Kansas City’s MIKE linebacker is being identified as one of the best at what he does.

On Tuesday, ESPN’s Field Yates published another NFL position ranking based on the voting of league executives, coaches and scouts — this one on off-ball linebackers. The San Francisco 49ers’ Fred Warner topped the list, followed by the Baltimore Ravens’ Roquan Smith, the Philadelphia Eagles' Zack Baun and the leader of the Kansas City Chiefs’ second level.

4. Nick Bolton, Kansas City Chiefs

Highest ranking: 2
Lowest ranking: Unranked
Age: 25
Last year’s ranking: 5

Bolton...

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Hours before Tuesday’s deadline, the Kansas City Chiefs came to terms with right guard Trey Smith on a four-year, $94 million contract. So let’s make that our Wednesday question.

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Focus shifts to Trent McDuffie’s contract

Ranking best NFL teams since 2000: Top 25 over past 25 years | ESPN

9. 2019 Kansas City Chiefs (15-4)

Fate: Won Super Bowl LIV over 49ers 31-20

Offense: 96th percentile

Defense: 74th percentile

The ultimate “No lead is safe” team, the Chiefs simply broke competitors’ hearts. Their playoff run quickly became legendary. Down 24-0 against the Texans within 20 minutes, Kansas City promptly scored the next 41 points and won by multiple touchdowns. In the...

Kansas City’s star guard will give the Chiefs some cap relief, but the team showed some financial restraint.

The Kansas City Chiefs managed to ink franchise-tagged guard Trey Smith to a four-year extension before Tuesday’s deadline. Rather than playing for $23.4 million on the franchise tag, Smith and the Chiefs agreed to a $94 million pact to make him the highest-paid guard in league history.

Mike Florio of NBC Sports soon reported the contract terms, potentially keeping Smith in Kansas City through 2028.

Smith is now guaranteed to earn $46.75 million over the next two seasons. For the coming season,...

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

Salary cap space

All information shown is current as of 2:45 p.m. Tuesday, July 15.

Current space: $20.6 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...

The Chiefs and their starting right guard got it done with about two hours to spare.

Talks persisted until about two hours before the deadline, but in the end, the two sides got it done: the Kansas City Chiefs and right guard Trey Smith have agreed to a four-year contract extension.

Multiple outlets (ESPN, Fox Sports and NFL Network) report the four-year deal is worth $94 million, with $70 million guaranteed.

Smith, 26, was a sixth-round pick by the Chiefs during the 2021 NFL Draft. Since his rookie season, he has started 67 regular-season and 13 playoff games for Kansas...

Which Kansas City coach is in line for a promotion? Let’s hear what you think!

In Andy Reid, the Kansas City Chiefs have a coach who loves to see his assistant coaches move up the ladder — whether it’s for his own team or another one; few NFL coaches have had more of their assistants promoted into top jobs. Among those now on Reid’s staff, who will be next in line for a better job in Kansas City or elsewhere?

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The 10 best NFL QBs of all-time, ranked | SB Nation

4. Patrick Mahomes

Highest Ranking: 2
Lowest Ranking: 10

Patrick Mahomes career stats

Years active: 2017-present
Completions: 2,778 (41st all-time)
Passing yards: 32,352 (48th all-time)
Passing touchdowns: 245 (29th all-time)
Passer rating: 102.1 (second all-time)
Fourth-quarter comebacks: 19 (T-20th all-time)

Patrick Mahomes career accolades

6-time Pro Bowl selection
2-time First-Team All-Pro selection
2-time NFL MVP
**2018 Offensive Player of the...

According to NFL executives, coaches and scouts, Kansas City’s quarterback is still the man to beat.

On Monday morning, ESPN’s Field Yates continued his yearly NFL positional rankings based on the voting of league insiders. This time, he focused on quarterbacks. While the Kansas City Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes has been taken down a peg (or two or four) in some of the rankings we have seen this offseason, the league’s executives, coaches and scouts see it differently.

1. Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs

Highest ranking: 1
Lowest ranking: 4
Age: 29
Last year’s ranking:...

Kansas City’s longtime head coach tops a 2025 ranking.

On Monday, Cody Benjamin of CBS Sports engaged in one of his yearly rituals: ranking the NFL’s head coaches. And once again, the Kansas City Chiefs’ Big Red lands at the top of his list.

1. Andy Reid

2024 Rank: 1
Season: 13th with Chiefs, 26th as coach
Career record: 258-144-1
Playoffs: 26-16 (3-2 in Super Bowls)

Did his lauded offensive strategies overcome the Chiefs’ utter lack of trench stability in their last Super Bowl effort? No way. But “last” is the key...

In 2025, Kansas City hopes to continue dominating on the interior of the offensive line.

Over the weekend, ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler continued releasing his 2025 rankings for NFL players based on a poll of NFL executives, coaches and scouts. While the Kansas City Chiefs didn’t land anyone on Sunday’s list of the top 10 offensive tackles, Saturday’s list of interior offensive linemen included three Kansas City players.

1. Creed Humphrey, Kansas City Chiefs

Highest ranking: 1
Lowest ranking: 10
Age: 26
Last year’s ranking: 7

Last year, Humphrey made the case as...