Counter report: Chargers haven’t decided what to do with Philip Rivers

The battle lines are drawn. Jay Glazer of FOX, who is never wrong, reported on Monday that the Chargers have “moved on” from quarterback Philip Rivers, who literally has moved out of California. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media claims that the Chargers haven’t decided what to do about Rivers yet. Rapoport points out that the [more]

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Andy Reid: Chiefs’ GM scouted Patrick Mahomes as “the greatest player he’d ever seen”

Chiefs coach Andy Reid isn’t taking the credit for the team’s decision in 2017 to package two first-round draft picks, plus a third-round pick, to move up and select Patrick Mahomes. Instead, Reid said tonight at Super Bowl Opening Night, General Manager Brett Veach was the most enthusiastic about Mahomes, calling him the best draft [more]

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Sammy Watkins: Coming to play for Andy Reid best decision of my life

After wide receiver Sammy Watkins caught seven passes for 114 yards and scored on a 60-yard touchdown in the AFC Championship Game, Chiefs General Manager Brett Veach called signing Watkins the kind of move a team makes “to put you over the top.” Watkins signed a three-year, $48 million deal with the Chiefs before the [more]

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Tyreek Hill got through his “rough patch” last spring by keeping the faith

Tyreek Hill has a tattoo that reads: Truly blessed. “Each and every day I wake up, I’m truly blessed, man,” Hill said Monday night. Eleven months ago, no one aside from Hill would have thought the Chiefs receiver would be here. Hill spent the offseason away from the team during an investigation into child abuse [more]

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Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid get each other — and geometry

You can tell by the results that Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and coach Andy Reid are speaking the same language. And they’re also figuring out all the angles, and quickly. The two often joke about finishing each other’s sentences, and backup quarterback Matt Moore was surprised when he walked in midseason and saw it first-hand [more]

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LeSean McCoy: Up and down year for me, but team comes first

For much of his career, Chiefs running back LeSean McCoy wouldn’t go four plays without touching the ball so it’s definitely unusual to find that he has gone four games without touching the ball this season. McCoy was inactive for three of those games, including the AFC Championship Game, and he only played one snap [more]

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Tyreek Hill hopes to swap jerseys with Richard Sherman

Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill is looking forward to locking horns with 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman on Sunday. And he hopes to catch up with him after the game as well. Hill said at Super Bowl Opening Night that he’s hoping to trade jerseys with Sherman after the game, in what has become a standard [more]

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