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Chiefs news for March 17, 2023
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Today in Chiefs’ history, In 1997, for reasons I am still not totally clear on, the Chiefs signed Elvis Grbac to be their QBOTF. That went well. Also, Jerome Woods was born in 1973. That went much better for us
Elsewhere, in 1992, nearly 69 percent of white South African voters backed F.W. de Klerk’s reforms—which included the repeal of racially discriminatory laws—and effectively endorsed the dismantling of apartheid.
1919: Nat King Cole was born
1905: Eleanor Roosevelt, niece of President Theodore Roosevelt, married her distant cousin Franklin D. Roosevelt, later U.S. president
1902: Golfer Bobby Jones, the first player to achieve a Grand Slam, was born.
461 AD: St. Patrick, patron saint of Ireland, died this day, according to legend. However, since 2018, this day has been one to celebrate our own St Patrick
Let’s start today’s news with something lighter…
‘SNL’ hosts for Season 48, ranked worst to best: Where do Jenna Ortega and Travis Kelce place? | Yahoo
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/snl-hosts-season-48-ranked-213010080.html
Super Bowl champion Travis Kelce from the Kansas City Chiefs hosted “Saturday Night Live” on March 4, 2023 with musical guest Kelsea Ballerini. Any doubts viewers may have had about an athlete hosting the show immediately dissipated when he stepped out for his monologue and proved to be equal parts emotional, hilarious and humble.
The Chiefs are letting several starters leave in free agency. Here’s their reasoning | KCStar via Yahoo
https://www.yahoo.com/news/chiefs-letting-several-starters-leave-110000133.html
In a moment to himself after Super Bowl LVII, Frank Clark sat on the Chiefs’ bench, unwrapping the protective gear that covered an injured elbow. The tears came quickly. On the other end of the same bench, his teammate Khalen Saunders also sat all alone, staring at nothing in particular, quietly taking in the celebration unfolding on the field front of him. In the middle of that field, Juan Thornhill threw two arms skyward, letting red, white and gold confetti fall into his face. And in retrospect now, you can’t help but wonder if each of them knew: This was the last stop in a farewell tour.
Charles Omenihu ready to embrace starting role with Chiefs | Chiefswire
Omenihu was asked about what makes him ready for a chance to be a starter during his introductory press conference. His explanation should get fans really excited for the future.
Jawaan Taylor open to playing whatever position helps Chiefs win championships | Chiefswire
Speaking with members of the media, Taylor explained that the team approached him about potentially playing the left side, noting that he’ll be happy to play anywhere so long as he’s contributing to the team’s end goal.
Five Things to Know About New Chiefs DL Charles Omenihu | Chiefs.com
https://www.chiefs.com/news/five-things-to-know-about-new-chiefs-dl-charles-omenihu
The Chiefs bolstered their defensive front on Thursday with the addition of free agent defensive lineman Charles Omenihu. Here are five things to know about the newest member of the defense.
Five Things to Know About New Chiefs OT Jawaan Taylor | Chiefs.com
https://www.chiefs.com/news/five-things-to-know-about-new-chiefs-ot-jawaan-taylor
The Kansas City Chiefs made an addition to their offensive line on Thursday by signing 25-year-old offensive tackle Jawaan Taylor. Here are five things to know about the newest member of the squad.
New Chiefs Signing Starts KC Tenure With Mic-Drop Message to Fans | Heavy
Kansas City Chiefs new defensive end Charles Omenihu signed his contract in KC on March 16, and he had a strong message for fans upon joining the organization officially.
‘It all worked out’: DE Charles Omenihu elated to join Chiefs | kshb.com
https://www.kshb.com/sports/it-all-worked-out-de-charles-omenihu-elated-to-join-chiefs
For Omenihu, joining the Chiefs was an opportunity he longed for.
Inside Patrick and Brother Jackson Mahomes’ Relationship | Newsweek
He admitted that having Patrick as his brother, who by then was a big star in the NFL, has helped him on social media. Earlier this year, he said: “Do I use him for clout? No…. I mean I don’t necessarily use him for clout, but there are a lot of advantages and I get a lot of opportunities by being his brother, so that’s pretty cool.”
Morning Bowl of (T)Weeties:
Arrowhead Guys Twitter:
The Chiefs add former Colts DT Byron Coward, who had 12 tackles in 17 games last year. https://twitter.com/JLSports3/status/1639290472966307842
Congratulations to client @ByronCowart1 on signing with the @Chiefs
Can confirm the Chiefs are re-signing Blake Bell on a 1-year deal (@RapSheet 1st).
The team keeps its top 4 tight ends from last year — in Travis Kelce, Noah Gray, Jody Fortson & Bell — & could add another player at the position in the draft next month.
Excited for this new chapter! 🙏🏾
The obsession with Jackson Mahomes. 🙄
You can just choose to not follow him and/or block him. He doesn’t appear in your feed anymore.
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers confronts TikTok CEO:
"Why would you willingly give Jackson Mahomes a platform in this world?”
Update: The #Chiefs have signed back DT Derrick Nnadi, a 2018 3rd round pick who played his entire career with the team, per his agent SportsTrust.
Local Chiefs Reporters:
"I think the data was very clear: it doesn’t show a higher injury rate. But we recognize shorter weeks. We went through this with COVID too.”
Roger Goodell defends the Thursday Night Football flex proposal.
Goodell defends TNF flex proposal, owners postpone vote
The NFL approved a measure that would allow every team to play on two short weeks. It previously was only one week.
theathletic.com
One would hope Clark Hunt would be a no vote on flexing Thursday night games.
Chiefs draw from a huge geographic footprint, and there's plenty of frustration from fans when Sunday games get flexed.
Let's hope the NFL won't force teams to play two home games on Thursday nights.
More John Mara: "People make plans to go to these games weeks and months in advance. 15 days ahead of time to say ‘Sorry folks, that game you were planning on taking your kids to Sunday at one o’clock, it’s now going to be Thursday night.’ I mean, what are we thinking about?''
Point to the only quarterback in the NFL with two Super Bowl wins
Roger Goodell, just now: “I don’t think we are putting Amazon over the players. …We recognize shorter weeks. I hear from a lot of players directly who love the 10 days after the game.”
🤦🏽♂️ https://twitter.com/mysportsupdate/status/1640849428566396928
NFL confirms that moving forward there will now only be one “NFL Redzone” channel. That’s with Scott Hanson hosting.
DirectTV’s deal came to an end and that version of Redzone no longer exists.
National Talking Heads:
.@Ckancey8 explosiveness is next level. 📈
📺: 2023 #NFLDraft - April 27-29 on NFLN/ESPN/ABC
Prior to reaching his decision, Calais Campbell had a 40-minute phone call with owner Arthur Blank and the two discussed leadership, charitable efforts, and how Campbell thrives in the community. That non-football call helped seal it.
Sources: The #Falcons are making another splash, as former #Ravens star Calais Campbell intends to sign a 1-year deal with them. The Pro Bowler and former Walter Payton Man of the year will lend leadership to a young team he believes in. And Atlanta adds — again — on defense.
While Calais Campbell had several options, he bought in to the vision of Atlanta coach Arthur Smith and GM Terry Fontenot. He’s been to a conference title game with a young team and young QB before (the #Jaguars), and perhaps there are some similarities.
Sources: The #Falcons are making another splash, as former #Ravens star Calais Campbell intends to sign a 1-year deal with them. The Pro Bowler and former Walter Payton Man of the year will lend leadership to a young team he believes in. And Atlanta adds — again — on defense.
Falcons to sign DE Calais Campbell to one-year deal. (via @RapSheet)
Free-agent tight end @fhmoreau shares his thoughts on being diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma while taking a physical with the New Orleans Saints.
🎧 https://apple.co/3lPmnfz
Added a story by Sam McDowell to the Huddle @9am
Good reasoning on what Veach is doing
This was interesting: “It was a year ago that they initially presented Brown with a long-term proposal, and even after he helped shut out the league’s best defensive line in the Super Bowl, they informed him their proposal would remain unaltered this March.”
This would mean that he was offered the SAME BETTER CONTRACT he turned down last year, but choose to move on. Now, did the Chiefs pull it when they signed Taylor? Probably, but the point is he wasn’t low-balled.
It’s a big if, but if Taylor can provide similar pressure numbers as LT that he did as RT, he’s a great value in terms of his 2023 cap number ($5.8m), and still an above-average value based on his 2024 cap number ($24.7m).
OBJ was the worst value in the league last year based on per-snap pressure numbers compared to his cap hit, but even if he’s not any better the next couple of years, he’s still providing average (or very slightly below average) value to Cincinnati based on cap hits of $10.3m (2023) and $16.4m (2024). His only year above $20m would be the last year of the deal, 2026, where he’s at $22m, and the Bengals would only have a little under $8m in dead cap if they moved on from him in 2026.
Guaranteed money being the same? Yes, he was lowballed and he did better from deal with Cincy
Not all about guarteened money.
His cincy deal was not better.
According to Twitter we landed Drue Tranquil. I’ll take it since he seems to be the closest to figuring Mahomes out on his scramble / sidearm throws
The Best (and Worst) Moves of NFL Pre-Free Agency
Best Moves So Far
10. Kansas City Chiefs Sign Offensive Tackle Jawaan Taylor
Worst Moves So Far
9. Los Angeles Chargers Release Guard Matt Feiler
4. Denver Broncos Sign Offensive Tackle Mike McGlinche
2. Las Vegas Raiders Sign Quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo
1. Las Vegas Raiders Trade Darren Waller to the Giants
Bengals’ Jonah Williams requests trade following Orlando Brown Jr. signing
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Chargers safety Nasir Adderley announces he’s retiring at age 25 after just four NFL seasons
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Jets not close to acquiring Aaron Rodgers from Packers
Greg Auman
@gregauman
By @spotrac‘s count,
114 NFL players have already changed teams in free agency.
Teams who have lost the most? 49ers lost 9, Broncos and Jets 8, Eagles 7, Chiefs and Saints 6, Browns and Titans 5.
Teams losing the fewest? Chargers, Patriots, Giants and Bucs with one each.
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Already got his own holiday
Happy St. Patrick’s Day, Chiefs Kingdom!
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Introduced my sons to PFF’s mock draft simulator this morning. My oldest didn’t like how his picks were going … and then he discovered he can “force” trades.
The Bears now have Patrick Mahomes and TJ Watt.
“This is so easy,” he just told me in the kitchen.
with #15 seed Princeton knocking off #2 seed Arizona, there are now almost no “perfect brackets” left in this year’s March Madness (about 1/2 of 1/10th of 1% overall)
Furman (who?) shocked Virginia as well.
right?
Through the first 16 games Thursday, just 62 of NCAA.com brackets remained perfect. In the latest update on ESPN.com, only 658 perfect brackets remain out of more than 20 million entries.
the numbers are staggering, to be honest … gotta love March Madness
You don’t know the Paladins?
I do now, but Furman was a school I hadn’t heard of until yesterday.
Again, Skroodayooo!!!!!
say what?
Allegretti is resigned…https://sports.yahoo.com/kansas-city-chiefs-sign-center-143735437.html
Way to go nick.
TGIRF!!!!
Champs!!
Happy St. Patrick’s Day
I have this weird calm feeling this off-season. I just have not gotten too nervous about any players we lost so far. That’s not something I’m used to. I’m bummed about some of the players in that I liked them but not worried about the team losing them. Anyone else feeling this? It’s weird.
I am, however, very excited about Onenihu and Taylor!. They seem like good fits. Although I’m completely fine letting Beach go into the draft with the current roster, I would be thrilled to see another WR and/ or DE on the mix.
The unfortunate part of being in a dynasty is that more players are going to price themselves out of KC because we already got them a ring or rings. Oh well, Veach is proving himself over and over in my book!
Nice article the other day( fan post ) thx..
Thanks rip! I appreciate that! Just some thoughts I had and wanted to see how everyone else felt about our dynasty.
Happy st Patrick day!!
Remember ..
None of you are Irish!! If you need a One day pass to drink…dance like this
” 🌎 🏆 “
An Irish band singing a traditional Irish song.
GO CHIEFS!!!!!