practice.
“Delane right now is having his final physical. Right now. So he’s right in the process of that and is doing well there,” Reid said.
The precise details of how Delane suffered the injury are not known, but Reid indicated it was a matter of going too hard during offseason work.
“We like the way he goes about his business,” Reid said. “He’s a focused kid, he seems to be a smart, sharp kid. He’s willing to work. He was banged up a little bit but he’s willing to work. He’s aggressive that way — too aggressive in the way he hurt himself there. You’ve got a good player and he’s got to get in and go and get the reps in the defensive scheme.”
The Chiefs expect Delane to get plenty of reps in training camp, and they hope he’s ready to make an immediate impact in Week One.
As he returns to the practice field, Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes will wear a brace on his surgically repaired knee. But he says he isn’t sure how long he’ll wear it.
Mahomes, who tore his ACL on December 14, said he could keep wearing the brace going forward, or he could choose to take it off, depending on how he feels.
“There isn’t really a plan for it,” Mahomes said. “I’m going start off with it just because I’ve worn it before and I feel comfortable with it. So that that’s kind of where we will start, but it’s not like I’ve been told I have to wear it or how long I have to wear it. It’s just going to be my comfortability how I feel. But I will start with it on just because I feel like I can still move and be myself with it. I played with it in college and then we’ll just see where we go from there.”
Mahomes wore a brace in 2015 at Texas Tech, after he suffered a knee injury in a game against TCU, and played well with it. If he plays well with it through training camp he’ll keep it on, but if he decides to ditch the brace, he’s medically cleared to play without it.
Patrick Mahomes has made a remarkable recovery from a torn ACL and LCL in his left knee. The Chiefs quarterback injured his knee in a Dec. 14 game and underwent surgery the following day.
A little over seven months later, he is cleared for training camp.
Mahomes said he consulted with several players who went through a similar rehab.
“I talked to Tom [Brady] early in the process because he had the same injury, a very similar injury that I had,” Mahomes said Friday, via Pete Sweeney of the Kansas City Star.
Brady tore the ACL and MCL in his left knee during the season opener in 2008 before winning Comeback Player of the Year in 2009.
“It’s just talking to guys that have been through this process and just saying how you have to stay on top of it,” Mahomes said. “It’s a long process. I remember sitting on the table and watching us play those last few games and how much it hurt me, but I knew that if I continued to work, I could be at this spot where I get cleared for practice. Now I’m just trying to get to that spot where I’m cleared to play in the regular season on that first week.”
Mahomes also talked to former Chiefs safety Tyrann Mathieu and veteran tight end Zach Ertz. Mathieu tore the ACL and LCL in his left knee in 2013 and had another ACL tear in 2015, and Ertz tore his ACL a week before Mahomes’ injury.
His conversations with Ertz turned into a rehab competition.
“We kind of had like competitions on where we were at, and where we were rehabbing,” Mahomes said of Ertz. “It would start off as how much deadlift — what you’re deadlifting, where you’re at — and then [we would] send little videos. He’s jumping and doing certain acceleration things, and I’m sending him next week doing cutting and stuff like that.
“It keeps the competition going because it’s a long process and you feel like sometimes you’re lonely because you’re doing stuff by yourself, and you’re just competing against yourself, so it gave me someone else that I can compete with to push my competitive drive.”
Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice is cleared for training camp, coach Andy Reid said Friday.
“Rashee Rice, with his knee debridement, is doing great,” Reid said, via Jordan Foote of SI.com. “So he will, again, go. We’ll keep an eye on him, but he’s cleared to go.”
Rice underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right knee in May before serving a 30-day sentence for violating his probation by testing positive for THC. Rice was released from Dallas County Jail on June 16.
“He’s done a great job rehabbing up here,” Reid said. “He’s been up here the whole time. He’ll be in and out here in the next couple of days, but he’s been here throughout.”
Undrafted rookie tight end John Michael Gyllenborg is working through a knee sprain that kept him out of the offseason program.
“Gyllenborg, he’s still working through the knee sprain which he had,” Reid said. “They’re doing some other evaluations on him, so we’ll just see for this camp here, most likely, he won’t get much work there.”
