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Broncos TE Evan Engram recorded just three receptions in Week 1 and one reception in Week 2. When asked about his lack of usage, Engram responded that they have a lot of playmakers and are running the ball well.
“I mean, we’ve got playmakers all over the place,” Engram said, via Mike Klis. “We all have a role, and we were running the ball pretty well, and we have a lot of packages that we just keep rolling into the game.”
Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes is hoping to get WR Xavier Worthy back on the field this week and said that he brings an added dimension to the offense.
“More than anything, having him out there is a threat in general,” Mahomes said, via ESPN. “At any moment, he can take a pass — short or long — and take it to the house. Having him on the practice field was very encouraging last week. Seeing him out there, he wanted to stay out there. It was kind of like holding him back.”
Mahomes added that the team is looking to turn around their winless record and thinks that this is the week that they’ll do it.
“You get the spotlight on you, the lights get brighter, and you get to showcase who you are,” Mahomes said. “It’s a great opportunity for us. With the start we’ve had, we want to prove we’re a better team than we’ve shown these first two weeks. ‘Sunday Night Football’ would be the perfect time to do it.”
Raiders QB Geno Smith already feels right at home in Las Vegas. The team made him a priority this offseason as their starting quarterback, and he is feeling more in command and secure than at any point in Seattle. He said in a recent interview he’s hoping to be able to finish his career with the Raiders, playing anywhere from four to eight more seasons.
“I finally got my team,” Smith said via ESPN’s Ryan McFadden. “I always felt like I was trying to replace Russell [Wilson in Seattle], and you can never replace all the great things that he did. So I never felt like Seattle was my team.”
Smith revisited the end of his time with the Seahawks, admitting that he knew for a while that he probably wasn’t going to end up signing a new extension in Seattle. He approached GM John Schneider with two years left on his deal to try and get a sense of where he stood.
*“I think that’s a fair question to ask anybody,” Smith said. “They didn’t have a definitive answer. … It was kind of up in the air. And so for me, going into the [2024] season, I was like, ‘OK, well, this may be my last season here.’ I literally had a playlist called ‘The Last Dance.’ I...
