The Ravens and Chiefs have agreed to a trade ahead of Sunday’s deadline for teams to set their initial 53-man rosters.
NFL Media reports that the Ravens will send offensive tackle Diego Pounds to Kansas City. There’s no word on compensation coming back to Baltimore.
Pounds signed with the Ravens after going undrafted out of Ole Miss this year. He started 24 games at left tackle for the Rebels over the last two seasons and also saw time at the position during three years at North Carolina.
The Chiefs list Josh Simmons and Jaylon Moore as the starting tackles on their depth chart with Esa Pole and Kahlil Benson on the second string.
At a time when the scrutiny of prediction markets seems to be increasing, Polymarket has withdrawn a wager based on Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes playing in his team’s Week 1 game against the Broncos.
Via David Purdum of ESPN, Polymarket self-certified the wager on Tuesday. The company withdrew it the next day.
A Polymarket source told Purdum on Friday that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission asked Polymarket and other prediction market operators to remove such wagers. Polymarket did.
Kalshi, as of Friday, continued to offer the wager.
The NFL has objected to prediction markets based on injuries. The league told ESPN that it regards the Mahomes wager to be injury-related.
NFL executive V.P. Jeff Miller also told ESPN that he hopes the CFTC will prohibit such wagers, and that the CFTC eventually will create a process pursuant to which the NFL will be asked whether such wagers are viable before they are posted.
That’s all the league can really do, given that it has no formal relationship with Kalshi or Polymarket.
The issue of inside information hovers over wagers of this nature. Certain people will know whether Mahomes is actually planning to play. Those people can either make wagers, or they can share the information with others who will.
And that continues to be one of the biggest threats to the overall integrity of all wagers placed on football, through sportsbooks or prediction markets. Certain people have access to information that the public doesn’t, and that information easily can be misused.
Jalen Milroe will get plenty of playing time in Seattle’s preseason finale.
Head coach Mike Macdonald told reporters in his Thursday press conference that Milroe will start and play the entire game on Friday night against the Chiefs. Macdonald does not plan to play the starters.
“I think it’s really great that he has an opportunity — just like the Green Bay [preseason] game last year — where you’re not subbing in, you’re not coming in at halftime,” Macdonald said. “You’re going through the whole process of starting a game and getting in rhythm, managing the situations — all those things we want from our quarterback.
“So, excited to see him play. It’s a great opportunity.”
So far this preseason, Milroe has completed 11-of-19 passes for 88 yards with no touchdowns and two interceptions. He’s also rushed for 52 yards on six attempts.
Macdonald mentioned Drew Lock will be ready to play if necessary.
Additionally, recent free-agent signee Trevon Diggs is set to get some playing time at cornerback in the preseason finale.
Kickoff between the Seahawks and Chiefs is slated for 8 p.m. ET on Friday.
Chiefs left tackle Josh Simmons has missed more than a week of practice after injuring his back.
Coach Andy Reid said Wednesday that Simmons is being evaluated for his injury.
“He’s just getting his back checked out,” Reid said, via video from SleeperChiefs. “That’s the main thing. He’s doing good when he’s in there. He’s just got a back. Like any other injury, we’ve got to make sure that it’s. . . see if it’s right or what’s wrong with it.”
The Chiefs selected Simmons in the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft, getting him at No. 32 overall after he tore a patellar tendon during his final season at Ohio State. He started only eight games.
Kahlil Benson will start the team’s final preseason game at left tackle. Benson is listed as the backup left tackle on the Chiefs’ depth chart, with
Esa Pole and Ethan Driskell behind Simmons.
“He’ll be over there at left tackle this week, and we’ll see how he does with it,” Reid said of Benson.
Reid said running back Kenneth Walker has a swollen ankle.
The Giants traded offensive guard Joshua Ezeudu to the Chiefs on Tuesday night, Mike Garafolo of NFL Media reports. New York will get a 2028 seventh-rounder in return.
Ezeudu, 26, was listed on the team’s depth chart as the backup to Jermaine Eluemunor at right tackle, but coach John Harbaugh had said Ezeudu would train in multiple spots.
The Giants selected Ezeudu in the third round of the 2022 draft.
A calf injury sidelined Ezeudu for all of 2025, but he has appeared in 33 games, with 10 starts.
The Chiefs wanted depth in the interior of their offensive line, especially at right guard behind Trey Smith.
