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An extortion charge against a relative of Kansas City Chiefs safety Tyrann Mathieu has been dropped after he pleaded guilty to removing an ankle monitor while out of jail on bail. According to Ramon Antonio Vargas of NOLA.com, Geourvon Sears, Mathieu’s cousin, pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor...

Getty Images For nearly a decade, NFL Network has unveiled during the slow time the top 100 players in the league, as voted on by players. It’s never been clear which players vote or when they vote; at some point, it became clear that those who vote simply list their personal top 20, and the...

Getty Images Former Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb was widely criticized for declaring himself a Hall of Fame-worthy quarterback, saying that his numbers are better than Troy Aikman’s. But one person who saw every snap McNabb took thinks he belongs in Canton. Chiefs coach Andy Reid, who was...

Getty Images The Chiefs continue to look for options on offense. Even if it means moving guys from defense. According to B.J. Kissel of the team’s official website, the Chiefs are moving cornerback Tremon Smith to running back. He certainly has the speed, as he ran a 4.32-second 40 at his pro...

Getty Images The Chiefs may have the best offense in the NFL, but the defense is giving them a run for their money in training camp. That’s the word from Chiefs defensive end Frank Clark, who said after the first padded practice that the defense had outplayed the offense. “We did wonderful,”...

Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill‘s spent most of the offseason in the headlines because of off-field matters, but Tuesday finds him making news because of something that happened on the field. Hill rode in the front seat of a cart from the Chiefs’ practice field to get medical attention before...

Getty Images Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill had to make an early exit from Tuesday’s practice after hurting his right leg, but the initial indication is that he avoided a serious injury. Hill took a hit from cornerback Bashaud Breeland while Breeland was moving to break up a pass to the...

Getty Images Chiefs cornerback Keith Reaser was carted off the practice field this morning, and the early indications are not positive. According to Brooke Pryor of the Kansas City Star, Chiefs coach Andy Reid said it looked like Reaser suffered a torn Achilles. Reaser spent most of 2017 on...

Getty Images The Cowboys are taking a wait-and-see approach to their safety position. They continue to insist that they are good with Xavier Woods and Jeff Heath as their starters again. But executive vice president Stephen Jones admitted this spring that the Cowboys had heard from teams...

The Chiefs have made it clear that they are trusting wide receiver Tyreek Hill, and hoping there’s not another incident which demands a league investigation. So Hill was back on the practice field this weekend, and his bosses seem content with that. According to Adam Teicher of ESPN.com...

Getty Images Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill spoke to reporters at training camp on Sunday and one of the questions he faced was about his conversation with team owner Clark Hunt. Hunt said that he had “a very frank conversation” with Hill when the wideout rejoined the team after the NFL...

Getty Images Washington quarterback Alex Smith‘s contract guarantees him $15 million this season even though he won’t be playing. But he’s still working. Coach Jay Gruden told reporters on Sunday that Smith has attended every quarterback meeting during training camp. “I think he’s just a...

Sunday’s eight-minute press conference featuring Chiefs receiver Tyreek Hill, his first since events of the past four months nearly derailed his career, included an explanation from Hill that he hopes to show real growth going forward. “As I was going through this long process, my mom told me...

Getty Images The status of running back Kareem Hunt on the Browns’ roster may be more tenuous than believed. Browns owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam met with reporters on Sunday, and it became clear that Hunt isn’t automatically going to stay on the roster when his eight-game suspension ends. “We...

Getty Images Chiefs players are reporting to training camp on Friday and there’s been uncertainty about whether defensive tackle Chris Jones would be part of the group. There’s no more reason to wonder. Jones’s agents said that their client will be there after missing offseason work as part of...

The Chiefs and quarterback Patrick Mahomes took the league by storm in 2018. Can they, and he, do it again in 2019? That’s one of the biggest storylines of the 2019 season. Whenever someone like Mahomes emerges out of the blue and dominates the way he did, opposing defenses spend the offseason...

Getty Images When news that the Packers were releasing defensive lineman Mike Daniels broke on Wednesday morning, one of the responses was to wonder why the team waited until the start of training camp to make the move. General Manager Brian Gutekunst was asked about that in a press conference...

Getty Images The Vikings are going to be short at cornerback for half the season, after the second suspension of Holton Hill. So they took a look at some experienced depth Wednesday. According to Tom Pelissero of NFL Network, the Vikings worked out veteran cornerback Orlando Scandrick. The...

Getty Images Just when it appeared that the NFL was getting out of the business of policing the private lives of players not arrested or charged with crimes, the NFL pulled itself back in, with the six-game suspension imposed on Seahawks defensive lineman Jarran Reed. Although the league seems...

Getty Images Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce said at last month’s minicamp he expected to receive the green light to resume football activities for the start of training camp. That is indeed the case. Kelce is reporting to training camp today for some extra work before everybody reports Friday...