What Tight End on the Chiefs Current Roster Will Fans Be Raving About Come the End of the Season?
By: William Bruno Not too long ago, if you were to listen to Mitch Holthus on The Kansas City Chiefs broadcast you would hear him yell “TOUCHDOWN, Kansas City Chiefs” which was quite often followed by, “TOUCHDOWN, Tony Gonzalez!!!” Since those days ...
After Charles, Who Will Stand Out On Offense In 2014?
By: Nathan Shellstein Anyone who followed the Kansas City Chiefs last year understood that Jamaal Charles was the bulk of the offense. He figures to be a huge part again in 2014, but the team is hoping for a bit more help. Here is a look at the 3 be ...
By Josh Alper
On Monday, the NFL announced that the salary cap for the 2015 season will be $143.28 million, although every team will have a different amount of money available to them. Under the current Collective Bargaining Agreement, teams have the option to carry over unused cap space from the 2014 season. The NFLPA has released a…
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We lose Houston, our best young player. But If he is for real about holding out until week 10 we have to deal him. Hopefully that doesn’t lose us leverage with potential teams looking for a young pass rusher. If we can gain a pick in the top of this draft, and one next year obviously unknown where. Who would u target/trade down with/ lots of options would be at our disposal. Read more…
Non-exclusive franchise tag
First, the franchise tag is of the non-exclusive variety, according to Pro Football Talk. That means that other teams can offer Houston a contract, which the Chiefs will have a chance to match. If the Chiefs decline to match the offer, they will receive two first round picks as compensation for losing Houston. They could also choose to match it but there are several teams out there, including the Raiders and Jaguars, who have a boatload of cap space and could make matching an offer very difficult for the Chiefs and their salary cap situation. Looking around other Read more…
By Mike Florio
The Chiefs finally did what has been expected for months — they’ve applied the franchise tag to linebacker Justin Houston. And as explained over the weekend (when most of you weren’t devoting non-work time to non-work reading of the Internet), it’s much closer to the start of the process than the end of it. The…
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The NFL’s reigning sack leader has received the franchise tag. ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports the Chiefs have designated outside linebacker Justin Houston their franchise free agent. The 26-year-old Houston has recorded 48.5 sacks in his first four NFL seasons. If Houston has received the non-exclusive tag, he will be tendered a one-year salary offer of…
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A Super Bowl MVP who went on to gain enshrinement in the Pro Football Hall of Fame is among seven members of the Black College Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2015. Former Bears, 49ers, Colts and Eagles defensive end Richard Dent, a Tennessee State product who captured game MVP honors as Chicago rolled to…
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They are considering increasing the roster from 53 to 55 players and eliminating inactives for Thursday night games Read more…
By Mike Florio
As noted in the Sunday one-liners, former Eagles offensive lineman Todd Herremans has said farewell to the fans of Philadelphia in the aftermath of his release. But Herremans won’t be saying farewell to football. Per a source with knowledge of Herreman’s plans, he fully intends to play elsewhere in 2015. And he fully intends to be…
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