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2025 NFL mock draft: Giants trade up to No. 1 while Steelers also take QB; Raiders and Cowboys add playmakers | CBS Sports
Round 1 - Pick 31
Walter Nolen DL
Ole Miss • Jr • 6’4” / 296 lbs
Tershawn Wharton is gone and Chris Jones isn’t getting any younger, so the Chiefs must address the interior of their defensive line. Walter Nolen probably should have been taken earlier than this, as he’s an undersized but extremely disruptive interior defender with plenty of room to grow.
Five Things to Know About New Chiefs RB Elijah Mitchell | The Mothership
2. He tallied 1,100 yards from scrimmage in 11 games back in 2021.
Mitchell was among the top playmakers in the NFL as a rookie in 2021 with 1,100 yards and six touchdowns in just 11 games. He topped 100 scrimmage yards in five of those games and recorded at least 50 scrimmage yards in each of them.
In fact, only the Steelers’ Najee Harris and the Broncos’ Javonte Williams recorded more scrimmage yards among rookie running backs in 2021 than Mitchell.
Injuries – and the arrival of Christian McCaffrey in 2022 – got in the way of another big season for Mitchell in the years since, but he still played well when healthy, averaging 4.7 yards-per-carry since the beginning of the 2022 season.
Friday’s free-agency winners, losers: Star WR finds new home | Yardbarker
Winner: Kansas City Chiefs depth
The Chiefs made a couple of smaller depth signings on Friday, bringing back running back Kareem Hunt on a one-year deal and signing Bailey Zappe for some additional quarterback depth. They are not league-altering moves by any stretch, but solid depth at a couple of key positions. With Patrick Mahomes, Gardner Minshew and Zappe the Chiefs have one of the league’s best quarterback rooms with a future Hall of Famer and two very capable backups.
Chiefs Have to Protect Patrick Mahomes At All Costs in 2025 | Arrowhead Report
Host of ESPN’s First Take, Stephen A. Smith says that the Chiefs must protect Mahomes at all cost.
“First of all, Patrick Mahomes. One of the primary things the Chiefs have to address is their left tackle situation. Because you had four dudes playing that position this past season. And then you act like you have come to the rescue of Patrick Mahomes about going out and getting Jaylon Moore, who has been a backup. I do not know if that is the answer to the problem.”
“What I am saying is this, when you look at Patrick Mahomes whether or not they have left him down. The number one thing they have to do for the quarterback is to protect him. Number two what you also have to do, you got to remember, you got to get a running game.”
Around the NFL
Sources - Bengals making progress on Chase, Higgins deals | ESPN
The team’s front office is actively working to get wide receivers Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins signed to contract extensions as quickly as possible, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Friday afternoon. Progress on the deals for Chase, who is entering the final season of his contract, and Higgins, who received the franchise tag for the second straight year, has been made in recent days on long-term extensions.
When those finally hit the books, they could end up being massive. The expectation around the league is that Chase’s contract will average between $40.1 million to $41 million, sources told Schefter, which would make him the highest-paid non-quarterback in league history. That mark is currently held by Browns defensive end Myles Garrett, who signed his four-year extension worth $40 million per season Friday.
Chargers Sign Former Eagles, Jets Lineman Mekhi Becton to Two-Year Deal | SI
On Friday night, the team announced the signing of free agent guard Mekhi Becton. Becton spent last season with the Philadelphia Eagles, where he played a big role in helping pave the way for Saquon Barkley. Per ESPN’s Tim McManus, the deal is for two years. The big lineman entered the league in 2020 and has appeared in 31 games over the last two years.
Becton, 25, was one of the cooler stories of the 2024 NFL season. The former first-round pick struggled mightily in his first four NFL seasons with the New York Jets, beginning his career as an offensive tackle for Gang Green. The Jets declined his fifth-year option and Becton hit free agency this time last year; he remained unsigned until after the 2024 NFL draft, when he inked a one-year agreement with the Eagles.
Browns’ Myles Garrett says he doesn’t regret trade request, goal remains to bring title to Cleveland | NFL.com
Garrett might have some fences to mend in Cleveland, though, especially after going on a rather aggressive media tour to express how badly he wanted to get out of town, irritating scores of Browns fans along the way. He won’t extend an olive branch, but said Friday he intends to do so with his play on the field.
“No, I mean from Day 1, I’ve always said that I’ve wanted to bring a championship to northeast Ohio,” Garrett said Friday. “So that didn’t change my stance. I’m just gonna continue to turn those opinions around or reinforce those opinions by going out there and doing what I’ve always done: going out and making plays, being a great teammate, great leader and being the best person I can be on the field and off the field for the Cleveland Browns.”
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Chiefs Roster: RB Kareem Hunt returning for another season
Taken by the Chiefs in the third round (86th overall) in 2017’s NFL Draft, the former Toledo back led the NFL with 1,327 rushing yards — along with 455 receiving yards — as a rookie. But after 11 games of the 2018 season — during which Hunt had maintained a similar pace — Kansas City abruptly released him when it learned he had been less than truthful with them about an offseason incident in his hometown of Cleveland.
After five seasons with the Cleveland Browns, Hunt was out of the game at the age of 29 — until the Chiefs’ starting running back Isiah Pacheco was injured in 2024’s second game.
At the urging of his agent, Hunt texted head coach Andy Reid.
“I shot [Reid] a text, and I just was telling him like, ‘I’ve been grinding, man. You know I’m hungry, and you know I want to come help y’all,” he later recounted. “So, if y’all got a spot for me, I’ll come put in the work.’ He said he’d get back to me — and he ended up getting back to me like one hour later. Two hours later, he told me to get ready for a flight.”
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Joe Thuney penned a message to the Chiefs coaches, staff and teammates.
“You made my life so much easier … it was an honor and privilege to play and fight beside you.” pic.twitter.com/nZSHRRU8ZV
— Farzin Vousoughian (@Farzin21) March 14, 2025
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