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Kansas City Chiefs: Cornerback
The Chiefs signed Kristian Fulton, which allowed Trent McDuffie to move back to the slot. Jaylen Watson
is the other projected starter. A lot could go wrong with that plan. It would not be a surprise if McDuffie moves back outside before season’s end.Kansas City has added some competition along its offensive line by signing Jaylon Moore and drafting Josh Simmons
after trading away Joe Thuney. The left guard spot vacated by Thuney is currently filled by Kingsley Suamataia. There has been cautious optimism regarding his capacity to fill that role.
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Chris Fallica
Kansas City Chiefs (+850) over Detroit LionsAs much as people hate to admit it, the road to the Super Bowl still goes through Arrowhead in the AFC. Expect to see a very motivated Chiefs team this year after the Super Bowl embarrassment to end last season. Remember when coordinator changes were supposed to affect the Eagles adversely? Well, all they did was win the Super Bowl. Fast-forward to this season and the Lions, who were ripped apart by injuries late last year, couldn’t get back to the NFC Championship Game, then lost both coordinators Aaron Glenn and Ben Johnson this offseason. The schedule is tough, but the Lions still have loads of talent on the offensive side of the ball. With the bandwagon less full, they may achieve their Super Bowl dream this year.
Chiefs vs Chargers winners and losers: Patrick Mahomes let down by KC | USA Today
Travis Kelce
To be fair, there might have been no better offseason winner than the 10-time Pro Bowl tight end, who got engaged to Taylor Swift a little more than a week before his 13th pro season began. But this shouldn’t be a satisfying output for Kelce in his team’s time of need. A 37-yard touchdown connection helped ignite a comeback bid that was eventually stamped out, but Kelce otherwise only had one catch for 10 yards on the night. On a second-and-goal late in the fourth, he and Mahomes couldn’t get on the same page on a look that could have led to a touchdown, leaving the Chiefs to settle for a field goal. There’s no cause for panic, but Kelce still has a long way to go to prove that the talk of his slimmed-down physique amounts to anything more than a summer trope.
Officials ultimately penalized Tart with unnecessary roughness, but no ejection followed with mitigating circumstances due to the fact that he chose to use an open palm instead of a closed fist.
The incident quickly spread online, where many Kansas City supporters, and Taylor Swift‘s fan base, demanded harsher punishment as messages directed at Tart flooded social media, though the player refused to step back.
Hours after the Chargers’ 27-21 win, Tart turned the attention back onto Kelce and his critics as he posted on Instagram: “I’m too swift with it even in Brazil… not all hero’s wear capes.”
Chiefs’ emotions boiled over in season-opening loss. Here’s what they said about it | The Athletic
“Emotions are just high,” Tranquill told The Athletic. “We’re all competitive. We all want to win. And so we were just discussing what happened on the play, and emotions were just high.”
Tranquill followed up by saying that he didn’t believe the exchange would have a long-term impact.
“Chris is a great player. I’m not sure what happened. I haven’t seen the tape over there,” Tranquill said. “But we’re teammates, man. We’re brothers. It’s just an emotional moment. We’ve had it before in the past. That’s my guy. We’ll be all right. We’ll get better from it.”
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Josh Allen, Bills stun Ravens 41-40 in Sunday night thriller | ESPN
Josh Allen led Buffalo to three scores in the final four minutes, the last a 32-yard field goal by Matt Prater as time expired, and the Bills rallied from 15 points down to stun the Baltimore Ravens 41-40 in a season-opening Sunday night thriller.
Buffalo scored 16 points in the last 3:56, with Prater’s kick capping a nine-play, 66-yard drive over the final 1:26.
The Bills became the first team in NFL history to overcome a 15-point deficit in the final four minutes of the fourth quarter to win a season opener. And they became the fourth team since 2000 to win after trailing by 15 or more points in the last four minutes of the fourth quarter.
Aaron Rodgers’ four TDs lead Steelers past Justin Fields, Jets in QB’s return to New York | NFL.com
Glenn and Rodgers are both highly competitive and not short on self-confidence, and perhaps, they were never destined to see eye to eye. But even after Rodgers produced a four-touchdown performance in his first game for the Steelers — a 34-32 victory — after he had been escorted off the field by Mike Tomlin and Cameron Heyward, after the Terrible Towel waving faithful had overwhelmed MetLife Stadium, Rodgers let his pique at Glenn and how his two-year experiment with the Jets had ended show through.
“There are probably people in the organization who didn’t think I could play anymore,” he said, a likely allusion to Glenn. “It was nice to show that I still can.”
And then, when asked if it was especially meaningful to have defeated the man who cut him loose, Rodgers delivered a dagger: “I was happy to beat everybody associated with the Jets.”
The Indianapolis Colts will be one of the major storylines to come from NFL Week 1, as they defeated the Miami Dolphins, 33-8. This was the first season opener the Colts have won since 2013, as they went 0-10-1 from 2014-24, snapping the longest active streak in the NFL.
The Colts got impressive play out of their new quarterback, Daniel Jones. He completed 22 of 29 passes for 272 yards and one touchdown, and rushed seven times for 26 yards and two more scores. In fact, Jones put together the best start of his career on Sunday, and one of his best NFL games ever.
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Chiefs-Chargers: 5 things we learned in Week 1’s loss
2. They are who we thought they were
Take your pick: Jawaan Taylor, Kingsley Suamataia or Chamarri Conner.
I don’t want to continue to harp on how poorly these three continue to play, because it’s just not fair to expect them to be more than they are. At this point, we have enough evidence to know they just don’t have the skills to perform their duties as NFL players.
Taylor and Conner’s shortcomings were especially on display on Friday night. Both were routinely smoked by the competition. I think it’s fair to say that if they had played even 50% better, the Chiefs would have been in a position to win the game.
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