Lack of a preseason means minimal errors for Lucas Niang

As Chiefs veteran guard Laurent Duvernay-Tardif opted out of the 2020 season to stay on the COVID-19 front lines, rookie Lucas Niang said he will play any position.

LUCAS NIANG COMES TOTHE CHIEFS AS A THIRD-ROUND PICK.AN OFFENSIVE LINEMAN,WHICH IS NOW A POSITIONOF NEED FOR THE CHIEFS.GUARDS STEFENWISNIEWSKI AND LAURENTDUVERNAY-TARDIF BOTHSTARTED THE SUPERBOWL.WISNIEWSKI IS NOW ASTEELER.LDT IS NOW A DOCTOR FORTHIS SEASON.MCKENZIE NELSON ON AGUY WHO COULD BETHRUST INTO ACTION ...LUCAS NIANG...MCKENZIE NELSON - REPORTINGWHEN YOU READ THE WORDSACROSS HIS CHEST - YOU"LLSEE THAT LUCAS NIANG ISTURNING THOSE WORDS INTOACTIONS.NOBODY CARES, WORKHARDER" "A BOLD STATEMENT FROM THECHIEFS ROOKIE WHO ISWORKING TO PROVE HIMSELF.LUCAS NIANG - CHIEFS ROOKIE,TACKLESEver since getting draftedandwe had that conversation at thecombine about me potentiallymovingto guard.

I"ve been practicingboth guard and tackle trying togetcomfortable so I can be asversatileas possible.IN 2018 - NIANG WAS A SECOND-TEAM ALL-BIG 12 PICK ANDSTARTED ALL 13 GAMES FORTCU AT RIGHT TACKLAS CHIEFS VETERAN GUARD,LAURENT DUVERNAY-TARDIFOPTED OUT OF THE 2020SEASON TO STAY ON THECOVID-19 FRONTLINES " NIANGSAYS HE"LL PLAY ANYPOSITION THE COACHES WANTHIM TO.NIANGSI"d say, I work both leftandright the whole time because Ijustwant to be ready to playanywhereon the line but I think it willjust helphaving that hand combat andstuffthat I"ve been doing attackle,having that at guard.WITHOUT PRESEASON GAMES" NIANG SAYS THERE"S NOROOM FOR MISTAKES.NIANGSIt depends on how it goes foryou personally but every rep isgoingto be even more important thanpreviously because you don"thave those preseason to go andshow your stuff, so in practiceyoucan"t make any mental errorsorany mistakes because it"sgoingto count a lot more.MCKENZIE NELSON - REPORTINGAFTER 7 GAMES - NIANG"SSENIOR SEASON ENDED WITH AHIP INJURY.AFTER SITTING OUT ANDUNDERGOING SURGERY - NIANGSAYS HE"S READY