Hall of Fame quarterback Len Dawson is being honored again in Canton as this year's recipient of the Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award, according to an ESPN.com report on Thursday.

Matt Cassel believes the Chiefs should have high expectations despite a last-place finish and coaching change in 2011. "With every season, there's a lot of changes," Cassel told the Springfield News-Leader. "But I feel like as long as we go out there and execute and play good football my expectations are very high for this team." Kansas City suffered through a number of injuries to important players last season, including Jamaal Charles, Eric Berry and Cassel himself. "I feel great, I"m ready to roll," the quarterback said. "I feel like our team will come out stronger. We suffered through a lot of injuries last year to some key people but they should be coming back stronger and the coaches are very optimistic."

Jamaal Charles is confident that he'll join the Chiefs when training camp begins in July. "When they let that cape off me, I'm ready to go," Charles said. "I'm ready to put my cleats back on and punish everybody in my way." The running back went on injured reserve after tearing his anterior cruciate ligament against the Lions in Week 2.

The Chiefs opened their mandatory three-day minicamp on Tuesday without wide receiver Dwayne Bowe, who has not yet signed his franchise tender. Bowe is not under contract and is technically exempt from the last series of workouts before training camp in late July. "You like to have your good players with you, definitely, because every year you have to develop new team chemistry," coach Romeo Crennel said. "I think he'll be here eventually, and we'll have to get him caught up."

Brian Banks will work out for the Chiefs next week, according to a report by the San Diego Union-Tribune. Banks was exonerated last month of a rape conviction that put him in prison for five years. A linebacker, Banks worked out for the Chargers on Friday but left town without a contract.

The Chiefs have signed Division III Monmouth College quarterback Alex Tanney. Tanney entered the national conversation because of a YouTube video featuring him throwing the ball off the goalposts from midfield along with various other "trick shots." The video received more than 2.5 million views.

The Chiefs have signed free agent safety Abram Elam. Elam will provide depth behind Eric Berry, who is coming back from a devastating knee injury sustained last season. Elam will be entering his seventh season in the league after spending last year with the Cowboys.

Dwayne Bowe isn't participating in Kansas City's voluntary offseason workouts because he wants a long-term contract. The Chiefs used their franchise tag on the wide receiver, which represents a one-year, $9.515 million deal. "We're going to win with whoever we have," Romeo Crennel told the Kansas City Star. "If he's with us, we'd like that to happen. If he's not, than we're going to work with the guys we've got here."