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One roster move each AFC team should make during the 2026 NFL offseason | NFL.com<\/a><\/p>\n Kansas City Chiefs Restock the RB room.<\/p>\n Both\u00a0Kareem Hunt\u00a0and\u00a0Isiah Pacheco\u00a0are slated for free agency, leaving K.C. with\u00a0Brashard Smith\u00a0as the lone back on the roster. Regardless of whether or not the Chiefs bring back Hunt and\/or Pacheco, Andy Reid\u2019s squad needs to upgrade the rushing attack. It was \u201c3 yards and a cloud of dust\u201d from the 2025 backfield, with the Chiefs generating just 2.7 yards after contact per carry \u2014 tied for the worst in the league, per Next Gen Stats. Their six runs of 10-plus yards over expected were tied with the Raiders for the fewest in the league. Adding a dynamic weapon to the backfield who can generate consistent chunk plays, including in the passing game, would be a boon with\u00a0Patrick Mahomes\u00a0coming off a knee injury.<\/p>\n Positions Chiefs Should Not Address Via Free Agency | Sports Illustrated<\/a><\/p>\n Linebacker<\/p>\n Last offseason, Kansas City re-signed Nick Bolton to a three-year, $45 million contract, which included $30 million guaranteed. The 25-year-old linebacker is a $19.2 million cap hit next season, and with him in the fold, the Chiefs should not go after either an aging or expensive option at the position.<\/p>\n Yes, Leo Chenal is a pending free agent, and Drue Tranquill could be a cap casualty, but even if both players depart Kansas City this offseason, the Chiefs can pair Bolton with Jeffrey Bassa, who was a fifth-round pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n Deron Cherry comments on the Kansas City Chiefs\u2019 offseason plans | Chiefs Wire<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cThis team went on a run because they managed injuries, and this year we weren\u2019t able to when you have your offensive line in disarray for the majority of the season. You\u2019ve got guys out on defense, You\u2019re working with new players, in the secondary and at other positions; it\u2019s difficult, and that\u2019s what I think this team has to adjust to going forward is getting those pieces back in play.\u201d said Cherry, \u201cHaving to manage the cap and paying your premium players, huge salaries where you don\u2019t have that ability or flexibility to go out and get what you need, just because of the salary cap issues. So hopefully they can get back to that point, get that incentive back with these players, and get that hunger back into the team, and I think that\u2019ll happen.\u201d<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Around the NFL<\/p>\n The Giants hired Matt Nagy as OC. What does it mean for Jaxson Dart? | USA Today<\/a><\/p>\n That\u2019s where Nagy\u2019s history of running offenses with a similarly skilled quarterback comes in, raising concern. During Fields\u2019 rookie season in Chicago, Nagy failed to fully leverage the two-way quarterback\u2019s elite mobility. The then-Bears head coach often left Fields in straight dropbacks behind a mediocre offensive line rather than calling more designed quarterback runs or plays with a moving pocket, such as bootlegs and rollouts.<\/p>\n Beyond the balance Nagy will need to strike in getting Dart moving and letting him sling it from a stationary pocket, there are concerns about how the offense might perform with a relative lack of weapons. Kansas City\u2019s offense under Nagy struggled in recent years without a strong running back group and more than one standout wide receiver.<\/p>\n The Giants have a better pair of running backs in Cam Skattebo and Tyrone Tracy, but Malik Nabers is the only reliable pass-catcher on the 2026 roster with Wan\u2019Dale Robinson set to hit free agency. Darius Slayton had the sixth-highest drop rate (14%) among receivers with at least 40 targets, and tight end Theo Johnson led all players with at least 30 targets at his position in drop rate (13.5%).<\/p>\n NFLPA\u2019s interim boss: Players \u2018have no appetite\u2019 for 18th game | ESPN<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cOur members have no appetite for a regular-season 18th game,\u201d NFLPA interim executive director David White said at the union\u2019s annual Super Bowl week news conference, citing player health and safety concerns that come with a longer regular season. \u201c\u2026 The 18th game is not casual for us. It\u2019s a very serious issue. It\u2019s something that comes out of negotiations, and nothing will move forward until players have the opportunity to account for all of those factors, take that into consideration and then through negotiations, agree or not to the 18th game.<\/p>\n \u201cBut as it stands right now, players have been very clear they don\u2019t have any appetite for it.\u201d<\/p>\n While NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said adding an 18th game was \u201cnot a given\u201d at his pre-Super Bowl news conference Monday,\u00a0New England Patriots\u00a0owner Robert Kraft spoke about an expanded schedule with certainty in a January radio appearance on 98.5 The Sports Hub from Gillette Stadium.<\/p>\n
2025 record: 6-11<\/p>\n