Chiefs headlines for Monday, May 26.
What Are the Chiefs’ Main Priorities For the Summer? SI.com
The Kansas City Chiefs will have a chip on their shoulder next season. Everyone remembers how they got beat in Super Bowl LIX and they did play a good football game that day. The Chiefs know that they could have made history, but fell short. Now heading into the new season, they will use having that bad taste in their mouth as motivation that will be there all season long. The Chiefs are coming.
The Chiefs this offseason did have a lot of turnover to their key players from last season’s team, but one thing that they have done well over the years is bringing in their own players the following season and having similar success. Next season, the Chiefs will have to do that.
Chiefs analyst says Buffalo Bills are only team Kansas City respects | Sporting News
“The Bills are the only team in the AFC Chiefs fans have any respect for,” Verderame said while joining me on The Pump Fake.
Verderame adds that the Cincinnati Bengals are the one caveat, but with Lou Anarumo gone, they are less of a threat. And also says that while Lamar Jackson is difficult to gameplan for, the Chiefs have only lost one game against Jackson and Chiefs fans know if they play their best, they will beat Baltimore.
It’s all but certain Allen and Mahomes will meet in the playoffs once again, but will Allen and Buffalo finally be able to break through?
Young Chiefs Playmaker is Clear Cut Candidate as OTAs Begin | MSN.com
One of those players who are serious cut candidates is fan favorite and talented playmaker Carson Steele. The 22-year-old back benefited from being listed as a fullback as a rookie and played a significant role, especially early in the season. Mainly used as a run blocker and short-yardage runner, Steele showed intriguing flashes at times but made costly mistakes at others.
Steele doesn’t have dominant physical and athletic tools, and struggled with fumbles in his first season in the NFL. The Chiefs signed Elijah Mitchell in free agency and selected Brashard Smith in the 2025 NFL Draft. Isiah Pacheco and Kareem Hunt are returning, leaving Steele all the way down in the pecking order.
Chiefs’ RB Pacheco Ready to Return to Form In 2025 | SI.com
Starting running back Isiah Pacheco was injured for most of the season in 2024. He did not return until late in the season, but even then, he could not get back to his old form. It could also have been because he rushed back from injury. After all, the team was making another Super Bowl run. You can even see that it was not the same Pacheco late in the year in 2024.
During his time gone last season, the Chiefs then brought in veteran running...