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“Cyrus, he’s an electric route runner,” Worthy said. “I mean, obviously you guys could see it, he has an explosion, obviously good ball skills, and he’s a smart player. (He) just does a lot of the same things that Coach (Andy) Reid was getting on me about when I was younger.”
The irony of Worthy still being a few months younger than Allen is not lost
on me. However, Worthy has two years in an NFL system and knows the challenges.
Allen has everything you’d want out of a young player: Route variance, explosive speed, smarts, and good ball skills. Yet, just like every rookie, he needs to adjust his style to the NFL game. What does that exactly mean? Doing everything with a bit more urgency.
“Obviously, just taking too long on your routes,” Worthy said. “You know, just little things. But I mean, Cyrus definitely has a special ability to him. I think he’s gonna be a special player.”
“He’s been here most of the offseason, if not the whole offseason, he’s been around,” Reid said during his Thursday news conference. “It’s good to have him here. He did the mandatory camp and did a nice job there, so good to have him back in and rolling. He’s very excited. You see no distractions with that and the wedding.
“If it’s like when I got married, my wife did everything. I just kind of followed her lead on it. Showed up, right? Maybe he’s doing more, but he looks like he’s pretty focused in on this job, too.”
Kelce, who in March re-signed with the Chiefs for a 14th NFL season, credited Swift with playing a part in motivating his return.
Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes stars in USMNT World Cup hype video | Chiefs Wire
In a recent post from the Chiefs’ social media team, quarterback Patrick Mahomes appears in a hype video for the United States Men’s National Team ahead of their FIFA World Cup matches. Mahomes, an avid soccer fan and supporter, fits in perfectly for the new campaign.
The excitement surrounding this year’s World Cup stretches well into Arrowhead Stadium, which will host matches and be temporarily renamed Kansas City Stadium. Chiefs head coach Andy Reid recently opened up about the upcoming matches taking place at the team’s home stadium.
“Yeah, how exciting is that, man. That’s awesome. I mean, to have that opportunity in the United States here and the energy that’s taken place for it. People are excited, and I know the city is,” said Reid, “Kansas City is a big soccer town to start with, and then you bring in the best in the world in here, and that’s a special thing, and then they have – they’ve transformed GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. A lot of FIFA signs.”
Former Chiefs 5-Time Pro Bowler Andre Rison Jailed on Serious Charge | Heavy Sports
The former receiver, who played for the Chiefs from 1997 through 1999, put together an outstanding 12-year NFL career that included five Pro Bowl selections, a Super Bowl ring and more than 10,000 receiving yards.
Rison, 59, was booked into the Oakland County Jail in Michigan on Friday evening, June 12, 2026, according to a TMZ Sports report. He is scheduled for release Sunday, meaning the former NFL star is spending the weekend behind bars. The Oakland County Jail confirmed the booking to TMZ, with records indicating no new criminal charges. Rison is serving a court-ordered sentence, not awaiting trial on a new arrest.
Court records obtained by TMZ show Rison entered a guilty plea to a second-offense operating while intoxicated (OWI) charge — Michigan’s equivalent of a DUI — tied to an August 2025 incident in Troy, Michigan. Beyond the weekend jail term, he received 18 months of probation and faces more than $2,300 in fines and fees. A separate open intoxication charge was dismissed as part of the proceedings. Under Michigan law, a second-offense OWI carries steeper mandatory consequences than a first violation, a factor in the court’s decision to impose jail time.
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Aldon Smith, former Raytown and Missouri football star, dies at 36 | KMBC 9
The San Francisco 49ers confirmed the news early Saturday evening.
The team said it was “devastated by the sudden and tragic passing” of Smith, who emerged as one of the NFL’s most dominant young pass rushers after being selected seventh overall in the 2011 NFL Draft.
No cause of death was released.
Before reaching the NFL, Smith starred at Raytown High School in the Kansas City area and went on to play for the University of Missouri.
He earned first-team All-Big 12 honors and was named Missouri’s Defensive Lineman of the Year in 2010.
“We are devastated by the sudden and tragic passing of Aldon Smith,” the 49ers said in a statement. “Aldon’s undeniable talent and sheer dominance on the field were on display from the moment he joined our organization, having recorded one of the best rookie seasons the National Football League has seen. Beyond his excellence as a player, Aldon will be remembered for his infectious smile that lit up every room he walked into. Our entire organization sends its deepest condolences to the Smith family and all who knew and loved Aldon.”
World Cup grass fields have NFL players asking why they still play on turf | NBC News
“It was a kind of sucky feeling,” New York Giants offensive lineman Jermaine Eluemunor said when asked about his reaction to learning that some NFL stadiums would be switching from turf to grass.
Eluemunor plays his home games at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium, which is one of the fields that is being converted to grass for the World Cup, including the final next month. MetLife’s surface has long been a source of annoyance for NFL players.
“I’m going into year 10, and I can say wholeheartedly that grass feels way better than turf,” Eluemunor added. “With MetLife getting grass, obviously it’s cool for FIFA and the World Cup. It’s one of the biggest stages in the world but, at the same time, the NFL as a whole is one of the most profitable businesses in the world, and so you would think that us as players would have a say in the fields that we get to play on.”
NFL players almost universally agree that grass is a better surface to play on, compared with synthetic turf. According to an NFL player union survey of more than 1,700 players, a whopping 92% said they preferred grass. Eluemunor, who plays arguably the most physical position in the game, says his knees, ankles and lower back all feel less sore after competing on grass, compared to feeling like “absolute crap” after a game he played on turf in New Orleans last season.
The Texans wide receiver missed all of the 2025 season after dislocating his kneecap and tearing multiple ligaments in December of his sophomore campaign with Houston.
Although he wasn’t a full participant during the team’s offseason program, it was a welcome sight to see Dell running routes and catching passes against the secondary, another step as he continues to ramp up into training camp.
“It’s been a roller coaster ride, to say the least,” Dell said Saturday, via Aaron Wilson of KPRC 2. “It’s been a long journey, but I’m built for it, and I’m ready for it, and I was ready for it. I’m getting through it, and it’s light at the end of the tunnel, so I’m almost there.”
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Ashton Gillotte, Nohl Williams settling into Chiefs defense for Year 2
“[I’m] for sure way more comfortable than last year,” Williams said. “The terminology is easier, it’s more ingrained into my brain now. Scheme, the second year in the defense, you should catch on or you’re not studying.”
“I just saw a lot of growth in my play,” Williams said later. “I got more confident in myself, as the games went on, all the way back to the Raiders game.”
The Week 7 win over the Las Vegas Raiders marked Williams’ first game playing the majority of available defensive snaps (69%). He would end up playing six more, including a performance with two passes defended against the Houston Texans and star receiver Nico Collins in Week 14.
It’s not just the players themselves who believe they can take their games to the next level. In a press conference during OTAs, defensive end George Karlaftis told reporters he expects Gillotte to take a step forward.
Good friend of the site, Pete Sweeney of The Kansas City Star, asked Gillotte about what that does for the young edge rusher’s confidence in a press conference during mandatory minicamp.
“Gives me a lot,” Gillotte responded. “I didn’t talk to him too much last year, because I was trying to respect his space, I didn’t want to be like ‘George, please help me.’”
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