Chiefs News: Nohl Williams is ESPN’s pick for Chiefs breakout player

Chiefs News: Nohl Williams is ESPN’s pick for Chiefs breakout player
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The ways in which Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Nohl Williams has been talked up by the football media this offseason have piled up, raising expectations for the second-year player. Whether he’s predicted to “break out” or called the team’s “most promising player,” there is anticipation that Williams will ascend to impact-player status.

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A smart press corner with a nose for the football at Cal, Williams seemed like an obvious middle-round Steve Spagnuolo corner up to and including the moment the Chiefs drafted him in the third round. Behind Trent McDuffie and Jaylen Watson, Williams could never be more than third in the rotation. With both gone, he’ll be fighting with Kristian Fulton for a starting job opposite 2026 first-rounder Mansoor Delane.

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Veteran OL Brady Christensen recently told Mike Kaye of the Charlotte Observer that his doctors cleared him for contact football. This comes after undergoing season-ending Achilles surgery back in October. After a long wait to enter the free-agent market, the former Carolina Panthers O-Lineman is ready for a new opportunity in 2026.

“I’m always looking for the best opportunity, not only for me, but for my family as well,” Christensen said.

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“It’s insane … the first day we got him, it was like a little seven-on-seven in OTAs, and he caught like just like a flat route, like it was like a bubble-slant RPO, and he was the bubble. He caught the bubble, nobody got within two arms length of him. He just ran down the sideline, and I’m just sitting here like we just got the most electric player in the draft,” Kelce said laughing.

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Even without premier sack production in recent seasons, it’s impossible to deny that the former second-round pick is a game-wrecker against the pass. In the same aforementioned pass rush win rate metric, he led all defensive tackles at 20% to end last year. He also ranked second in Pro Football Focus pass rush grade at 90.7 and was third in logged pressures with 63.

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If the Chiefs’ “logjam” at cornerback costs Kohou his job in Kansas City, the Dolphins should have his agent on speed dial, even if it comes during final cuts. Kohou would immediately give the Dolphins a familiar staple in the secondary. A starter inside with the potential to slide outside if needed.

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