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Photo by Kara Durrette/Getty Images Kansas City’s starting running back spoke after the first session of the team’s mandatory minicamp. On the first day of the Kansas City Chiefs’ mandatory minicamp, running back Isiah Pacheco had a different experience than a year ago. The third-year pro out of Rutgers spent the 2023 offseason recovering from a pair of offseason surgeries. Until deep in training camp, he spent most of his time on the field wearing a yellow non-contact jersey. Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images But heading into 2024, things are different. “I was just talking about that today: [wearing] the red and gold,” he said of putting aside a practice jersey generally reserved for quarterbacks. “I was one of the first to do it at the running back position. It felt special, but I don’t want to go back that route.” Instead, Pachceo wants to be there for his teammates who face the same struggle. “I’m just trying to lock in and be there for my guys that

Photo by Timothy T Ludwig/Getty Images A total of six Kansas City players were not full participants during the offseason’s first mandatory practice session. The Kansas City Chiefs began their three-day mandatory minicamp on Tuesday. The media — including Chiefs Studios’s Chiefs Studios — was present for the session, which began around 11 a.m. Arrowhead Time. Three Chiefs players — left guard Joe Thuney, defensive end BJ Thompson and placekicker Harrison Butker — were absent. Thuney is still working through the pectoral injury he suffered during the Divisional round playoff game against the Buffalo Bills in January. Thompson was reportedly released from the hospital on Monday night after having a cardiac emergency during a team meeting last week. It is unknown when he will be ready to resume practicing. It is believed Butker is out with an illness. Three other players — wide receiver Xavier Worthy, defensive end Charles Omenihu and defensive tackle Derrick Nnadi — wer

Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images Chiefs headlines for Tuesday, June 11 The latest Jamaal Charles shares his struggles with mental health Former star RB Jamaal Charles opens up about life after the league, says he battles with depression and suicidal thoughts. “I went to work with investment people and it didn’t go well. I started to lose money so I started to get really depressive and suicidal.” pic.twitter.com/C1RMBKk56s— Arye Pulli (@AryePulli) June 9, 2024 Best new QB-WR combos for 2024 NFL season: C.J. Stroud-Stefon Diggs among most promising duos | NFL.com 3 - Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes · WR Marquise Brown I went back and forth on whether to highlight this duo or Patrick Mahomes/Xavier Worthy. For this exercise, I went with the veteran combo, but I do think Mahomes/Worthy could produce at a similar level as Mahomes and Marquise Brown. Last season, Mahomes guided a patchwork receiver group to another Super Bowl title, wi

Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images As it has done for many players, Kansas City signed the veteran wideout to a veteran salary benefit contract. When we learned that the Kansas City Chiefs had re-signed wide receiver Mecole Hardman, it was only reported that he had signed a one-year contract; no other information came to light. But now, the salary-cap site OverThe Cap indicates that Hardman was signed to a non-guaranteed veteran salary benefit (VSB) deal that pays him the league minimum for his five credited seasons ($1,125,000), but carries a cap hit of just $985,000. That’s the same as a player with only two credited seasons. Under Kansas City general manager Brett Veach, using VSB contracts for veteran players has become standard operating procedure. Hardman is the eighth Chiefs player to be signed to a VSB deal for 2024. The others are defensive ends Isiah Buggs and Matt Dickerson, defensive tackle Mike Pennel, tight end Irv Smith Jr., safety Deon Bush and long sn

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Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Chiefs headlines for Monday, June 10 The latest Rashee Rice: “All I can do is mature and continue to grow” | NBC Sports Rice is facing eight felony charges for his role in a multi-car crash in April, and separately he is suspected of assault at a nightclub in May. “I’ve learned so much from that,” he told reporters at a football camp, via ESPN. “All I can do is mature and continue to grow from that. This is a step in a better direction for me. . . . Accidents and stuff like that happen, but all you can do is move forward and walk around being the same person, try to be positive so that everybody can feel your love and your great energy.” The criminal case against Rice is pending, as is the NFL’s investigation into whether Rice violated the league’s personal conduct policy. Ranking the 25 Best Moves of the 2024 NFL Offseason | Bleacher Report 14. Chiefs Bring in Marquise Brown All-Pro tight end Travis Kelce clearly ca

Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Kansas legislators are making a big push to entice the team to move across the state line. Over the past week, there’s been plenty of news (and sports talk) regarding a bill being advanced by some members of the Kansas Legislature that is intended to lure as many as two professional sports teams — particularly the Kansas City Chiefs — to new facilities that would be built in Kansas. Originally introduced by state representative Sean Tarwater — who represents the Kansas City suburb of Stillwell — the bill did not come to a vote during the legislature’s most recent session that ended May 1. The legislature could consider it during a special session focused on tax cuts, which is set to begin on June 18. Tarwater and two other Kansas lawmakers — House Speaker Dan Hawkins from Wichita and Senate President Ty Masterson from Andover — now spearhead a public campaign focused on passing the legislation and getting the Chiefs