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Making the Hall of Fame call on 12 current players, including Matthew Stafford and Tyreek Hill | CBS Sports

Tyreek Hill

Hall of Fame? Yes

Votes: 7

At this point, Hill has done everything he can do to warrant a future spot in Canton. He was named to the Pro Bowl in each of his first eight seasons (he was an All-Pro returner as a rookie), has five All-Pro nods to his credit and has also led the NFL in touchdown receptions and touchdown catches (both occurred in 2023).

Hill was also on the receiving end of the momentum-changing play in Super Bowl LIV that paved away for the Chiefs’ first Super Bowl win in 50 years. It was part of a nine-catch, 105-yard performance on pro football’s biggest stage.

Video: Travis, Jason Kelce Discuss Meeting Royal Family at Taylor Swift Concert | Bleacher Report

The Kansas City Chiefs star tight end recounted his experience of seeing Prince William for the first time during the latest episode of the New Heights podcast.

“He was so cool,” Kelce said. “Obviously, we were backstage meeting him. He was there with little George and Charlotte. They were an absolute delight to meet. Wasn’t sure if I was supposed to bow to them, curtsy, just be an American idiot and shake their hand.”

“I gotta say, Prince William was fantastic meeting him,” the former Philadelphia Eagles All-Pro center added. “But the highlight was Princess Charlotte. She was so f—king adorable. I don’t know, maybe it’s because I have three girls now. She had fire to her, she was asking questions.”

New Patrick Mahomes Coors Light commercial will be buried until he retires; when will that be? | NBC Sports

That leads to the second reason. Via Marca.com, Mahomes’s mother recently suggested in a podcast appearance that Patrick might not stick around until he’s halfway to 90.

“I hear him, you know, make comments like, ‘If the game takes away from my kids, I might not play as long as Tom Brady,’ and I’m like — I’m so proud of him for that,” Randi Mahomes said on The Mom Game podcast.

2024 NFL linebacker unit rankings: Jets and 49ers take the top spots | PFF

12. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS

The Chiefs lost Willie Gay in free agency but still have an impressive linebacking unit overall. Nick Bolton earned the lowest season grade of his NFL career in 2023, but he dealt with injuries and earned a PFF grade above 70.0 in each of his first two years.

Leo Chenal could see his role expand after impressing against the run in his second season, earning a 90.6 PFF run-defense grade that ranked third at the position. Drue Tranquill enjoyed a decent first season in Kansas City, capping it off with a career-high 68.4 PFF grade.

What can Kansas City Chiefs fans expect from Travis Kelce going into 2024? | Arrowhead Addict

The biggest hurdle facing Travis Kelce this season

It goes without saying, but the answer here is age. Not many tight ends have been very successful after their 34th birthday. Despite being relatively injury-free for most of his career, Kelce did miss the first game last season against the Detroit Lions and also part of another game later in the season.

Those injuries came on the heels of his first “until the wheels fall off” comment, so here’s to hoping he didn’t jinx himself by saying it again this offseason.

Marcus Allen reflects on Chiefs tenure: ‘An incredible five years’ | Chiefs Wire

Chiefs Wire’s Ed Easton Jr. spoke to Allen about his involvement in and enjoyment of the annual American Century Championship golf tournament and his five-year stint with the Chiefs in the 1990s.

“It’s an event that everybody looks forward to in the American Century, and it has done an amazing job since it became the title sponsor,” Allen explained. “It’s just, it’s incredible. I think for me, this is 26 years now. I’m not one of the originals, I think the originals are still Jack Wagner and Jim McMahon. I think [I am] maybe the third longest-tenured person there. I love going, playing, competing against my fellow athletes and friends, and it’s just an outstanding event. NBC does an amazing job. It’s a lot, it’s been a lot of fun, and it’s something we look forward to every year.”

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Randall Cobb, family ‘lucky to be alive’ after house fire | ESPN

Wide receiver Randall Cobb and his family escaped a fire at their Nashville, Tennessee, home this week, with his wife, Aiyda, posting, “we are lucky to be alive.”

Aiyda Cobb posted to her Instagram story this week that a Tesla charger “caught fire in the garage late last night and quickly spread” through their home.

“We got out of the house with nothing but the clothes on our back and no shoes on our feet,” she wrote.

The Cobbs have three young sons.

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Chiefs News: Chris Jones is hoping for some days off from training camp

A year ago, superstar defensive tackle Chris Jones skipped the offseason program, training camp and the season’s opening game as he and the Kansas City Chiefs negotiated a new contract.

Ultimately, the two sides agreed on a stopgap one-year deal to get Jones back on the field. Then in early March, he and the team finally signed a five-year, $159 million contract that included $95 million in guarantees.

Even after missing all that practice time last season, Jones still earned a second consecutive first-team All-Pro nod. He’ll turn 30 before the team opens its 2024 training camp at Missouri Western State Univerity in St. Joseph in mid-July — and he’s hoping that under the circumstances, head coach Andy Reid will let him skip some practices.

“Listen man, I’ve already been talking to Andy about, ‘Let me skip out on training camp. I’m a little older, right?’” he told reporters during his youth football camp in Overland Park this week, per the Kansas City Star. “I can feel it. I can feel when we have a day on training camp. Give me like two days off and one day on, then — and we maybe can work something out, you know?”

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