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Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce has never experienced unrestricted free agency during his time in the NFL. He nearly did this spring, but reportedly came to an agreement with the Chiefs just days before the new league year began in March.
It prevented him from seeing how high the free market would value his football skills, but he, unsurprisingly, will get to be the center point of a bidding war for his other talents.
Nate Burleson Jokes He’d ‘Gladly Take a Pay Cut’ for CBS to Hire Travis
Kelce After Chiefs Star Retires from NFL | People
“Trav is the guy that they’re gonna put on camera and he’s gonna do amazing,” Burleson said. “He’s articulate, he got the swag, he knows the game and he’s a master of being in front of a microphone given his podcast and the success.”
“Travis Kelce is a receiver in the tight end’s body,” he added. “And if we know anything about receivers, we love attention and we love to hear ourselves talk and we love to listen to ourselves. So, he’s going to continue to want to hear himself talk.”
Pre-Camp Breakdown: Looking at the Chiefs Linebackers | The Mothership
The Chiefs kept six linebackers for Week 1 last season, doing so for the third time in the last seven years (2019, 2023). Kansas City has also kept as few as five (2020, 2021, 2024) and four (2022) in recent seasons.
Notably, five of the six linebackers who made the team last year are still with Kansas City in Nick Bolton, Drue Tranquill, Jack Cochrane, Cooper McDonald and Jeffrey Bassa. The lone member of that crew who isn’t back for 2026 is Leo Chenal, potentially opening up a spot for one of the other three linebackers currently on the roster.
The Biggest Question Nobody Is Asking About the Chiefs (And How They Answer It) | Sports Illustrated
An uncharacteristically poor 2025-26 effort left the Kansas City Chiefs with plenty of things to sort out during the offseason. General manager Brett Veach and his coaching staff have worked hard to patch up existing holes, but there’s one question that isn’t getting asked enough.
With Chiefs training camp on the horizon, a new-look defense is tasked with fitting a wide variety of pieces together in time for Week 1. At defensive end, where will rookie R Mason Thomas slot in once the game of musical chairs concludes?
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Ethan Pocic signing 1-year deal with Ravens, sources say | ESPN
Baltimore didn’t reveal terms, but sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter the agreement is for one year.
The deal has a maximum value of $4.5M, sources told NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.
Pocic will have a chance to replace former Ravens center Tyler Linderbaum, who signed with the Las Vegas Raiders.
The league said Friday that its investigation determined that Gold provided confidential, non-public inside information regarding 2026 draft selections by the Cardinals before the picks were announced, and Gold also participated in parlay bets on NFL and college games. The league didn’t say who Gold had provided with the information.
“The Gambling Policy, which is annually reviewed with all NFL personnel, strictly prohibits anyone in the NFL from participating in or facilitating any form of sports gambling, and from providing third parties non-public information,” the NFL said in a statement. “Although there is no reason to believe the integrity of any NFL game was affected, the League takes any violation of the Gambling Policy with the utmost seriousness.”
Drake Maye: Already some chemistry with A.J. Brown, excited to build more | Pro Football Talk
“A.J.’s been awesome,” Maye said, via Mike Reiss of ESPN.com. “I’m really looking forward to playing with him. I’m looking forward to getting to camp and building some chemistry. And I know there’s already some there for me. You just gotta throw it near him, and he’ll make a play. He’s a great teammate. He’s been great so far. He loves to win, so we share that.”
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Chiefs with the highest career stakes this season: Jaylon Moore
The lack of playable tackles all but guarantees Moore will be in the NFL somewhere in 2027 barring injury. Whether that sees him continue to make $15 million or more per season or take a bargain free-agent swing tackle offer depends on what he looks like on the right side. A full season of solid play will see him handsomely compensated in Kansas City or elsewhere a year from now.
Losing his job to second-year pro Esa Pole, or seeing the Chiefs free-agent shopping at right tackle after camp, would impact Moore’s future-earnings potential, likely setting him up to play the remainder of his career on a series of diminishing one-year contracts.
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