— One preseason game and 15 training camp practices give us a pretty nice sample to determine who is doing enough so far to belong on the Kansas City Chiefs’ 53-man roster. The Chiefs lost their first exhibition game Saturday to the Jacksonville Jaguars, but the game still provided a good indication of the team’s depth chart. GO DEEPER Chiefs …
— Defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo doesn’t know the answer yet — and in some ways, that’s the fun part. The lone true position battle in Kansas City Chiefs training camp — and no, it’s not at left tackle — is for the second cornerback job, the player opposite All-Pro Trent McDuffie. We’ve just got to find out which one surfaces.” …
GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Athletic’s Austin Mock writes in his latest 2024 NFL Draft order projection that the Green Bay Packers have just a 16.2 chance to make the playoffs. The Packers’ two starters have been injured often enough that McDuffie, a 2021 sixth-round pick out of Boston College, has played 51.8 percent of the defensive snaps this season. …
— Just minutes after the Kansas City Chiefs’ second game of the season, amid all the commotion and organized chaos inside the visitors locker room, Dave Merritt, the team’s defensive backs coach, made a rather bold statement. GO DEEPER Patrick Mahomes, Chiefs happy to 'get the whole offense going' in blowout of Bears McDuffie, a second-year player, enters this week …