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2018 NFL season: One key homegrown player for each AFC team | NFL.com
The Chiefs found another budding star up front in defensive end Chris Jones. If Ford could provide another edge-rushing complement to Justin Houston, the maligned Chiefs defense would really be cooking with gas.
Ford, coming off back surgery, might only be on the roster because his $8.7 million salary was guaranteed for injury. Only one year removed from a 10-sack campaign, a revived Ford could be the biggest x-factor in Kansas City. There just isn't another player on the roster with the potential to provide what Ford can bring to the table.
NFL players, teams and themes that will define the 2018 season | ESPN
66. Sammy Watkins, WR, Chiefs: Watkins' new deal will pay him $16 million annually despite only one 1,000-yard season to this point in his career. The Chiefs are counting on him.
Kareem Hunt working to improve his receiving skills | NFL.com
Kansas City Chiefs second-year running back Kareem Hunt has invested his offseason into improving as a pass catcher. "I'm catching the ball more and running a lot more routes."
Chiefs Lineman Gets His Medical Degree, Then Heads Back to Practice | The New York Times
Despite the late nights, long drives from Kansas City back to Montreal and postgame plane rides spent studying instead of sleeping, Duvernay-Tardif was never going to sacrifice his medical education for his football career.
“I love being a medical student. I love being a football player,” he said. “It’s important to build a career that you’re going to be able to do for a long time. Medicine is that.”
NFL Tight Ends: Why Chargers Should Sign Antonio Gates | Sports Illustrated
Despite the late nights, long drives from Kansas City back to Montreal and postgame plane rides spent studying instead of sleeping, Duvernay-Tardif was never going to sacrifice his medical education for his football career.
“I love being a medical student. I love being a football player,” he said. “It’s important to build a career that you’re going to be able to do for a long time. Medicine is that.”
Steve Nelson Primed for Big Season, Ready to Earn His Respect | Chiefs dot com
“Intensity and accountability,” veteran All-Pro safety Eric Berry said of Nelson. “What he brings to the practice field and workouts, it’s crazy. He gets feisty. I call him, ‘Little Scrappy.’ He’s a scrappy little dude. He can get intense.
“He demands the best out of himself and the best out of his teammates. I think that’s cool.”
J.J. Watt becomes the NFL's second doctor, gets an honorary degree from Baylor | CBS Sports
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif's run as the NFL's only active player to hold a medical degree has come to a close. It lasted less than one day. Houston Texans star J.J. Watt received a medical degree from the Baylor College of Medicine on Wednesday.
2018 Fantasy Football Rankings: Sleepers from expert who called Kareem Hunt's breakout | CBS Sports
A month before training camp, Eisenberg urged readers to grab Hunt with a mid-round pick and ride him to a Fantasy championship.
"He can easily push Spencer Ware for the starting job, and this feels similar to what happened in Chicago [in 2016] when Jordan Howard replaced an ineffective Jeremy Langford and became a Fantasy stud," Eisenberg wrote in June 2017.
NFL Players, Teams Facing Biggest 2018 Expectations | Sports Illustrated
The Chargers finished last year with that flourish that was indicative of their potential. So while Lynn will tout the Chiefs’ addition of Sammy Watkins (“an Olympic sprinter to go with the Olympic sprinter they already have”), the Broncos’ addition of Bradley Chubb (“they already have one of the best defensive players in the league”) and the Raiders’ hiring of Jon Gruden (“he’s gonna do a hell of a job”), he also isn’t blind to what the rest of us are looking at.
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Jared Cook, Raiders embracing Jon Gruden's message | NFL.com
New Raiders head coach Jon Gruden has begun changing the culture in Oakland, and his approach has won over support from veterans such as tight end Jared Cook.
NBA legend Kobe Bryant visits Patriots practice | NFL.com
Former NBA superstar Kobe Bryant was present at the New England Patriots' training facility on Wednesday to greet the players as they returned to work, per ESPN.
New Seahawks wide receiver Brandon Marshall: NFL thinks I'm done | Tri-City Herald
Wide receiver Brandon Marshall, a six-time Pro Bowl selection and 12-year veteran, says the Seahawks were about the only option he had to extend his career. The rest of the league thinks he's done after toe and ankle surgeries that limited him to five games in 2017.
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