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Before he was a first-team All-Pro in the NFL, Marcus Peters played at McClymonds High School in Oakland, where he was coached by his father. Now Peters will succeed his father as the head coach at McClymonds.
Peters is the new head coach at McClymonds, where his father Michael Peters retired after last season. Michael Peters spent 33 years on the staff at McClymonds, including 13 as head coach.
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Peters has big shoes to fill. His father won five state titles and went 142-24 as head coach at McClymonds. After retiring from the NFL following the 2023 season, Marcus Peters spent the last two seasons as a volunteer assistant coach to his father.
The 33-year-old Peters was the MVP of the Oakland Athletic League during his senior year at McClymonds. He then played college football at Washington and was a first-round pick of the Chiefs and the NFL’s defensive rookie of the year in 2015. He also played for the Rams, Ravens and Raiders.
Why Jeremiyah Love-Chiefs Draft Talk is All Smokescreen | Sports Illustrated
“If he starts to get towards seven, I would think you might even get some phone calls from some teams,” Jeremiah said of the possibility of Love’s potential marginal slip. “I know Kansas City already signed [Kenneth] Walker, but this guy paired with Kenneth Walker in Kansas City would be pretty insane.”
While those are two legitimate and credible analysts, this feels like an obvious smokescreen set by someone within the Chiefs’ organization. Here are a couple of reasons why Kansas City could be setting a trap for teams around the league.
Fake Interest Could Cause Teams to Jump Kansas City
The Chiefs are in somewhat of a precarious position at No. 9 because all of the tier-one pass rushers – Arvell Reese, David Bailey, and Rueben Bain Jr. – could all be off the board by the time they are on the clock.
However, if teams outside the top 10 are worried that the Chiefs could select Love, those organizations could trade up to No. 7 or No. 8, allowing one of Kansas City’s preferred targets to slip to No. 9.
The Chiefs can set Justin Fields up for success in three easy steps | FanSided
Let Fields run the football
Fields isn’t a super-accurate passer but he is very fast, so it seems obvious that adding designed quarterback runs into the playbook would be a smart decision. It’s something that you hoped to avoid with Mahomes under center because the risk of injury was so high — every time he took off scrambling, my Chiefs fan wife would visibly grimace — but the calculus is much different now with Fields.
We’re talking about a guy who led the NFL in yards per rushing attempt in 2022 and has finished with over five yards per carry in four of his five NFL seasons. His legs are a weapon; his arm isn’t a liability in the same way it was back in Chicago, but you aren’t winning football games on the back of Fields’ arm.
Last season with the New York Jets, Fields led all quarterbacks in designed runs per game at 4.1, and adding in scrambles saw him finish with 7.9 carries per game, good for second at the position. And look, you might say “well, uhh, the Jets stunk with Fields, so why would the Chiefs use this same approach,” which is a fair thing to say. The key difference is that in Kansas City, Reid will be the one designing these plays for Fields. In New York, it was Tanner Engstrand. There’s a big difference there. I trust Reid to actually take advantage of the thing that Fields does really, really well.
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If Andy Reid wants to add a veteran receiver to his roster, this would be his chance to do it. The team could look to reunite with Tyreek Hill, but if Reid doesn’t want to go that route, then the Chiefs should definitely look at Beckham.
The Chiefs already have Rashee Rice, Xavier Worthy and Tyquan Thornton, but all three of those guys come with some major question marks. Thornton only caught 19 passes last season and Worthy had a frustrating year with just 42 catches. As for Rice, he was accused of domestic violence in a lawsuit that was filed in February, and there’s certainly a chance that could lead to some sort of punishment from the NFL.
Basically, the Chiefs could use some help at receiver and Patrick Mahomes would probably be thrilled to add some veteran depth at the position.
Every NFL Team’s Most Overpaid Player Following Peak 2026 Free Agency | Bleacher Report
Kansas City Chiefs: DL Chris Jones
The seven-time Pro Bowler is still a stellar pass-rusher, but he is also clearly declining at the age of 31. Jones’ approximate value total at Pro Football Reference has dropped significantly in back-to-back campaigns, and only five players in the league have higher cap numbers than his total of $44.9 million for 2026.
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Sources: NFL, far apart with NFLRA, to begin hiring replacement refs | ESPN
NFL owners are “alarmed” by the state of negotiations with the NFL Referees Association and have authorized staff members to begin hiring and onboarding replacement officials in the coming weeks, league sources said Sunday at the start of the league meetings.
The NFL began compiling a list of college-level officials to recruit earlier this month, and owners are expected this week to approve a sweeping set of replay enhancements to support replacement officials in preseason and regular-season games. A league source said that training of the new replacement officials will begin May 1.
According to a source, once that happens, “The opportunity to reach an agreement with our current union becomes a bigger challenge, just from simple economics.”
That effectively leaves about a month for the sides to bridge what league sources said are wide gaps in their proposals, from economics to the seasonal structure of the job.
Niners GM John Lynch ‘hopeful’ TE George Kittle (Achilles) can return for Week 1 | NFL.com
Prospects for George Kittle playing a full 2026 season are brighter than they initially appeared when he went down with a torn Achilles in the San Francisco 49ers’ wild-card win over the Philadelphia Eagles.
General manager John Lynch told reporters Sunday the tight end is progressing well and the team is “hopeful” he can be available for Week 1, per ESPN’s Nick Wagoner.
Such a speedy return would put Kittle back in action roughly eight months post-injury when the Niners take on the Los Angeles Rams in Australia on Thursday, Sept. 10.
It remains to be seen how effective he would be coming back so soon entering his age-33 season, but if he hits that target or even comes close to it, San Francisco would benefit greatly in its mission to wrest back control of the NFC West.
Browns GM says no plans to trade Myles Garrett despite recent contract modification | The Athletic
Garrett’s trade demand in early 2025 ended with Garrett signing a new contract with Cleveland that included more than $123 million in guarantees and a no-trade clause that gives the 30-year-old Garrett a veto on any new destination. But a recent rework of that contract points to a trade becoming possible, and although Browns general manager Andrew Berry said Sunday at the start of the NFL owners meetings that the team doesn’t plan to trade Garrett, Berry stopped short of reiterating his prior declarations that the Browns would not trade Garrett.
“Myles is a career Brown,” Berry said. “He is one of the faces of our organization. I think we’ve been very clear both past and present in terms of our goals. I understand all the questions. I’ll be honest, I don’t really want to waste a ton more breath on the topic.”
The issue has once again become a subject of conversation because the Browns and Garrett last week agreed to a modified contract that defers around $29 million in option payments over the 2026, 2027 and 2028 offseasons. With the first payment of around $10 million due March 28, the modification pushed the payment back to early September.
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Chiefs Draft: Which of the top 3 edge rushers are best for Kansas City?
I see Bain as the top defensive end in this class, followed by Reese then Bailey. Bain should have the smoothest transition to the NFL, given his alignment versatility and ability to defend the run. Reese will need time to develop the finer details of pass rushing, while Bailey’s limitations against the run lower his overall ceiling.
Pairing Bain with George Karlaftis and Chris Jones would be a major boost for the Chiefs’ front. Bain and Karlaftis both complement an elite interior presence because they can win in multiple ways, creating constant pressure off the edge.
With those two collapsing the pocket and Jones anchoring the middle, the Chiefs could build a dominant pass rush. Bain lining up alongside Jones would be especially intriguing, given the flexibility to interchange roles and create mismatches.
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