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Who wins the left tackle job in Kansas City?

Along the way to Super Bowl LIX many experts pointed to the offensive line as a potential problem for the Kansas City Chiefs. Yet as they rolled through the regular season and into the playoffs, Patrick Mahomes and company found ways to overcome that perceived weakness.

The bill finally came due in the big game, as the Philadelphia Eagles hounded Mahomes to the tune of...

The candidates for the position are veteran Jaylon Moore and rookie Josh Simmons.

On Sunday, Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid opened 2025’s training camp with a press conference in front of the team dorm at Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph.

The club will hold athletic testing and its opening team meeting on Monday, followed by the first workout on Tuesday. That is when the coaching staff can begin evaluating the battle at left tackle, the marquee matchup of this season’s camp.

Kansas City signed former San Francisco 49ers backup Jaylon Moore in free agency, then selected...

In a space of just six days, Kansas City has signed two of its top players to long-term deals.

As recently as noon on Tuesday, we didn’t know if the Kansas City Chiefs would be able to come to a long-term agreement with right guard Trey Smith. But just hours before the league’s deadline for a new contract, the two sides agreed to a four-year deal worth $94 million.

Smith’s deal gave the team additional cap space that could be used to get contract extensions for the team’s two first-round draft picks from 2022: cornerback Trent McDuffie and defensive end...

Two projected starters will be sidelined initially in St. Joseph

Sunday marked the arrival of the Kansas City Chiefs to Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph, where they will spend the next few weeks at training camp.

At head coach Andy Reid’s initial press conference, he revealed that the Chiefs would at least temporarily be without the services of three players: tackle Jawaan Taylor, cornerback Kristian Fulton, and tight end Tre Watson.

Reid confirmed that all three would begin camp on the active physically-unable-to-perform list (PUP).

“As far as any of the injuries go,” the coach began, “I can...

One of Kansas City’s 2022 first-round draft picks from has been signed to an extension worth $93 million.

According to a report from ESPN’s Adam Schefter (and many others), the Kansas City Chiefs have signed defensive end George Karlaftis to a four-year contract extension worth $93 million, including $62 million guaranteed.

Jordan Schulz has reported that the deal begins with a total of $88 million, but also includes $5 million in contract incentives.

As our Jared Sapp noted on X, this effectively commits one of the team’s 2022 first-round draft picks to a six-year contract worth as much as $110.5...

The up-to-date team roster, including contract and salary cap information.

Salary cap space

All information shown is current as of 11:30 a.m. Sunday, July 20.

Current space: $20.1 million.

This includes the estimated salary cap impacts of all known signings and releases. More information about our cap space calculation is available below the tables.

Please note: *All NFL teams must remain below the salary cap between the beginning of the new league year in mid-March and the end of each season. If our estimate of the team’s cap space is a negative number, it’s because contracts for...

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Is Jaden Hicks ready?

Now that safety Justin Reid has moved on, it’s likely that second-year player Jaden Hicks will be stepping up to fill his shoes. Almost all Kansas City fans think he’ll be able to...

All of Kansas City’s draft picks have now signed their rookie deals.

One day ahead of the Kansas City Chiefs’ report day for training camp, they have come to terms with second-round rookie defensive tackle Omarr Norman-Lott. NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport was the first to relay the news on his official X account.

The Chiefs selected the 23-year-old out of Tennessee with the No. 63 overall pick in this year’s NFL Draft. Our John Dixon recently explained why it has taken second-rounders longer to sign this offseason than ever before.

It started on May 8, when the Houston Texans...

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Judging 2025 NFL offseason overreactions: Bucs, Browns, more | ESPN

The Chiefs’ streak of nine straight AFC West titles will come to an end

The verdict: OVERREACTION

As wobbly as the Chiefs looked last season, they still won 15 games in the regular season and 17 total. They finished four games ahead of the Chargers and five ahead of the Broncos in spite of conceding the final game of the season in Denver by sitting their starters.

That’s a ton of ground for those...

As the team prepares to open camp in St. Joseph, which Kansas City players are trending up (or down)?

During this offseason, things have been relatively quiet for the Kansas City Chiefs. But I’d argue that for the team’s fans, training camp is one of the most exciting times of the year. Optimism and anticipation is always fun, right? We’ll be paying close attention to every little nugget of news from Missouri Western University in St. Joseph — especially ones that confirm our optimism for our favorite players.

It’s also a time to revamp my Market Movers rankings for the...

Trey Smith and the Chiefs reset the NFL’s guard market, so how does the deal compare to the rest of the league?

Major contract news broke this week, as the Kansas City Chiefs signed offensive lineman Trey Smith to a record-breaking four-year, $94 million deal, making him the highest-paid guard in NFL history.

Smith, 26, was the lone player remaining on the franchise tag, which the Chiefs applied back in March, and he was slated to play the 2025 season on a one-year, $23 million contract.

However, he now has a long-term deal with the Chiefs that includes $70 million...

Kansas City’s top cornerback can be used anywhere, so how should the team use the players around him?

For the third straight year, I’m considering the 10 biggest questions I have for the Kansas City Chiefs for 2025.

As long as I do this series, I will continue to ask how Trent McDuffie should be used. It will be a relevant question before every season he’s with the team, because he could be a perennial All-Pro as a slot or outside cornerback. That makes him a rare football player. In my opinion, there’s only one other NFL cornerback who can...