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Getty Images Running back LeSean McCoy fell out of favor with the Chiefs down the stretch last season, but he was adamant before and after the Super Bowl that he wants to continue playing in the coming years. McCoy hasn’t signed on with anyone yet, but he said on NFL Network Wednesday that...

Getty Images Bills General Manager Brandon Beane is denying a claim from Sammy Watkins that the Bills explored the possibility of bringing Watkins back to Buffalo this year. Watkins told Tyler Dunne of BleacherReport.com that the Bills, who drafted Watkins in 2014 and traded him to the Rams in...

Getty Images Defensive end Taco Charlton moved on to his third team in four years earlier this offseason when he signed with the Chiefs shortly after being waived by the Dolphins. That’s more movement early in a career than you usually see from a first-round pick, but Charlton underwhelmed...

Getty Images He won the regular-season MVP award in 2018, and the Super Bowl MVP award in 2019. He’s the favorite to do the first one again. Caesars Sportsbook has installed Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes as a 4-1 favorite to win the award. Next on the list is Ravens quarterback Lamar...

Getty Images You may not know much about Chiefs receiver Sammy Watkins. After reading Tyler Dunne’s new article for BleacherReport.com that peels back plenty of layers on who Watkins is and what he believes, you’ll know plenty. And then you’ll ask yourself what in the hell you just read...

Getty Images Lately, I’ve asked for questions and answered 10 of them on Sundays. This past Sunday, I could say I took a break in deference to Mother’s Day. The truth, however, is that I forgot. So let’s do it today. At first I thought it made sense because things would be starting to slow...

Getty Images With the “when” now attached to the “who” and the “where” of the 2020 regular season (and setting aside the “how,” for now), it’s time to explore the potential service of a dish not cold but under the bright lights of an NFL stadium: Revenge. Simms and I drafted the best revenge...

Getty Images The recent explosion in quarterback contracts has made one dynamic incredibly clear: The longer a team waits to pay a quarterback, the more expensive it will be. That’s what the Cowboys currently are facing with Dak Prescott, a fourth-round pick in 2016 who has started 64 of 64...

Over the past couple of weeks, the #PFTPM podcast has generated extended interviews with various team decision-makers in the wake of the 2020 draft. If you’ve missed them, here’s your chance to catch up. Just click the link and click the accompanying videos to see (via Zoom) and hear from the...

Getty Images The NFL’s schedule makers gave a boost to the Chiefs’ chances of repeating. That’s because the Chiefs, to a greater extent than any team in the league, will be playing with more rest than their opponents. As calculated by Lee Sharpe, the Chiefs have an advantage over their...

Getty Images It seems there isn’t much we agree on these days, but one thing America is united on is this: The Bears blew it in 2017. Even Bears fans wouldn’t argue that point. Chicago, of course, could have had Patrick Mahomes or Deshaun Watson and didn’t have to trade up to No. 2 overall to...

Getty Images Prior to the release of the 2020 NFL schedule, there were reports and rumors that the NFL planned to fill the early portions of the schedule with games that could easily be canceled. That didn’t happen. Instead, the NFL put together a strong slate of Week One games, showing that...

Getty Images The Chiefs are scheduled to open the 2020 NFL season by hosting the Texans on September 10 and it will be a rematch of last season’s divisional round game that ended with the Chiefs winning by 20 points. Oddsmakers like their chances of winning by a comfortable margin again in...

Getty Images Of the seven days of the week, the NFL plays games on three nights. Yet again, however, presidential debates will conflict with a pair of prime-time NFL games. Two Thursday Night Football games will be played against presidential debates. The October 15 game between the Chiefs and...

Getty Images The Texans might be the one team that won’t be sad to see a delay to the start of the season. No team has a more difficult start to the season than Houston. The Texans travel to Kansas City for the opening game of the NFL schedule on Thursday, Sept. 10. They get a mini-bye before...

Getty Images The 49ers and Seahawks aren’t set to face each other in a Sunday night game this season, but they’ll both be making multiple appearances at home early in the season. Both NFC West teams are scheduled to host Sunday Night Football games twice in the first six weeks of the regular...

Getty Images It looks like the Patriots will be spending extended time in Los Angeles if the 2020 NFL season plays out as scheduled. The Patriots will kick off a run of three straight road games against the Chargers on Sunday in Week 13. They’ll be back in SoFi Stadium — assuming all goes as...

Getty Images The Cowboys were expected to have five primetime games. As America’s Team, they traditionally play five night games. But they’re joined by seven other teams with five primetime appearances. The Ravens, Packers, Chiefs, Rams, Patriots, 49ers and Buccaneers also play five night...