In new NFL.com analysis, Chiefs ranked with eighth-best 2020 draft
The NFL.com analysts have ranked all 32 teams.
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Have you been thinking that the Kansas City Chiefs had a pretty good draft in 2020? Well, Gennaro Filice and Nick Shook of NFL.com agree with you. In a 1-32 ranking published on Wednesday, the two put the Chiefs in eighth place with a B-plus grade.
8. Kansas City Chiefs | Grade: B+
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Tershawn Wharton, DT, 16 games/1 start
SHOOK: Edwards-Helaire immediately grabbed the league’s attention with a dynamite debut. After posting 4.4 yards per carry in 2020, he is clearly Kansas City’s lead back of the future.
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History suggests that the Chiefs’ road back to the Super Bowl may be daunting. Only eight teams in NFL history the 1971 Cowboys, the ‘72 Dolphins, the ‘73 Vikings, the ‘87 Broncos, the 1991-93 Bills and the 2018 Patriots have returned to the Super Bowl the year after losing the Big Game. And out of those teams, only the ‘71 Cowboys, ‘72 Dolphins and ‘18 Patriots were able to hoist the Lombardi Trophy a year after being on the short end of the Super Bowl scoreboard.
While getting back to the Super Bowl has proven to be a daunting task for the Super Bowl runner-up, simply making it back to the playoffs is also not a guarantee. Several recent runner-ups have failed to qualify for the postseason the year after playing in the Big Game.
Los Angeles Chargers Agree to Terms with Joe Lombardi, Renaldo Hill and Derius Swinton II for Coordinator Positions
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The Los Angeles Chargers today agreed to terms with three coaches to serve as coordinators: Joe Lombardi as offensive coordinator, Renaldo Hill as defensive coordinator and Derius Swinton II as special teams coordinator. The three have a combined 29 seasons of NFL coaching experience.
Lombardi, a 15-year NFL coaching veteran, joins Los Angeles after spending the last five seasons as the quarterbacks coach in New Orleans. He has coached four players to be selected to 12 Pro Bowls. Lombardi has been one of the premier quarterbacks gurus in the NFL, coaching the position for 10 seasons over two stints with the Saints (2007-13 and 2016-20). In New Orleans, he showcased his versatility, helping Drew Brees solidify his legacy as one of the greatest quarterbacks in history, while also overseeing the deve
Plenty of Former Steelers Prepare for Super Bowl LV
Headlines mention Antonio Brown and Le Veon Bell, but there are plenty of former Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl LV.
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Jan 26, 2021
If time travel was real (or at least publicly discovered for you conspiracy theorists), I d pay a hefty amount of money to travel to 2017 and tell everybody about the future. The faces of excitement and pure joy telling Pittsburgh Steelers fans that both Antonio Brown and Le Veon Bell were vying for a Lombardi Trophy would only be topped by filling in the rest of the story.
You know, the rest of the story that includes Brown receiving passes from Tom Brady. in a Tampa Bay Buccaneers uniform. with Le Veon bouncing from the New York Jets to the Kansas City Chiefs during the regular season.