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Getty Images One of the questions we had in response to the news of Patrick Mahomes‘ agreement on a 10-year extension with the Chiefs was whether the quarterback’s compensation will be tied to a percentage of the salary cap. According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, the answer to that question is...

Getty Images The Washington NFL franchise’s announcement of a “thorough review” of its name instantly was interpreted as a decision to change it. The Cleveland MLB franchise’s decision to consider changing its name wasn’t. Perhaps now it should be. “I think it’s time to move forward,”...

Getty Images The Chiefs drafted running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire in the first round this year, which led to comparisons to players like Brian Westbrook and Darren Sproles when discussing how he’ll fit into head coach Andy Reid’s offense. Running backs coach Deland McCullough shares the high...

Getty Images Chiefs defensive end Frank Clark is paying for the funeral for a 4-year-old boy who was shot and killed in Kansas City this week. The boy, LeGend Taliferro, was killed while he slept when someone fired shots into his apartment. No arrests have been made. LeGend’s mother, Charron...

Getty Images The Washington NFL franchise isn’t alone in taking a look at its name. The Cleveland MLB franchise is now doing the same thing. “We are committed to making a positive impact in our community and embrace our responsibility to advance social justice and equality,” the team said in a...

Getty Images The Chiefs finally may have a naming-rights partner for their home playing field. Terry Lefton of Sports Business Journal reports that the defending Super Bowl champions are closing in on a deal to sell field naming rights to Government Employees Health Association. GEHA insures...

Getty Images Arrowhead Stadium is going to remain Arrowhead Stadium, at least for another year. After a report from Sports Business Journal that the team was close to a naming rights deal with Government Employees Health Association (GEHA), the Chiefs have disputed that, for the time being...

Getty Images Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker got some attention this offseason when he posted a video of himself kicking a 77-yard field goal on an empty practice field. In a game, however, Butker has never even come within 20 yards of that. But Butker says that a 65-yard field goal is very...

Getty Images The NFL is set to announce that the first and fourth week of the preseason schedule has been scrapped, which doesn’t come as a great surprise given recent indications that things were moving in that direction. One of the reasons for the change is to give teams more time to work on...

Getty Images Chiefs defensive tackle Chris Jones suggested this week that he could sit out the 2020 season if he doesn’t come to an agreement with the team on a long-term deal before the July 15 deadline to do so and he has plenty of company when it comes to looking for such a contract. With...

Getty Images With the deadline for signing a long-term deal while on the franchise tag just over two weeks away, Kansas City Chiefs defensive tackle Chris Jones may be trying to assert some leverage into negotiations. In a reply via his Twitter account to a segment from the NFL Network...

Getty Images The whole point of wearing a mask during the COVID-19 pandemic is that you’re not just protecting yourself, but all the people around you. And one Kansas City company is appealing to the civic duty of keeping the star quarterback well. Via Pete Grathoff of the Kansas City Star, a...

Getty Images The Pro Football Writers of America announced its members voted Bill Arnsparger and Romeo Crennel as the 2020 winners of the Paul “Dr. Z” Zimmerman Award. The PFWA annually awards two NFL assistant coaches for lifetime achievement. Arnsparger, who died in 2015, was the mastermind...

Getty Images One of the least-known but most compelling stories in NFL history happened 37 years ago today. Chiefs running back Joe Delaney died on June 29, 1983. He died trying to save three drowning boys. He tried to save three drowning boys even though he couldn’t swim. We mention the...

Yes, PFT Live is off until July 20. But the news keeps flowing, and the ball keeps rolling. Beyond the various posts from the PFT staff on Monday, I spent roughly 25 minutes on the issues of the day via the #PFTPM podcast. The video is attached; the audio can be found wherever you find your...

Getty Images Monday marks the anniversary of one of American sports’ most overlooked heroes. This weekend, family and friends unveiled a memorial to Joe Delaney near the spot where he drowned. For several years, we’ve commemorated Delaney’s passing on the anniversary of his death. Every year...

Getty Images The dance continues. Even if the footwork and the music rarely if ever match. NFL Media, owned and operated by the NFL, reported last week that multiple teams are interested in quarterback Colin Kaepernick. PFT reported in response that such interest has not resulted in any team...

Getty Images The viral video of the two girls who weren’t familiar with a bunch of hit songs from the past 20 years made many feel very old this week. If that didn’t do the trick, how about this: John Elway is 60. For those of us who grew up in the ’70s and ’80s, Elway is still the baseball...

Getty Images In covering the NFL, we can paint a rosy picture for all 32 teams, constantly viewing the glass as half-or-more full in order to get as many fans of as many teams as excited as possible before the season starts. Or we can tell the truth. Some fan bases don’t want to hear the...

Getty Images Chris Jones and the Chiefs are where they were a month ago in contract talks: Nowhere. In fact, James Palmer of NFL Media used the same phrase Friday that Jeremy Fowler of ESPN used a month ago. There is “not much traction” on a long-term deal for the pass rusher. The Chiefs want...