Chiefs rookie CBs look at Marcus Peters with a measure of awe

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Marcus Peters has played only one NFL season but to the Kansas City Chiefs rookie cornerbacks he looks like a 10-year veteran.

Peters accomplished that much in one year with eight interceptions and another in the playoffs, two touchdowns and the NFL’s defensive rookie of the year award.

It’s no wonder the three corners the Chiefs drafted have come to Peters to pick his brain and ask how they can have similar first-season success. Peters’ advice is simple: Play your own game and don’t pattern yours after mine.

“Be yourself, man, and go have fun,” Peters said he’s told KeiVarae Russell (third round), Eric Murray (fourth) and D.J. White (sixth). “My rookie season is going to be a whole lot different than yours.”

Peters, the Chiefs’ first-round pick last year, looked to be a risky choice because he was thrown off his collegiate team at Washington his final season because of confrontations with coaches. None of this year’s drafted cornerbacks come in with that kind of baggage.

“I came in with trouble behind my …

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