Undrafted rookies audition in KC

     If only the national championship he won at Florida had made Chris Leak 4 inches taller.
    Then maybe the 6-0 quarterback wouldn’t have spent Friday in a cramped and stuffy indoor facility working out with about 70 other hopefuls, longshots and draft day also-rans.
    Practicing in the morning and again in the afternoon, all were chasing the same dream. All were desperately trying to seize the moment, get their foot in the NFL door and win an invitation to Kansas City’s training camp in July.
    Many of the undrafted rookies paid their own expenses to Kansas City this week. After running about 80 plays on Friday, they had a third workout planned for Saturday. Then perhaps only a couple — if that many — will receive that precious invitation and get to take one more small step toward a possible NFL career.
    “This is our Super Bowl,” said Leak.
    Clearly the shortest of the three yellow-shirted quarterbacks taking part in the two-day audition, Leak made some good throws and some not so good. Working with wide receivers he’d never seen before and who may not be as skilled as some of those he knew at Florida, Leak rifled one pass 40 yards into the hands of a receiver who was double-covered.
    It would have looked great if the receiver had not dropped the ball.
    “We all want to come out here and perform well,” Leak said. “The best thing you can do is just come out and try to have fun. That’s the attitude you have to have. Go one play at a time and finish every play strong.”
    As the young players trotted out of the indoor facility, Edwards told reporters that there had actually been a few who did catch his eye.