Chiefs News: It’s OK to have some concern about the Chiefs

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Tremendous Bowl 2025 odds: Undefeated Chiefs stay at prime of odds, adopted by 49ers, Ravens | The Athletic

It’s one month into the NFL season — have you learnt the place your staff’s Tremendous Bowl odds rank? As we shut out an odd September slate and we fall into October, the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs (4-0) stay undefeated and atop the chances to win the Tremendous Bowl at +500, adopted by the San Francisco 49ers (+650) and Baltimore Ravens (+850).

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It’s OK to have some concern concerning the Chiefs.

Earlier than you yell at me, I get it. So long as the Chiefs have Patrick Mahomes at quarterback, they’ve an excellent probability to win the Tremendous Bowl. Nobody might fairly argue in any other case. But it surely’s OK to confess that their margin of error appears as slim as ever this season. This isn’t so simple as “4-0 is 4-0.” Among the many 22 groups which have began 4-0 the previous 10 seasons, the Chiefs have the worst level differential (plus-20). Sure, they’re good at successful shut video games. But additionally, there’s a restrict to how good you may really be at successful shut video games.

The larger deal right here has to do with Mahomes’s supporting forged. Extensive receiver Rashee Rice suffered a knee damage throughout Sunday’s win over the Chargers. Preliminary experiences advised that it might be a torn ACL, however there’s nothing definitive but, besides that Rice will miss subsequent week’s sport. I bear in mind considering after final season’s Tremendous Bowl that it will by no means be that tough for Mahomes and the Chiefs offense once more. However the way in which issues at present stand, effectively, it would really be more durable this season. The staff was already taking part in with out operating again Isiah Pacheco and extensive receiver Hollywood Brown. The extensive receiver group in the interim will look one thing like: Xavier Worthy, JuJu Smith-Schuster, Justin Watson, and Skyy Moore.

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With the Chiefs offense getting hammered by accidents, Kansas Metropolis goes to want its protection to return up huge this week. And you realize what, which may not be an issue as a result of the Chiefs are dealing with the one quarterback they like to beat up on: Derek Carr.

The Saints QB has a profession report of 1-8 when taking part in in Kansas Metropolis and that’s as a result of Arrowhead Stadium is a tricky place to play. The gang is loud, it’s arduous to listen to your self and it’s not simple to make modifications on the line of scrimmage.

The Saints offense can be taking part in its first out of doors sport of the season and when you mix that with the truth that they’ll be dealing with a tricky Kansas Metropolis protection, I feel the Chiefs pull this out in a slugfest.

The decide: Chiefs 20-17 over Saints

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3. Worst: OT Kingsley Suamataia, Kansas Metropolis Chiefs

The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs seemed like they could have had one thing in rookie left sort out Kingsley Suamataia. They nonetheless would possibly, however not for the time being.

Suamataia, whom the Chiefs selected with this yr’s 63rd total decide, gained the beginning left sort out job popping out of preseason. The result wasn’t all that shocking, contemplating that the BYU product is a bodily gifted athlete with immense potential. However his method stays a work-in-progress.

The latter started to be uncovered in his first two begins, to the purpose the place the Chiefs teaching employees benched the rookie in favor of second-year blocker Wanya Morris.

“He’s clearly acquired issues he must work on and get labored out,” head coach Andy Reid mentioned of Suamataia. “I felt we wanted to take a step again to take a step ahead, and I nonetheless assume that was the precise factor to do there. If he’s out this week, then it’ll be the precise factor to do with that.

Chiefs GM Brett Veach was not blissful about Skyy Moore’s newest drop | Chiefs Wire

Based on a report from FOX 4 sports activities anchor Harold Kuntz, Chiefs common supervisor Brett Veach was lower than thrilled with Moore after he dropped a move from Patrick Mahomes in Kansas Metropolis’s newest victory.

Take a look at Kuntz’s report beneath, which was posted to Twitter by Chiefs Wire legend Robert Rimpson:

Across the NFL

Cowboys DE DeMarcus Lawrence occurring IR for Lisfranc damage | ESPN

The Dallas Cowboys are placing defensive finish DeMarcus Lawrence on injured reserve due to a Lisfranc damage to his proper foot and have signed defensive finish KJ Henry off the Cincinnati Bengals’ observe squad.

Lawrence is predicted to want 4 to eight weeks to recuperate from the damage he suffered within the third quarter of final week’s win in opposition to the New York Giants, however he is not going to require surgical procedure. The Cowboys are making ready to play with out edge rusher Micah Parsons this week due to a excessive left ankle sprain.

Henry performed in two video games for the Bengals this season earlier than he was moved to the observe squad. The Cowboys had curiosity in him on the ultimate cuts when he was let go by the Washington Commanders, however the Bengals had precedence within the claiming course of.

For 2025, touchbacks on kickoffs might transfer to the 35 | NBC Sports activities

Mark Maske of the Washington Submit experiences that the league and the Competitors Committee are “mulling” a shift of the touchback level from the 30 to the 35. The change would occur in 2025, on the earliest.

Per Maske, roughly 29 % of kickoffs have been returned via the primary 64 video games of the season. Whereas it’s a rise from final yr’s quantity (17 %), it’s far wanting the 60-percent-or-so estimate from those that touted the brand new rule.

Report: Raiders gauging curiosity from different groups in Davante Adams commerce | NBC Sports activities

Based on Vinny Bonsignore of the Las Vegas Assessment-Journal, the Raiders have begun reaching out to different groups to gauge their curiosity in buying and selling for Davante Adams, displaying that Las Vegas is rising open to the concept of transferring the veteran wideout.

Adams, 31, has been with the Raiders since he was traded to the membership in the course of the 2022 offseason. He led the league with 14 touchdowns for the membership in 2022 earlier than catching 103 passes for 1,144 yards with eight touchdowns in 2023.

Adams missed the Week 4 win over the Browns as a consequence of a hamstring damage. He has 18 receptions for 209 yards with one TD in 2024.

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Winners

Tight finish Travis Kelce: Any and all rumors of his decline ought to be taken with a grain of salt. When the staff wants him, the famous person tight finish is there. With out Rice within the sport, he stepped up with a really Kelce-like efficiency: seven receptions for 89 yards — together with a 38-yard catch-and-run.

Operating again Kareem Hunt: I’m not able to say he’s the participant we noticed in 2018, however he was fairly doggone good on Sunday. There have been glimpses of the outdated offense as head coach Andy Reid referred to as some throwback performs for his newly re-signed veteran. Hunt made essentially the most of his alternatives, averaging practically 5 yards per carry as he recorded 85 whole yards. Hunt nonetheless runs via defenders, whereas additionally stopping them from getting nice angles to carry him down. It was enjoyable to observe — particularly since we by no means actually thought we’d see him in a Chiefs uniform once more.

Extensive receiver Xavier Worthy: His landing reception had extra air yards than any NFL move that quarterback Patrick Mahomes has ever thrown. However what needed to encourage Kansas Metropolis’s coaches was how the rookie helped transfer the chains after Rice left the sport. Worthy transformed first downs on every of his three catches. Two of them had been on third down — one preserved a scoring drive, whereas the opposite ended the sport. We’ll see if he’s able to be the staff’s No. 1 wideout — however this was an excellent begin.

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