Chiefs News: Brett Veach not against ‘Hard Knocks’ featuring the Chiefs

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GM Brett Veach open to Chiefs appearing on “Hard Knocks” | Kansas City Star

HBO’s “Hard Knocks” show continues to be a fan favorite and the number of teams featured has expanded in recent years.

Where “Hard Knocks” once focused on just one team, this year fans saw the New York Giants’ offseason featured, and early next month the Chicago Bears will be shown at training camp. Once the season begins, the show will focus on all four AFC North teams.

The Chiefs haven’t been on “Hard Knocks” since 2007 when Damon Huard and Brodie Croyle were quarterbacks and Larry Johnson and Priest Holmes were the running backs.

While on the GM Shuffle podcast, general manager Brett Veach was asked if he would be in favor of the Chiefs being on the HBO show.

While it would be great to see Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce, Andy Reid or Chris Jones, the bigger story would be about … the old Tecmo Bowl video game.

“I do what they tell me,” Veach said. “I mean, if they want to do that, I think it would be cool. We have some kick-ass Tecmo Bowl. Every year, I bring the old Nintendo and we fire up Tecmo Bowl. So once we get done with meetings, we play a few rounds of Tecmo Bowl every night, so I’m sure that’d be good footage to have.

Hugh Jackman, Ryan Reynolds plan to attend Chiefs game in ’24 | Kansas City Star

The latter two are the stars of “Deadpool & Wolverine,” which will be in theaters later this month. During an interview with People magazine on the red carpet, Reynolds and Jackman were asked if they’d attend a Chiefs game this fall.

“Oh, I hope so,” Jackman said.

Reynolds added, “You don’t say no to that.”

Jackman talked about how Swift and Lively, who is married to Reynolds, are the star attraction regardless of who attends a Chiefs game with them.

“If you ever really want to kinda not feel great about your career,” Jackman joked, “go to a game with Taylor Swift and Blake Lively — and then you’re Blake Lively, Taylor Swift and others at the game.”

Reynolds chimed in: “Yes! We’re just and others.”

NFL training camp battles 2024: Cowboys and Packers linemen among rookies competing for starting spots in 2024 | CBS Sports

LT Kingsley Suamataia, Chiefs

Kansas City allowed Orlando Brown Jr. to depart in free agency prior to the 2023 season. The response was signing veterans Donovan Smith and Jawaan Taylor to lock down the edges. Smith was not retained and the franchise turned to last year’s third-round pick, Wanya Morris, before drafting Suamataia in the second round. As a fan of both during the pre-draft process, it would not be a surprise if either won the job but the Chiefs have to explore its options at the position.

Ranking the NFL’s True Franchise Players for Teams to Build Around Before 2024 Season | Bleacher Report

1. Patrick Mahomes, QB, Kansas City Chiefs

Quarterback remains the single most important position in football, if not in all of team sports, and Mahomes is the best of the best.

Mahomes already topped 28,000 passing yards during the regular season, made six Pro Bowls, won three Super Bowls, reached six AFC title games, won two regular-season MVP awards and been named the Super Bowl MVP three times. He’ll only turn 29 in September.

Like many of the players on this list, Mahomes has benefited from a strong supporting cast—not to mention a Hall of Fame coach in Andy Reid. However, he’s been the catalyst behind Kansas City’s dynasty and the biggest constant during its run.

If Mahomes continues on his current path, Brady’s record of seven Super Bowl wins—a seemingly unbreakable NFL mark if ever there was one—could be in real jeopardy.

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Steelers’ Justin Fields gets QB1 reps with Russell Wilson held out | ESPN

The 35-year-old quarterback alerted the coaching staff to the issue, and coach Mike Tomlin made the call to hold Wilson out. “Starts aren’t always ideal, but that’s like life, man,” Tomlin said after practice. “Russ woke up today, his calf was tight. It was my decision to sit him down today, create a little short-term discomfort for him, not allowing a small problem to become a bigger problem.”

Tomlin characterized Wilson as “day-to-day” and added that Wilson wanted to practice. “He wanted to — and he was probably capable — but I’m getting to know him, and I just chose to create a little misery for him and the offensive unit,” Tomlin said.

Cowboys Will Have to Make CeeDee Lamb the Highest-Paid Nonquarterback | SI

The reality is Dallas made this bed for itself. There’s a reason why the Philadelphia Eagles (DeVonta Smith), Detroit Lions (Amon-Ra St. Brown), Miami Dolphins (Jaylen Waddle) and Houston Texans (Nico Collins) moved so aggressively to get their young receivers signed. They knew what was coming, and when the Justin Jefferson extension did come, the numbers should’ve surprised exactly no one. He had a right to ask to be the highest-paid nonquarterback in the NFL, and he earned that distinction by getting $1 million more per year than Nick Bosa did last summer.

The key word there? Last. Summer. The Bosa contract was out there then, at $34 million per year. That Jefferson landed $35 million per year was, well, predictable. And while Lamb hasn’t accomplished what his draft classmate has in Minnesota, he did amass 135 catches, 1,749 yards and a dozen touchdowns last year, putting him well within his rights at 25 years old to ask for something closer to Jefferson than Smith, St. Brown, Waddle or Collins.

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Don’t do it to me again, Deneric.Running backs (3): Isiah Pacheco, Clyde Edwards-Helaire, Deneric Prince

Last year, I was bullish on the 2023 undrafted free agent during training camp. But in the final hour, La’Mical Perine pushed ahead of him in standing with the coaches. Ultimately, the Chiefs didn’t keep either player. Jerick McKinnon is no longer on the roster, opening up the door for a third running back — a necessary measure considering the injury history of the top two players in the room. With much more caution than last year, I’ll go with Prince, who has seen opportunities with the first team early on in camp.

Obviously, I don’t have Rees-Zammit making the roster at this stage. Given that he has never played football, I still think he has a tall hill to climb. We’ll see if he makes an appearance in later projections.

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