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• In a new mock draft, the Chiefs get an Ohio State offensive lineman

Photo by Ian Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images In a Sports Illustrated mock, Kansas City gets a guard who played tackle during Ohio State’s championship run. On Thursday, Sports Illustrated’s Bryan Fischer published a post-Combine mock draft that had the Kansas City Chiefs take an Ohio State guard who looked good filling in at left tackle in 2024. 31. Kansas City Chiefs: Pick: G Do...2025
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• Arrowheadlines: Xavier Worthy’s combine record is safe for another year

Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images Chiefs headlines for Monday, March 3 The latest Cowboys set to anger Patrick Mahomes by making a Chiefs star the centerpiece of their 2025 plan | Marca Cowboys ready to pursue Nick Bolton in free agency Chiefs linebacker Nick Bolton has won two Super Bowls in four seasons with Kansas City, which drafted him in the second round of the 2021 draft. The Cow...2025
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• Mining prospects that didn’t get invited to the NFL Scouting Combine

2025 NFL Scouting Combine set to start Feb. 24 | Photo by Kara Durrette/Getty Images 329 players from 86 schools invited to this year’s workout Invitees to the 2025 NFL Draft Scouting Combine were announced this week and now the Los Angeles Rams player personnel staff turns its full attention to the February 24 through March 3 extravaganza. This year 329 prospects got the call to Lucas Oil...2025
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• Cowboys roundtable: Favored head coaching candidates and playoff games predictions

Photo by Brooke Sutton/Getty Images Our writers provide their opinions on the latest Dallas Cowboys news during our weekly review on the Roundtable. Every week, we gather the latest news about the Dallas Cowboys and seek our writer’s perspective on each headline. Welcome back to the roundtable. This week we have Brian Martin, Tom Ryle, and RJ Ochoa, David Howman and Jess Haynie. Who is you...2025
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• Exposing a Colts Draft Leak, Part 2: Identifying draft targets by round

Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports The yearly draft leak article is months away, but we can look at how we get there, now. Welcome to the first article in the series that gets us to the 2025 Chris Ballard NFL Draft Leak. An unofficial Indianapolis Colts annual tradition. Compiling the draft leak article is a labor of love but it’s a process I realized I could do a better job document...2025
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• Should Chiefs start Joe Thuney or D.J. Humphries at left tackle?

Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images It’s the question on every Chiefs fan’s mind: who will be protecting Patrick Mahomes’ blind side in the postseason? Over three Super Bowls and six long playoff runs, the Kansas City Chiefs have seemingly faced every obstacle that can come up on the journey to a championship. The team has never entered a playoff run with as big a question mark as it has cu...2025
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• Arrowheadlines: Xavier Worthy’s combine record is safe for another year
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• Should Chiefs start Joe Thuney or D.J. Humphries at left tackle?
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• Patrick Mahomes: Trey Hendrickson ‘was a good test’ for Kingsley Suamataia

Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images Kansas City’s left tackle was taken out of Sunday’s game — a rough outing against Cincinnati’s top pass rusher. When the Kansas City Chiefs went into training camp, everyone assumed that one of the position battles we’d be watching would be between rookie Kingsley Suamataia and second-year player Wanya Morris — who got some game experience while filling ...2024
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• 5 possible free agent options for the Seahawks at right tackle

Joe Nicholson-USA TODAY Sports Now that both George Fant and Abe Lucas are ailing, Seattle may look to sign one of these veteran tackles. Early in Sunday’s victory over the Denver Broncos, the Seattle Seahawks lost starting right tackle George Fant to a knee injury. Fant did not return for the rest of the game. This is of major concern to Seattle, as they already do not have projected sta...2024
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• Best free agent offensive linemen for the Bengals to target as injuries mount up

Kareem Elgazzar-USA TODAY Sports With a rash of injuries at the position, the Bengals still have some options. The Cincinnati Bengals did the right stuff when it came to the offensive tackle position this offseason. Not only did they sign Trent Brown in free agency, but they used their first-round pick on Georgie offensive tackle Amarius Mims. Now, both Mims and Brown are dealing with inju...2024
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• Cleveland has a big problem arise in training camp

Jeff Lange / USA TODAY NETWORK For the second year in a row, the team’s left tackle depth appears to be lacking The Cleveland Browns have held 11 total practices so far in training camp and it’s abundantly obvious that they have a big problem along the offensive line; depth at the left tackle position. Jedrick Wills Jr. is still out rehabbing from his knee injury so James Hudson III has be...2024
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• Arrowheadlines: Analysts agree on which Chiefs player to watch on Saturday

Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports Chiefs headlines for Thursday, August 8 The latest 32 Teams, 32 Players: Intriguing players for Every 2024 NFL training camp | The 33rd Team Kansas City Chiefs: OT Kingsley Suamataia The Chiefs had Donovan Smith at left tackle last season, but he remains a free agent. As a result, the position is open for competition. Kansas City drafted Suamataia in the sec...2024
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• Arrowheadlines: JJ Watt believes Chiefs signed Louis Rees-Zammit due to changes in kickoff rules

Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images Chiefs headlines for Friday, April 12 The latest Rashee Rice crash: Chiefs WR becomes a warning for all NFL players | USA Today It’s also a pitiful reminder of how one bad decision – even if Rice didn’t have a monopoly on that in this case – can change the course of life. Rice could be sentenced to prison, with the charges including one count of aggravat...2024
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• Arrowheadlines: The Chiefs draft needs are clear

Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images Chiefs headlines for Wednesday, April 3 The latest 10 NFL Players Who Could Retire After the 2024 Season | Bleacher Report Travis Kelce, TE, Kansas City Chiefs Unlike the other retirement candidates that we’ve highlighted here, Travis Kelce is still playing at a Pro Bowl level. In fact, Kelce surpassed Hall of Famer Jerry Rice for the most postseason rec...2024
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• Arrowheadlines: Chiefs graded well for offseason work so far

Photo by David Eulitt/Getty Images Chiefs headlines for Friday, March 15 The latest 2024 free agency grades for all 32 teams | PFF KANSAS CITY CHIEFS Released: WR Marquez Valdes-Scantling Franchise-tagged: CB L’Jarius Sneed Re-signed: LB Drue Tranquill (three years, $19M) Re-signed: DI Chris Jones (five years, $158.75M) Signed: TE Irv Smith Jr. (one year, $1.3M) Re-signed: S Deon Bush (on...2024
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• Bucs linemen prank rookies with fake $26K tab
The Bucs pulled off an unorthodox prank while in Jacksonville for Thursday’s preseason game against the Jaguars.Since sticking rookies with a large tab at a bar or restaurant has become a thing, the Bucs linemen elected to do something to that extent.The Bucs linemen all went to a team dinner at Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse on Wednesday, and the bill came out to $26,357.31. They pranked two rookies — K...2017
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• Will Tampa Bay's Offensive Line Restructure Work This Time Around?
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"I think they will probably go with a priority free agent to add a camp arm, maybe someone like Houston QB Donovan Smith."

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"Chiefs' Donovan Smith claims Bills shut off hot water in visiting locker room after K.C.'s playoff win"

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"It would have been fourth and less than five, but there was a holding penalty on Chiefs left tackle Donovan Smith."

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"Buccaneers coach Todd Bowles said Monday that left tackle Donovan Smith and Chris Godwin avoided serious injuries in Sunday night's win over the Cowboys."

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"Buccaneers expect Ryan Jensen, Donovan Smith back next season"

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"Buccaneers starting left tackle Donovan Smith says, "Risking my health, as well as my family's health, does not seem like a risk worth taking" by playing during the coronavirus pandemic."

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"More buzz points to the Buccaneers keeping Donovan Smith."

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"The injury news on Donovan Smith appears to be much better than initially feared."

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"Few Buccaneers players have as much to prove next season as Donovan Smith does."

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"I also knew Donovan Smith was suppose to be pretty good."

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"Winston took one additional sack earlier in the game, but he had minimal chance to avoid that one, as left tackle Donovan Smith—Winston’s fellow rookie, a second-round pick—was beaten almost immediately off the snap by an inside spin move by Vikings defensive end Everson Griffen."

• In a new mock draft, the Chiefs get an Ohio State offensive lineman
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• Arrowheadlines: Xavier Worthy’s combine record is safe for another year
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• Mining prospects that didn’t get invited to the NFL Scouting Combine
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• Cowboys roundtable: Favored head coaching candidates and playoff games predictions
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• Exposing a Colts Draft Leak, Part 2: Identifying draft targets by round
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• 5 possible free agent options for the Seahawks at right tackle
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• Browns curious roster move leads to speculation, 9 players in for tryouts Thursday

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images Cutting David Bell Thursday after having him practice A few years ago, many were still saying that teams had their “final” 53-man roster at the end of training camp. We have come so far as both media and fans to the point where most are correctly using the term “initial” 53-man roster for the cuts down from the 90-man roster. For Clevel...2024
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• Best free agent offensive linemen for the Bengals to target as injuries mount up
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• Cleveland has a big problem arise in training camp
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• Arrowheadlines: Analysts agree on which Chiefs player to watch on Saturday
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• In a new mock draft, the Chiefs get an Ohio State offensive lineman
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• Arrowheadlines: Chiefs named a great fit for Zach Wilson

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Chiefs headlines for Saturday, March 30 The latest 2024 NFL trade rumors: Notable names who could still be moved before or during draft | CBS Sports Zach Wilson There isn’t exactly a strong market for a former top-three pick whose erratic quarterbacking resulted in multiple demotions, but at just 24 with dual-threat traits, Wilson could be a low-risk recl...2024
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• Arrowheadlines: Chiefs graded well for offseason work so far
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• Arrowheadlines: The 3-peat is on

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Chiefs headlines for Monday, March 11 The latest What Chris Jones’ new deal means for the Kansas City Chiefs | ESPN The Chiefs’ efforts to three-peat, something no NFL team has ever done, are off to a good start before the league year has even started. By agreeing to contract terms with Jones, the Chiefs have again shown they will do what it takes to k...2024
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• The Chiefs’ 2024 free agency preview: Expect another year with plenty of turnover

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Kansas City entered the offseason with 20 unrestricted free agents. How many will be back in 2024? When we previewed Kansas City Chiefs’ free agency a year ago, we predicted that most of team’s free agents would play elsewhere. 10 of them did — although one of them returned for a walk-off Super Bowl win. Under general manager Brett Veach and head coach A...2024
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• Arrowheadlines: Only the Ravens risk losing more talent than the Chiefs

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images Chiefs headlines for Tuesday, March 5 The latest 2024 NFL free agency: Ranking best free agent crops from every team; Ravens, Chiefs have loaded class | CBS Sports 2. Kansas City Chiefs Top free agents: Chris Jones (IDL), L’Jarius Sneed (CB), Michael Danna (EDGE), Drue Tranquill (LB), Donovan Smith (LT), Willie Gay Jr. (LB), Tommy Townsend (P), Nick All...2024
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• Arrowheadlines: The Texans could be the biggest threat to the Chiefs

Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports Chiefs headlines for Saturday, February 24 The latest Are Houston Texans Biggest Threat Kansas City Chiefs in AFC? | Texans Daily As a result, First Things First analyst Nick Wright believes there are some interesting similarities between the Houston Texans and the Cincinnati Bengals when they beat the Kansas City Chiefs. However, Wright doesn’t view t...2024
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• Arrowheadlines: Antonio Pierce used Michael Jordan footage as part of ‘Mahomes rules’ plan

Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports Chiefs headlines for Tuesday, February 20 The latest Raiders’ Antonio Pierce motivated to ‘run it back’ against Chiefs: ‘We’ve already given the recipe of how to do it’ | NFL.com At the time an interim head coach, Pierce showed his team footage ranging from UFC fights to Muhammad Ali closing out boxing matches, something the Raiders had failed to do against t...2024
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• Should Chiefs start Joe Thuney or D.J. Humphries at left tackle?
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• Arrowheadlines: JJ Watt believes Chiefs signed Louis Rees-Zammit due to changes in kickoff rules
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• Arrowheadlines: Chiefs graded well for offseason work so far
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• The Chiefs’ 2024 free agency preview: Expect another year with plenty of turnover
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• Arrowheadlines: Only the Ravens risk losing more talent than the Chiefs
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• How the Chiefs should handle their offensive line in the offseason

Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports Taking a look at how Kansas City could improve their offensive front before the 2024 season. Even though the Kansas City Chiefs’ offensive line is in pretty good shape following the 2023 season, they should still consider making some moves before the 2024 season. Let’s consider some of them. Extend center Creed Humphrey While Kansas City will have a lot of d...2024
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• Final score: Chiefs triumph 25-22 in overtime, win Super Bowl LVIII

Photo by Harry How/Getty Images Kansas City defeats San Francisco in overtime for second straight Super Bowl victory. On Sunday night, the Kansas City Chiefs officially became a dynasty by collecting their third NFL championship in five seasons with a 25-22 overtime victory over the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVII at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. It was the first time a team had ...2024
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• Instabreakdown: Chiefs’ defense sets up offense to win Super Bowl

Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images Throughout the championship fight, the defense kept Kansas City within striking distance. On Sunday night, the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49ers 25-22 in Super Bowl LVIII at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, winning their second consecutive NFL championship — and their third in five seasons. Offense To start the Super Bowl, th...2024
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• Arrowheadlines: Chris Jones would like the Chiefs to trade for Frank Clark

Photo by Jason Hanna/Getty Images Chiefs headlines for Wednesday, October 11 The latest Chris Jones hopes Chiefs will trade for Denver’s Frank Clark | The Kansas City Star Chiefs defensive lineman Chris Jones would certainly welcome back Clark, a point he made on X (Twitter). Jones shared that sentiment after Clark wrote: “Make something shake ASAP!” A pair of Chiefs fans encouraged Jone...2023
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• Chiefs Game is a Chance to Change the Narrative for the Vikings Season

Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images Beating the Panthers is one thing, beating the Chiefs is another The defending Super Bowl champion Chiefs come to US Bank stadium for a 3:30 game, nationally televised on CBS, and with a certain musical superstar potentially in attendance as well. It’s a perfect stage for the Vikings to really change the narrative on their season so far. It’s one thing...2023
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• Chiefs' Donovan Smith claims Bills shut off hot water in visiting locker room after K.C.'s playoff win

After playing in freezing temperatures outside, the Chiefs apparently had to deal with cold postgame showers...2024
• Up-and-Down Preseason Opener Shows Jameis Winston Still a Work in Progress
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• Monday Morning Hangover: Brock Osweiler's Time Is Now
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• Bucs' D. Smith: Not worth playing midst virus
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• 3 winners, 3 losers from Lions’ win against Chiefs

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK Who came away on top and who needs some help for the Detroit Lions after the season opener? After seven long months, meaningful football is back on the menu. Following a month of training camp and three preseason games, the offseason ended and the regular season kicked off Thursday night. The Detroit Lions went on the road to take on the defending Super Bowl c...2023
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• Chiefs signing Donovan Smith to one-year deal, according to a report
Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Super Bowl LV champ is on his way to Kansas City. The NFL Draft has come and gone, but the Kansas City Chiefs aren’t done adding to their roster. The Chiefs are signing eight-year veteran offensive tackle Donovan Smith to a one-year deal worth up to $9 million, according to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissro. Veteran OT Donovan Smith is s...2023
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• Buccaneers' Donovan Smith shares discomfort with playing through coronavirus pandemic on Instagram
Smith says he is worried for both his and his family's safety...2020
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• Daily Fantasy Football 2015: Rookie and Sleeper QB's to Target Early
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• Mining prospects that didn’t get invited to the NFL Scouting Combine
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• Exposing a Colts Draft Leak, Part 2: Identifying draft targets by round
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• Patrick Mahomes: Trey Hendrickson ‘was a good test’ for Kingsley Suamataia
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• Browns curious roster move leads to speculation, 9 players in for tryouts Thursday
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• Arrowheadlines: Miami and Detroit are in play for L’Jarius Sneed

Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images Chiefs headlines for Monday, March 4 The latest NFL Trade Rumors: Chiefs’ L’Jarius Sneed Eyed by Teams; Lions, Dolphins May Target CB | Bleacher Report The Miami Dolphins are a potential candidate. So are the Detroit Lions, who are “pretty set on adding a high-end corner,” according to Fowler. NFL Insider Jordan Schultz reported last week that the Chief...2024
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• Chiefs’ initial 53-man roster for 2023 revealed after cuts

Instant analysis of Kansas City’s initial 53-man roster. The Kansas City Chiefs have made their cuts to get the team's active roster down to 53 players before the NFL's deadline. It's likely that this will not be the exact roster that will begin the season against the Detroit Lions a week from Thursday. Some players will likely be removed during the coming days to make room for other Chiefs player...2023
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• Arrowheadlines: Chris Jones teases week 8 arrival

Nov 26, 2017; Kansas City, MO, USA; Kansas City Chiefs defensive end Chris Jones (95) runs onto the field during player introductions before the game against the Buffalo Bills at Arrowhead Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports | Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports Chiefs headlines for Wednesday, August 23 The latest Could we have to wait until week 8 to see Chris Jones? Week...2023
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• Arrowheadlines: Andrew Wylie named the most underrated free agent offensive tackle
Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports Chiefs headlines for Saturday, March 11 The latest 2023 NFL free agency: Overrated, underrated players at every position | ESPN Underrated: Andrew Wylie 2022 team: Chiefs | Age entering 2023 season: 29 There are quite a few players we could put in this spot: Cameron Fleming, Jermaine Eluemunor and Kelvin Beachum all are mediocre pass protectors who shouldn’t ...2023
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• Buccaneers re-sign tackle Donovan Smith to 3-year deal

Smith avoids the franchise tag and ends speculation the team was going to use the tender to secure more time for negotiations....2019
• Bucs may use franchise tag on tackle Donovan Smith
More buzz points to the Buccaneers keeping Donovan Smith. After a report indicated the Bucs were not likely to let Smith walk in free agency, Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times follows that up by noting the team will, in fact, use its franchise tag to keep the left tackle — barring a pre-free agency deal coming to fruition. The Bucs will talk with Smith’s representatives at the Combine. While the...2019
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