{"id":781595,"date":"2026-02-28T06:48:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T06:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/781595\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T06:48:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T06:48:28","slug":"could-a-notre-dame-player-reignite-the-kansas-city-chiefs-dynasty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/781595\/","title":{"rendered":"Could a Notre Dame player reignite the Kansas City Chiefs dynasty?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/espn-projects-notre-dame-rb-172640642.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:believe the rumors;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">believe the rumors<\/a>, the Kansas City Chiefs may have targeted the player they think can bring superstar Pat Mahomes back to the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n<p>Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love has been one of the most discussed players during the NFL combine and has very recently become a popular ESPN mock draft pick <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/draft2026\/story\/_\/id\/47989848\/2026-nfl-mock-draft-kiper-32-picks-pre-combine-predictions-round-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:to the Kansas City Chiefs at pick No. 9;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">to the Kansas City Chiefs at pick No. 9<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>When asked about the speculation, Love has embraced it. He acknowledged in an appearance on the &#8220;The Rich Eisen Show&#8221; that he had seen projections of him going to the Chiefs, Saints, and Giants among others and that it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/watch\/player\/_\/id\/48055601\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:&quot;would be an honor&quot;;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">&#8220;would be an honor&#8221;<\/a> to play with Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes.<\/p>\n<p>While Chiefs fans may be excited about the idea of the partnership, other executives are not. ESPN draft expert Matt Miller was recently on &#8220;The Dan Patrick Show&#8221; and <a href=\"https:\/\/danpatrick.com\/2026\/02\/26\/matt-miller-dp-love-love\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:had said sources tell him;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">had said sources tell him<\/a> &#8220;please do not let Jeremiyah Love fall to Kansas City. Don\u2019t let that happen. Do not give Patrick Mahomes Jeremiyah Love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Evaluators have compared Love&#8217;s profile to other recent premium running back prospects such as Ashton Jeantty and Bijon Robinson saying Love could provide Mahomes his most dynamic backfield weapon <a href=\"https:\/\/arrowheadaddict.com\/jeremiyah-love-fuels-chiefs-draft-buzz-patrick-mahomes-praise-01kjg979hqmb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:since Kareem Hunt&#039;s early seasons with Kansas City;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">since Kareem Hunt&#8217;s early seasons with Kansas City<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Contact\/Follow us\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/IrishWireND\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:@IrishWireND;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">@IrishWireND<\/a>\u00a0on X (Formerly Twitter), and like our page on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheFightingIrishWire\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:\u00a0Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0to follow ongoing coverage of Notre Dame news, notes, and opinions.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Sunny on X:<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mikefchen?s=21&amp;t=nW7PCouJbinxzoQ7zhCi_g\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:@;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">@<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thesunnyv?s=21&amp;t=nW7PCouJbinxzoQ7zhCi_g\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:thesunnyv;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">thesunnyv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Fighting Irish Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/fightingirishwire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/fighting-irish\/football\/2026\/02\/27\/notre-dame-football-nfl-draft-jeremiyah-love-kansas-city-chiefs-projection\/88904555007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Are the Kansas City Chiefs zeroing in on this Notre Dame Star?;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Are the Kansas City Chiefs zeroing in on this Notre Dame Star?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you believe the rumors, the Kansas City Chiefs may have targeted the player they think can bring&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":781596,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2063],"tags":[47730,346,27755,7,7805,118,110,2438,2437,751,6,39882],"class_list":["post-781595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-bijon-robinson","tag-chiefs","tag-dan-patrick-show","tag-football","tag-jeremiyah-love","tag-kansas-city","tag-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-kansascity","tag-kansascitychiefs","tag-kareem-hunt","tag-nfl","tag-pat-mahomes"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116146924531731969","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=781595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/781596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=781595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=781595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=781595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}