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Chiefs headlines for Thursday, June 12
Missouri’s plan, which passed the House on a vote of 90 to 58 would allow Missouri to pay for up to 50% of new or improved stadiums for the Chiefs and Royals using tax revenue generated by the teams toward payment of bonds. Kansas’ bonds program, on the other hand, could pay for up to 70% of new stadiums. “We need to be moving Missouri forward,” said Rep. Chris Brown, a Kansas City Republican who handled the bill in the House. “And keeping these teams in Missouri is certainly a way to do that.”
Kansas City Chiefs
Best-case scenario: Patrick Mahomes’ O-line recovers from an ugly Super Bowl, a freshened-up pass catching corps led by Xavier Worthy and Rashee Rice reignites the deep attack, and the dynasty captures yet another championship.
Worst-case scenario: The line is reworked but no less unstable, forcing Mahomes to scramble more than he’d like, and Andy Reid’s scheming can’t undo lingering injuries. They fail to make the Super Bowl for the first time in four years.
10 - Kansas City Chiefs
As you can imagine, several offenses merited serious consideration for the final slot in this ranking. The JUST MISSED category includes both Los Angeles teams, with the Chargers in Year 2 of Jim Harbaugh’s cultural transformation and the Rams now boasting Davante Adams as their WR2. I also pondered significant steps forward for the Bears’ and Falcons’ attacks, bearing in mind potential sophomore surges from Caleb Williams and Michael Penix Jr. Elsewhere, with Liam Coen and Travis Hunter touching down in Jacksonville, is this the year Trevor Lawrence puts it all together? And with San Francisco fresh off an injury-riddled Super Bowl hangover, is this the year we regrettably overlook Kyle Shanahan’s 49ers?
But after weighing all viable options at No. 10, I took the easy way out: Betting on Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes.
Despite making the Super Bowl in each of the past two seasons, the Chiefs ranked 12th in offensive points per game in 2024 and 14th in 2023. That’s a notable departure from the first five years of the Reid-Mahomes pairing, when Kansas City ranked first twice and never finished lower than seventh. Everyone knows the main culprit for this downswing: an offensive line that sprung holes, especially on the edge. Consequently, Brett Veach aggressively targeted tackles in free agency (giving Trent Williams understudy Jaylon Moore a two-year, $30 million deal) and the 2025 NFL Draft (spending the first-round pick on Josh Simmons). Is that enough to fully patch up the...
