Kansas City Chiefs
There is plenty of unknown about the Kansas City Chiefs heading into the season. Soon, the team will showcase how impactful the changes made this offseason were, but as of now, there’s no secret to who the team’s core players are.
Considering there are still a few free-agent veterans to keep in mind before camp gets underway, the roster is mostly set. So let’s fantasize.
Which all-time Chiefs player, at the peak of their powers, would you add to the team for just this season?
My mind immediately goes to a playmaker like wide receiver Tyreek Hill, but that’s cheating!...
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Two weeks from today, there will be a Kansas City Chiefs training camp practice to react to!
On Wednesday, July 29, the Chiefs will hold a full-team practice to an exclusive crowd of season-ticket holders. The following day will be the team’s first public practice.
To get ready for camp, let’s take a look at the players competing for an important role in the starting defense: the slot defender, or the “Nickel.” We’ll start with an incumbent who may be starting elsewhere in the secondary this year.
Slot snaps in 2025: 391 (Pro Football Focus)
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In this series, we will look at established players — virtual locks to make this year’s Kansas City Chiefs squad — with the most riding on the 2026 season.
When the Chiefs arrive in St. Joseph later this month, arguably no player will be under more scrutiny than the expected top wide receiver — fourth-year pro Rashee Rice.
There may be no player in the NFL with more riding on the coming season than Rice. Depending on how his contract season goes (on and off the field), Rice could either be one of the league’s top-paid wideouts in 2027 —...
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We are 61 days away from the Kansas City Chiefs‘ season-opening game against the Denver Broncos on “Monday Night Football” in Week 1.
The No. 61 is being worn by guard C.J. Hanson, a seventh-round pick in the 2024 draft, as we enter this season.
He has a long way to go to meet the standard set by a few No. 61s, each playing key roles in some of the greatest eras in franchise history.
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There has been a vacancy in the Kansas City Chiefs’ defensive rotation for a few months. In May, we highlighted four free agents the Chiefs could sign to play defensive end on the site.
New Orleans Saints edge rusher Cameron Jordan has returned to his long-time team since that writing, but the three players remaining are still on the market with training camp nearing.
Jadeveon Clowney is always a name to consider, but there’s another candidate from the list who was also highlighted by friend of the site Charles Goldman of A to Z Sports this week....
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Fans of the Kansas City Chiefs are waiting for the first game of the 2026 season.
To kill some time and beat the summer heat ahead of training camp in St. Joe, let’s think about which teams we enjoy seeing the Chiefs beat the most, the helmet and color combination Chiefs Kingdom hates losing to more than any other.
Who is the Chiefs’ biggest current rival?
We’ll narrow it down to a poll question later, based on your responses, but let’s list the possibilities.
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On a Kansas City Chiefs defense with All-Pro defensive tackle Chris Jones in the lineup, linebacker Nick Bolton may still be the biggest pillar of the unit. The team’s middle linebacker has been the signal-caller on that side of the ball since 2022, one year after flashing constantly in a limited role as a rookie.
He has garnered respect across the league. In last year’s league survey conducted by ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler, which compiled top-10 positional rankings, Bolton ranked fourth among NFL off-ball linebackers.
This year, Bolton ranked eighth.
8. Nick Bolton, Kansas City Chiefs
Highest ranking:...
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One of the larger NFL conversations over the past year has been about the use of tight ends in modern offense.
The dialogue started during the middle of the 2025 season with the Los Angeles Rams. Wide receiver Davante Adams missed a few games midseason. To account for the loss of Adams, Rams head coach Sean McVay adjusted his entire offense. After relying almost exclusively on 11 personnel (one back, one tight end and three wide receivers), the offense pivoted to 12 and 13 personnel, putting more tight ends on the field.
This unlocked a new element of Los Angeles’...
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We are 62 days away from the Kansas City Chiefs‘ season-opening game against the Denver Broncos on “Monday Night Football” in Week 1.
The No. 62 was most recently worn by left guard Joe Thuney for four seasons, two of those ending in Super Bowl victories, and then a third with an AFC title while Thuney started at left tackle for the playoff run.
After two first-team All-Pro years in Kansas City, Thuney earned a third such honor with the Chicago Bears last season after being traded there in 2025. He and a former Chiefs center are the franchise’s most...
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It has been a few years since former New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick left professional football, leaving Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid as the safest (and most logical) answer to the question of “who’s the best head coach in the NFL?”
According to a panel of eight Associated Press pro football writers, Reid has been the name to write down when prompted for that answer for four years.
Reid, who has three...
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In our “Let’s Argue” series, Mark Gunnels considers the hot takes, wacky predictions and unpopular opinions of Kansas City Chiefs fans from all over the world.
I don’t think this is far-fetched at all.
With Walker in the fold, Mahomes has his best running game since the early years of running back Kareem Hunt. That should make the offense much more balanced and efficient.
Defensively, if draft picks like cornerback Mansoor Delane and defensive tackle Peter Woods make the impact the Chiefs expect, there’s no reason this...
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Last year, we crunched the numbers on the Kansas City Chiefs’ offense at Arrowhead Pride, attempting to predict the overs/under lines for statistical totals. While we were closer than we were with the defense, we by no means hit the nail on the head in our predictions.
We were bullish on nearly every single metric in 2025, except for rushing touchdowns, which we were correctly skeptical of: we took the under on a total of 17.75 rushing touchdowns.
However, we were quite a bit off from our prediction that quarterback Patrick Mahomes would throw over 29 touchdowns. While injuries definitely...
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