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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Kansas City Chiefs thought wide receiver Sammy Watkins was so vital in 2018 they signed him as a free agent despite the presence of pass-catching stars Tyreek Hill and Travis Kelce. They thought he was so important to keep around last year that when facing a tight salary-cap situation they fought to keep him on a reduced contract. The Chiefs, for the first time since making Patrick Mahomes their starting quarterback in 2018, may soon find out what life is like without Watkins. He's scheduled to be an unrestricted free agent, and though the Chiefs would take him back at...

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- When new Denver Broncos general manager George Paton pulls into his parking space each day, it's for a team that has missed the playoffs in each of the past five seasons. But the Broncos have enough salary cap room to dive into free agency -- currently north of $40 million with room to make more. They also have the No. 9 pick in the 2021 NFL draft and four picks among the first 109 with nine selections overall. In short, they can get some things done -- even in a year when the salary cap has gone down in the wake of the pandemic. The cap is expected to be somewhere between...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- In the first quarter of Super Bowl LV, defensive end Frank Clark appeared to be on his way to another big postseason game for the Kansas City Chiefs. First, Clark stayed home on an end around, avoided an attempted block and tackled receiver Scotty Miller of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for a loss. Two plays later, he sacked Bucs quarterback Tom Brady. After that, though, Clark -- like the rest of the Chiefs defense -- produced little, with two assisted tackles. "Some of the things that are my strengths I wasn't able to showcase because they got up on us and it's a different ki...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Mecole Hardman has heard the talk after two NFL seasons: The only thing he has going for him is his 4.33 speed. He made it clear in the week leading up to Super Bowl LV that he's bothered by the suggestions he's something less than a complete receiver. "I can really run routes," Hardman said a few days before the Chiefs lost to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. "That kind of makes me mad when people say, 'Oh, he's just a deep ball threat.' I literally can run routes very well. People don't really see it because a lot of my routes are down the field...

He might be the NFL's best quarterback, but Patrick Mahomes as a Texas Tech relief pitcher didn't last long.