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Chiefs headlines for Saturday, May 24.
Off-field earnings push Patrick Mahomes into top 20 of world’s highest-paid athletes | The Star
The San Francisco 49ers last week gave quarterback Brock Purdy a huge five-year contract extension worth $265 million, and many people were talking about .... the Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes.
Yep, Over The Cap said Mahomes has the 14th-highest average salary per year among NFL quarterbacks.
The good news for Mahomes is he is still being paid handsomely by the Chiefs, and he’s also making a lot of money away from the field. Those endorsement deals are a big reason why Mahomes is ranked as the 18th highest-paid athlete in the world by Forbes.
Predicting the Best Rookie on Every Team in 2025 | Sports Illustrated
Kansas City Chiefs: Omarr Norman-Lott, DT
It’ll be interesting to see how the Chiefs’ left tackle situation unfolds, as first-round pick Josh Simmons, who’s still rehabbing from a torn patellar tendon sustained in October, competes with free agent signing Jaylon Moore for the starting job. Norman-Lott faces no such questions. The Tennessee product is a potent interior pass rusher. With Chris Jones commanding extra attention next to him, Norman-Lott will have plenty of advantageous opportunities to disrupt opposing quarterbacks.
Chiefs rookie LB Jeffrey Bassa describes collegiate position change | Chiefs Wire
A highly viewed four-star recruit in the class of 2021, Bassa took a unique path to finding his current role. He entered college primarily playing safety before kicking down to linebacker to cover for injured teammates. Bassa never returned to safety, but he retained most of the athletic traits that made him a coveted defensive back.
While at the Senior Bowl earlier this year, Bassa detailed his experience transitioning from safety to off-ball linebacker.
“It was great. You’re so used to guarding receivers all the time … You get transitioned into the box, and you’re dealing with linemen all the time. You’re dealing with vision of the quarterback, dealing with the linemen and assigning everybody to make sure they’re alright,” said Bassa. “I thought it was a quick and easy transition for me because I always wanted to have that vocal voice and for people to depend on me to get them aligned right. [I can] also do things that a DB can do and stop the run as well.”
Top extension candidate for every NFL team | CBS Sports
Kansas City Chiefs: QB Patrick Mahomes
Back in 2020, Mahomes and the Chiefs agreed to a 10-year, $447 million contract that could be worth up to $503 million. While that deal — which has Mahomes connected to Kansas City through the 2031 season — has been tweaked in recent years to give the Chiefs some cap flexibility, the quarterback market has changed rather dramatically. That could mean that they take a harder look at this deal to bring Mahomes up to a respective level....
