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How the Chiefs can help Chris Jones in 2025

How the Chiefs can help Chris Jones in 2025

As the All-Pro defensive tackle turns 31, here is how Kansas City can help him.

Over the past few years, one thing I’ve given attention to is the snap percentage the Kansas City Chiefs have given All-Pro defensive tackle Chris Jones. Of everything Jones brings to the table, the most underrated strength he possesses is phenomenal conditioning.

When Jones entered the league, he showed flashes of the dominant player he would become, but the consistency wasn’t there. Some of this was that Jones needed more time to develop, but that conditioning also hurt his consistency.

As Jones developed into a...

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Tuesday Takes: What do other fans misunderstand about the Chiefs?

Tuesday Takes: What do other fans misunderstand about the Chiefs?

What is that people don’t understand about Kansas City? Let’s hear what you think!

At this time of year, people are looking for reasons the Kansas City Chiefs will take a step backward during the coming season. Someday — perhaps even in 2025 — Kansas City will take that step. But in recent seasons, these predictions haven’t come to pass. The team continues to win the AFC West, makes it to the AFC Championship and (usually) reaches the Super Bowl. What causes this to happen? What is it that nobody understands about the Chiefs?

Let’s talk about it!

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Chiefs begin Phase 3 of OTAs on Tuesday

Chiefs begin Phase 3 of OTAs on Tuesday

We’re one step closer to the 2025 NFL season.

Tuesday, May 27, marks a significant day of the Kansas City Chiefs’ 2025 calendar: the team is returning to true on-field work as Phase 3 of the offseason program gets underway.

Beginning on Tuesday, the Chiefs are conducting 10 days of voluntary organized team activities (OTAs). No live contact is permitted, but 7-on-7, 9-on-7, and 11-on-11 drills are allowed. This will be followed by a three-day mandatory minicamp.

Kansas City will conduct its 10 voluntary OTA sessions on these dates:

  • May 27-29 (Tuesday through Thursday)
  • June 2-4 (Monday through...
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Revisiting the Patrick Surtain trade 20 years later

Revisiting the Patrick Surtain trade 20 years later

It’s been 20 years since the Chiefs added Pro Bowl safety Patrick Surtain.

For the Miami Dolphins and Kansas City Chiefs, 2025 presents an anniversary opportunity to glance back at the 2005 trade that made Patrick Surtain a household name in the AFC West the first time around.

Original terms of the Patrick Surtain trade

  • Dolphins receive: 2005 second-round pick (46 overall), 2005 fifth-round pick (162 overall)
  • Chiefs receive: Patrick Surtain, 2005 fifth-round pick (138 overall)

How was Patrick Surtain’s performance for Kansas City Chiefs?

Expectations were sky-high for Surtain in Kansas City after he had...

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Arrowheadlines: Travis Kelce doesn’t care for the Chiefs being ‘America’s team’

Arrowheadlines: Travis Kelce doesn’t care for the Chiefs being ‘America’s team’

Chiefs headlines for Tuesday, May 27

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Ranking NFL’s most vulnerable division winners for 2025, from sturdy Chiefs to streaky Rams | CBS Sports

8. Kansas City Chiefs (AFC West)

2024 record: 15-2 | Division title streak: 9 seasons

All three of their rivals should theoretically be better: the Denver Broncos have a promising gunslinger in Bo Nix, the Los Angeles Chargers are physical under Jim Harbaugh and the Las Vegas Raiders now have Pete Carroll and Geno Smith running the show. Are any of those clubs ready to unseat a Chiefs team...

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Chiefs post Memorial Day tribute

Chiefs post Memorial Day tribute

On Monday morning, the Kansas City Chiefs posted a photo commemorating Memorial Day.

From all of us at Arrowhead Pride, have a safe Memorial Day.

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Predicting overs and unders for the 2025 Chiefs’ defense

Predicting overs and unders for the 2025 Chiefs’ defense

Let’s try to predict how Kansas City’s defense will fare in 2025.

Last week, we crunched the numbers and tried to predict overs and unders for the Kansas City Chiefs offense. For the most part, we took a pretty positive outlook on this Chiefs team offensively. But if Kansas City hopes to push for a fourth consecutive Super Bowl appearance, it must remain one of the league’s top defensive units.

That said, there are definitely areas where the team can outperform last season — most notably in the pass rush, where they tied the Buffalo Bills and New Orleans Saints...

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Arrowheadlines: The Chiefs’ main priorities this summer

Arrowheadlines: The Chiefs’ main priorities this summer

Chiefs headlines for Monday, May 26.

The latest

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...

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Arrowheadlines: Patrick Mahomes now the world’s 18th highest-paid athlete

Arrowheadlines: Patrick Mahomes now the world’s 18th highest-paid athlete

Chiefs headlines for Saturday, May 24.

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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...

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In this week’s ‘Reacts’ poll, Chiefs’ fans are very happy with their team

In this week’s ‘Reacts’ poll, Chiefs’ fans are very happy with their team

Sign up here to join SB Nation NFL Reacts.

Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NFL. Each week, we send out questions to the most plugged-in Kansas City Chiefs fans. You can see all of the recent survey results here.

And be sure to check out FanDuel Sportsbook, the official sportsbook partner of SB Nation.


Chiefs’ fan confidence


It looks like fans’ memory of Kansas City’s loss to the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LIX is fading away. Nearly all Chiefs fans currently approve of the team’s direction.


**How long will...

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Bill Barnwell isn’t sold on the Chiefs’ changes to the offensive line

Bill Barnwell isn’t sold on the Chiefs’ changes to the offensive line

In a new analysis, the ESPN analyst gives an unfavorable view of Kansas City’s biggest offseason moves.

On Thursday, ESPN’s Bill Barnwell took a senior class yearbook approach to one of the NFL’s conferences, summarizing the offseason of every AFC team with a superlative. Most of them were pretty negative — and his thoughts about the Kansas City Chiefs were no exception.

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The superlative: Most likely to slide their pass protection to the left

For the second time in the Patrick Mahomes era, the Chiefs lost a Super Bowl in which their offensive...

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Clark Hunt issues statement on passing of Colts owner Jim Irsay

Clark Hunt issues statement on passing of Colts owner Jim Irsay

On Wednesday, longtime Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay died at the age of 65. Irsay began working in the organization after his college graduation in 1982, taking over ownership with the passing of his father in 1997.

Under the guidance of Irsay, the Colts won Super Bowl XLI against the Chicago Bears, which concluded the 2006 season.

On Thursday morning, Kansas City Chiefs owner, chairman and CEO Clark Hunt shared a brief statement in memory of Irsay.

“My family and I are deeply saddened by the passing of Jim Irsay,” said Hunt. “Jim’s career in the National Football League...

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