The 2024 NFL draft is in the books, and it was certainly a memorable one kicking off with a chaotic first round that featured an historic run on quarterbacks, wide receivers and offensive tackles, along with trades galore and some surprising picks. While it’s far too early to evaluate these draft classes in full — considering they haven’t yet along played an NFL game — there’s been plenty of reaction to these 2024 rookie classes. There were several teams that were clear winners while others had some questionable moves that garnered early criticism. But we truly won’t know who won or lost this ..read more

undefined We may earn a fee if you make a purchase through one of the links in this article.  The USA Today Network newsroom and editorial staff were not involved in the creation of this content. The Cavaliers finished with 48 wins during the regular season and the Magic had 47, so this 4-5 matchup was expected to be close. Cleveland can close out the series tonight in Game 6 if it can do something neither team has been able to do thus far in the series – win a game on the road. You can bet on what will no doubt be an exciting game at the Kia Center or on anything else after openin ..read more

The Kansas City Chiefs secondary was one of the NFL’s best last season, and despite the team’s decision to trade star cornerback L’Jarius Sneed in March, one analyst seems to think that the reigning Super Bowl champions made their defensive backfield even better in the 2024 NFL draft. ESPN’s Louis Riddick took to Twitter on Friday to tell his followers that he believes the unit has improved over the course of the offseason while getting younger in the process. Though he didn’t go into depth about this take, Riddick, a former NFL safety, is more than qualified to assess how teams construct thei ..read more

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The Kansas City Chiefs are set to kick off their rookie minicamp this weekend with all of their picks from the 2024 NFL draft in attendance. Along with their draft selections, players from around the country are set to commune in Kansas City with rookie minicamp invitations, which act as a foot in the door for future contracts with the team. Though nothing is guaranteed for the invitees, participation in offseason workouts is a crucial part of life in the NFL. Xavier Worthy and other rookies were seen arriving at the Chiefs’ practice facility on Friday in a video that was posted by the team’s ..read more

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The Kansas City Chiefs have an excellent track record of finding talented players in the late rounds of the NFL draft, and the team’s haul last week drew the attention of experts around the league. Kansas City’s fourth-round pick Jaden Hicks, a Washington State product, was widely regarded as one of the most exciting defensive backs in the 2024 class and somehow managed to fall to the Chiefs on Day 3. Pro Football Focus named Hicks one of the draft’s biggest steals this week, which could signal that the former Cougar has the potential to develop into a starter for Kansas City in relatively sho ..read more

A relatively innocuous post about Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes had fans on Twitter hotly debating the reigning champions’ chances of completing a Super Bowl three-peat next season. The NFL posted a video of Mahomes’ top plays from last season, that led with the all-important question. While responses were varied based on fans’ allegiances to different teams, one thing seemed certain from their replies: the Chiefs are overwhelmingly perceived to be championship contenders next season. The league has never had a team win three consecutive Super Bowls, and if Kansas City were t ..read more

Football fans across the country are hunkering down for the slowest part of the NFL’s offseason, but the Kansas City Chiefs are doing their best to stay in their minds. On Thursday, the reigning Super Bowl champions got a little help in that regard from the University of Tennessee Volunteers football program, which Tweeted out a bizarre stop-motion animation of Chiefs rookie Kamal Hadden and Trey Smith made of Legos. Hadden and Smith are Tennessee products, so a shoutout wasn’t totally unexpected, but the execution of this latest bit by the Volunteers seemed to have come a little out of left f ..read more

The Kansas City Chiefs won Super Bowl LVIII by the skin of their teeth, due in no small part to the heroic efforts of Patrick Mahomes, who has been a rock for the team since taking over as its starting quarterback in 2018. Mahomes has one of the longest highlight reels of any quarterback in the NFL and has three Super Bowl rings to show for his incredible tenure under center in Kansas City. The league showcased his top 10 plays from 2023 in a post to social media this week, giving fans across the country a chance to re-watch some of Mahomes’ most exciting moments. Will the @Chiefs make it a t ..read more