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Getty Images When Patrick Mahomes signed his extension with the Chiefs last week, two areas of focus were on a total value that could push past $500 million and the fact that a relatively low amount of that payout was fully guaranteed at signing of a deal that ties him to the team until 2031...

Getty Images The best player in the NFL believes the 2020 season can be played safely. Despite increasing numbers of Americans testing positive for COVID-19 and growing concerns that sports simply can’t be played in a pandemic, Mahomes said today that he thinks the players’ union and the...

Getty Images Quarterback Matt Moore did his part to help the Chiefs get to the Super Bowl last season by filling in for Patrick Mahomes after Mahomes injured his knee in an October game against the Broncos and he’ll get a chance to help their title defense this year. Terez Paylor of Yahoo...

Getty Images Shea Patterson is the odd man out in the Chiefs’ quarterback room. Hours after the Chiefs agreed to terms with backup quarterback Matt Moore, they released Patterson, according to Field Yates of ESPN. Patterson went undrafted this year and signed with the Chiefs after the draft...

Getty Images Chiefs wide receiver Sammy Watkins trimmed $4.75 million from his 2020 base salary when he agreed to rework his deal earlier this offseason and his reason for doing so wasn’t much different than the reason Patrick Mahomes gave for signing his own extension this week. Mahomes said...

Getty Images In response to Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson‘s anti-Semitic instagram posting from Monday, Kansas City Chiefs right tackle Mitchell Schwartz posted a message to his Twitter account on Wednesday night. Schwartz’s message with a simple caption of “Some thoughts…”...

Getty Images Cardinals coach Kliff Kingsbury has shown the ability to speak things into existence. Back when he was coaching in college, he insisted that if he had the first pick in the NFL Draft, he’d take Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray. Then Kingsbury got himself hired by the Cardinals...

Getty Images One week from today, the window closes on the ability of the Cowboys and quarterback Dak Prescott to execute a long-term deal in 2020. Given that negotiations of this nature tend to accelerate as a deadline approaches, the time has come for the team and the player to move toward...

Getty Images In two months and two days, the Chiefs will launch the defense of their first Super Bowl title in 50 years. If fans are present, the stadium will not be full. The Chiefs announced on Wednesday that they will “move forward with a reduced-capacity plan” in 2020. Team president Mark...

Getty Images Patrick Mahomes might have become a Major League Baseball star. The Chiefs quarterback already was committed to Texas Tech when the Detroit Tigers took a flier on Mahomes in the 37th round of the 2014 MLB draft. Mahomes decided not to follow his father, Pat Mahomes Sr., into...

Getty Images It could be as many as 12 more years before Patrick Mahomes has to sign another contract with the Kansas City Chiefs after his 10-year extension with the team signed on Monday. Mahomes expressed his desire for the security the contract provides as one of the big factors for his...

Getty Images The fact that a player can do a long-term deal after three NFL regular seasons doesn’t mean he should. Many players have resisted offers, opting to watch and to wait and to bet on themselves (including their ability to stay healthy) while building more and more leverage. The most...

Getty Images Chiefs General Manager Brett Veach is praising quarterback Patrick Mahomes for committing the next dozen years of his career to the franchise. Veach said today that Mahomes has shown his devotion to the team and the city for his first three years in the NFL, and is now committed...

Getty Images In theory, it’s such a simple concept. In practice, it’s been impossible for any player to get it. To protect a player who signs a long-term deal against the contract becoming obsolete, the player gets a guaranteed percentage of the salary cap in every year of the contract...

Getty Images The Chiefs now have a quarterback under contract for the next 12 seasons. They also have a 62-year-old coach. But Andy Reid said during his videoconference about his star quarterback’s new deal that he’s suddenly feeling young. “I haven’t gotten to the point mentally where I’m...

Getty Images In a video released shortly after news of his contract extension broke on Monday, Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes said that he’s “chasing a dynasty” after winning the Super Bowl in his second professional season. Mahomes met with the media on Tuesday for further discussion of a...

Getty Images The numbers on any given contract don’t become official under the actual contract can be inspected and analyzed. For now, here’s the breakdown of the Patrick Mahomes contract that is making the rounds. It’s a twelve-year deal with a base value of $477.631 million. It averages, at...

Getty Images The Chiefs won the Super Bowl in February. Patrick Mahomes agreed to a 10-year deal Monday, the richest in NFL history. It feels like this is just the start for Mahomes and the Chiefs as the quarterback turns 25 in September. Mahomes tweeted shortly after ESPN reported Mahomes’...

Getty Images More details are emerging regarding the Patrick Mahomes mega-deal. And they are confusing. Mahomes’ agency, Steinberg Sports, has disclosed that the 10-year extension has a value of $503 million. The agency also says that the deal includes $477 million in “guarantee mechanisms and...

Getty Images The Patrick Mahomes contract, a stunning 10-year extension reportedly worth more than $400 million in new money, raises more questions than it answers. Let’s start exploring what needs to be known in order to properly value the deal. First, what’s the signing bonus? That’s the...