Chiefs News: Happy Labor Day! One week away from the season opener
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We are down to one week until the Kansas City Chiefs host the Denver Broncos for “Monday Night Football” in Week 1, capping off the Week 1 slate of NFL action.
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2026-27 Super Bowl Predictions: Will Chiefs Win It All Again, Or Do Bills Breakthrough? | FOX Sports
Nick Wright’s Super Bowl Prediction:
Chiefs Defeat Eagles
As Nick Wright continues to share his unwavering pride in the Kansas City Chiefs, he sees the AFC Championship Game as a matchup between two powerhouses: the Baltimore Ravens and the Chiefs. For the NFC, the Seahawks will return, and the Eagles make it back after their 2025 appearance.
“I have the Ravens hosting the Chiefs in the AFC, much like they did two years ago,” Wright said. “In the NFC, I have the Seahawks hosting the Eagles.”
Patrick Mahomes’ Family News Emerges Before Broncos-Chiefs Game | Heavy Sports
“Patrick Mahomes Sr. is seeking approval to see his son’s NFL games, according to a motion filed Friday in the 7th District Court in Tyler, Texas,” Fox 10’s Nic Huber wrote in a September 4, 2026, story titled, “Patrick Mahomes Sr. files motion to amend probation to let him travel for NFL games.”
“Court records show Mahomes Sr. filed the motion requesting permission to travel out of state to see seven of his son’s football games in Kansas City, Missouri; Las Vegas, Nevada; and Cincinnati, Ohio,” Huber added.
“… The filing states Mahomes Sr. understands he is required to submit urinalysis testing as requested by his supervision officer before and after travel, on each occasion.”
How Xavier Nwankpa went from undrafted rookie to making Chiefs’ 53-man roster | The Kansas City Star
Safety Alohi Gilman was ruled out shortly before kickoff, and Nwankpa was told to get ready to start.
“It was kind of crazy,” Nwankpa said. “I found out in the locker room, but it really was just next-man-up mentality. I was blessed to be in that position and then went out and played a pretty solid game.”
The Chiefs liked enough of what they saw in the preseason and throughout the offseason to keep Nwankpa as the fourth safety when cuts were made earlier this week.
“I felt super blessed,” Nwankpa said. “I wanted to make it a tough decision, and they obviously made the decision to keep me. So I’m pretty ecstatic and just blessed to be here.”
Kansas City Chiefs
Prediction: The Chiefs will miss the playoffs again
The Chiefs failed to make an AFC title game last season for the first time since Mahomes became a full-time starter. Instead of rebounding to make another run this year they are going to miss the playoffs again as Mahomes won’t have enough help from his supporting cast. The Chiefs are amazingly the only team without a 1,000-yard rusher or receiver in the past three seasons. Rashee Rice can’t stay on the field, Xavier Worthy hasn’t turned all-world speed into production and Travis Kelce doesn’t have much left in the tank. Chris Jones is on the decline and the defense lost most of its starting secondary. It all adds up to another disappointing season in Kansas City and the need to reinvent themselves in 2027.
1: Houston Texans
If the perceived top dog in the conference is a team quarterbacked by C.J. Stroud, the Chiefs might not be doomed. Even with Nico Collins leading the receiver room and David Montgomery acquired this offseason, the Houston Texans remain a work in progress on that side of the ball and likely wouldn’t be able to keep pace with KC if a game became a high-scoring affair.
The issue resides on defense, where the Texans may not only be the best group in the sport but might have one of the best defenses this century. After being top-three in points and yards per drive, head coach DeMeco Ryans’ crew returns a star-studded front with Will Anderson Jr. and Danielle Hunter waiting to rush the passer and players like Derek Stingley Jr. and Kamari Lassiter clamping wideouts in the secondary.
Around the NFL
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell gets 4-year extension through 2030 season | The Athletic
“To that end,” the memo reads, “the agreement is heavily performance based, with more than 95 percent of the total compensation tied to Roger’s and the NFL’s performance measured against various metrics and at the discretion of the Compensation Committee.
“We believe we are very fortunate to have Roger at the helm for the next four years.”
This is Goodell’s fifth contract extension — he previously agreed to new deals in 2009, 2012, 2017 and 2023 — since taking over for Paul Tagliabue in September 2006. Goodell’s most recent extension came in 2023, and his previous contract was set to expire in the spring of 2027.
Giants reach 2-year extensions with Jameis Winston, Jon Runyan | ESPN
The New York Giants extended backup quarterback Jameis Winston through the 2028 season on a two-year deal worth $13 million, sources told ESPN on Sunday.
The Giants also agreed to a two-year extension with guard Jon Runyan. That deal is worth $22 million and includes $21.5 million guaranteed, agents Drew Rosenhaus and Kyle Lincoln told ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
Winston gets two years added to his current contract, which has him signed for just over $4 million this season. He’s set to serve as the backup to Jaxson Dart.
“We’re a little confused with — when I look at my clock and it says a time and then I try to see my family’s time and then it says the time, but it says yesterday. I don’t even get how that’s possible,” Shanahan said. “So I feel like I’m in the future. And then also when we play on Friday, which I think is a Thursday in the US, we’re such creatures of habit.”
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Chiefs sign international tight end, release 3 from IR
On Friday, the Chiefs reached injury settlements with three players who were waived/injured during Sunday’s final roster cuts. Quarterback Chris Oladokun, guard CJ Hanson and running back EJ Smith have all been waived from Kansas City’s Reserve/Injured (IR) list.
Players with less than four accrued seasons who are cut while injured revert to a team’s IR if unclaimed on waivers. An injury settlement has the player and team negotiate an estimated recovery timeframe and pay a prorated portion of base salary to cover the expected missed weeks.
The covered timeline rarely becomes public. After the settlement expires, Oladokun, Hanson and Smith will be free to join the active roster or practice squad of any of the NFL’s other 31 teams. A return to Kansas City will not be possible for an additional three weeks after that.
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