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3 Reasons Chiefs Shouldn’t Worry About Losing OC Matt Nagy | Sports Illustrated

2. Andy Reid is still here
Nagy isn’t even the real offensive architect in Kansas City. Andy Reid calls the plays on that side of the ball, and he’s heavily involved in constructing the scheme anyway. Getting some new blood in could actually breathe life back into an offense that’s been on life support for years, despite employing the NFL’s No. 1 quarterback and a host of viable weapons. If the Chiefs can find a younger, or at least more contemporary, offensive mind to replace Nagy, they would be better off.

NFL running back rankings, 1-64: How does every starting RB from the 2025 season stack up? | NFL.com

33. Kareem Hunt – Kansas City Chiefs, Year 9
2025 stats: 17 games | 163 att | 611 rush yds | 3.7 ypc | 8 rush TDs | 18 rec | 143 rec yds | 1 rec TD | 1 fumble lost
The Chiefs didn’t have much of a run game in 2025 as the team shuffled through backs frequently. An injury to Isiah Pacheco led to Hunt gaining a bigger role, and he ended up leading the team in carries, rush yards and rush TDs. Hunt is a free agent and so is Pacheco. This backfield needs a reset.
47. Isiah Pacheco – Kansas City Chiefs, Year 4
2025 stats: 13 games | 118 att | 462 rush yds | 3.9 ypc | 1 rush TD | 19 rec | 101 rec yds | 1 rec TD | 0 fumbles lost
A knee injury sidelined Pacheco in late October and he never was able to really get going when he returned nearly a month later. It was a forgettable season for the fourth-year pro, who failed to rush for more than 60 yards in any game. The soon-to-be free agent could be headed elsewhere.

Ex-Chiefs WR Justyn Ross Now on Potential Path Back to NFL | KC Kingdom

Justyn Ross Drafted by Stallions 6 Months After Chiefs Release
Ross now has an opportunity not only to play meaningful snaps but to breathe life back into his NFL career. There are teams badly in need of receiver depth that will be willing to take a chance on Ross if he can put together a consistent resume in the UFL. He showed promise with 158 catches for 2,379 yards and 20 touchdowns in 39 collegiate games, and if he’s still capable of being that player, maybe the Stallions can drag it out of him.
Another ex-Chief and Clemson product followed the same UFL path to give himself a second chance. After four years with Kansas City and another with the Seattle Seahawks, Cornell Powell spent parts of 2025 with the DC Defenders. The Houston Texans and Pittsburgh Steelers ended up bringing him in during August and November, respectively, and while those runs didn’t last long, they may not have happened at all if it weren’t for the UFL.

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John Harbaugh hired in a New York minute: Giants score an ‘A’ for moving fast in new head coach pursuit | CBS Sports

CBS Sports HQ NFL analyst Danny Kanell echoed many of those sentiments.
“I will give it an ‘A+’,” Kanell said. “This was the only coach that would come in and have us talking about this Giants organization as potentially a playoff team. And I don’t think it’ll only be me. With the young nucleus of talent that the Giants have on this roster, with the track record of success in building a winning culture, with the coordinator that he’s most likely going to bring in with him, I think this is a home run hire for the Giants.”
You’re not going to find very many people out there who don’t think this hiring is one of the better hirings of the cycle, no matter who lands the other available jobs. Harbaugh was sought after for a reason, and the Giants were able to land him before anyone else had a chance. Even if it doesn’t work out, the process that led here was likely solid, even if it seemed somewhat predetermined that the Giants would zero in on Harbaugh if he ever became available.

Seahawks-49ers final injury report: Sam Darnold suddenly questionable to play | Field Gulls

Yes, out of nowhere there is some doubt that Darnold will be able to play this weekend. Darnold hurt his left oblique during practice, and now he’s questionable. Don’t totally fret, for Darnold believes that he’s much more likely than not to be out there.
Seahawks offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak confirmed that backup Drew Lock took some first-team reps with Darnold limited. Lock’s first Seahawks start, coincidentally, came against the 49ers back in 2023. Any injury notes will be addressed by head coach Mike Macdonald on Friday.

Howie Roseman downplays A.J. Brown trade talk, says Eagles WR is ‘great player’ | ESPN

“It is hard to find great players in the NFL, and A.J. is a great player,” Roseman said Thursday during his end-of-season news conference with coach Nick Sirianni.
“I think from my perspective, that’s what we’re going out and looking for when we go out here in free agency, in the draft, just trying to find great players who love football, and he’s that guy.”
Brown finished with 78 catches for 1,003 yards and seven touchdowns in 2025 — the fourth time he has eclipsed 1,000 yards in as many seasons since coming to Philadelphia.
Brown also showed his frustration at various points over the last couple of seasons, however, including cryptic social media posts in the early part of this season. He declined to speak to the media in the latter stages of the year, coinciding with his on-field meeting with CEO Jeffrey Lurie in mid-November when he promised he would stop complaining publicly.

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The Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes is working to be ready for Week 1

The league’s biggest star confirmed reports that his rehab is taking place exclusively in Kansas City with familiar team trainer Julie Frymyer. While he is not ready to definitively announce his return date, Mahomes is working to be ready to start the 2026 season.
He also hopes to participate in the spring’s organized-team-activities (OTAs) in some fashion while taking on a bigger workload at training camp.
“Obviously,” he said, “I think [in] the long-term, I want to be ready for Week 1. The doctor said that I could be, but I can’t predict what’s going to happen throughout the process. But that’s my goal, and so I’ll try to prepare myself to be ready to play in that Week 1 and have no restrictions. You want to be out there healthy and giving us the best chance to win. So, obviously, I’ll hopefully be able to do some stuff in OTAs and get to training camp and hopefully be able to do a lot there.”

Chiefs fire second offensive assistant coach of the offseason

Pinkston was hired as an assistant after working with head coach Andy Reid through a coaching internship in 2022. He had experience as the wide receivers coach at Austin Peay State University before becoming the associate head coach at Stockbridge High School in Georgia.
His 11-year career as an NFL wide receiver — and his experience coaching that position at lower levels — did not translate to coaching the running backs impactfully in Kansas City over three years.
Embree coached the position Pinkston played, while Pinkston coached the position Embree was seemingly more familiar with. Despite playing quarterback his senior year at Blue Valley West High School, Embree was a two-star running back recruit, according to 247sports. He was listed as a running back during his playing days at the University of Kansas.