Mankato, Minn. ? The second day of practice between the Kansas City Chiefs and Minnesota Vikings might have been slower than the first, but the talk surrounding the Chiefs’ offense Saturday was all about speed.

“I think from top to bottom we’re faster,” quarterback Trent Green said after hooking up with nearly every available wide receiver during the morning’s noncontact drills. “When you start talking abut the guys who are competing for that three, four, five, six spot, we’re much faster.”

Green got a good look at what his receivers could do Saturday, starting the workout by hitting Johnnie Morton with a bomb from midfield during a 7-on-7 passing drill that Morton caught in the corner of the end zone.

On the next play, Green hit Dante Hall on a sideline pattern for 15 yards.

In 11-on-11 workouts, Green found Curtis Jackson deep along the sidelines and threw a bullet on a crossing pattern that hit Kirk Rogers in stride. He also mixed in completions to Eddie Kennison and J.J. Moses.

Green said that after a little more than a week of training camp, he’s starting to find a rhythm with his receivers. He pointed to the long completion to Morton as an example of what the Chiefs’ passing game can do this season.

“Johnnie had the acceleration to go get that ball,” Green said. “Hopefully, we will see that a lot this year.”

Coach Dick Vermeil hopes so as well, having made a concerted effort to bring more speed into training camp at the wide receiver position.

“I think we’re faster, but I think even more so, we’re quicker,” Vermeil said. “We’re more elusive. We have better body control. We can get to a place and separate from somebody much better than our group last year. If the defender is two yards further away from you, his opportunity to catch you should not be as good.”

Green said the upgrade at wide receiver started with the addition of Kennison last year and Morton during the offseason.

But he said the competition to earn a roster spot behind those two is bringing out the best in everyone else.

“Eddie and Johnnie have really separated themselves as the top two guys,” Green said. “When you look down the list, Sylvester (Morris) is back, Larry Parker has a year under his belt and he is doing much better. There’s Dante (Hall) and Curtis Jackson. Reggie (Jones) and (Marc) Boerigter, unfortunately both got hurt, but they are definitely in the mix as well.

“That’s what makes it fun as a quarterback,” he added. “When you have a lot of receivers in competition, they are going to give you everything they have every day.”

Morris was on the sidelines Saturday with a sore knee while Jones sat out with a strained right quadriceps muscle suffered in Friday’s practice with the Vikings. Boerigter is still recovering from an emergency appendectomy he underwent last Sunday.

That hasn’t stopped Green from jelling with the rest of the receivers, and Vermeil said the best is yet to come.

“I’m spoiled because I’ve seen Trent at his best; you have too,” Vermeil told reporters. “Remember the Redskins game last year? Remember the Denver game last year? You can’t play the position any better. And that was in the heat of battle. I still don’t think he’s really right on the money yet, but it’s coming.”

Notes: Vermeil said he was pleased with the two days of practice with the Vikings. “I think overall it was a really a good investment,” he said. “We came over here to get better, and I think we go home a little better football team. I don’t say we beat the heck out of them or they beat the heck out of us. We came over to get something done and I think we did.” … Vermeil rested running back Priest Holmes on Saturday afternoon, saying he wanted to make sure Holmes was fresh on Monday. “I know what he can do and I just want to let these other kids get some work and give him a half-day rest and a whole-day rest tomorrow and Monday he’ll be fresh,” Vermeil said. … The Chiefs are off today and will resume practice Monday back in River Falls, Wis.