Few things are more entertaining than pettiness in motion. And at least one Missouri lawmaker has chosen to go next-level petty when it comes to the eventual relocation of the Chiefs to Kansas.
Via Hannan Falcon of KY3.com, Missouri senator Nick Schroer has introduced a resolution that would remove the title of official football team from the Chiefs, giving it instead to the UFL’s St. Louis Battlehawks.
“[B]ased on recent events, it has become clear that the will of the people of the state of Missouri has changed with regard to the designation of the Kansas City Chiefs as the official NFL football team of this state,” the resolution states, “and . . . the Kansas City Chiefs football organization has indicated that, despite years of fan support and financial support from the citizens of this state, the team wants to relocate the team to the state of Kansas.”
Missouri had a full and fair chance to keep the Chiefs. And the people of Jackson County, Missouri, made their will known — loudly — in April 2024, by overwhelmingly rejecting a ballot measure that would have extended an existing sales tax to finance a major renovation of Arrowhead Stadium.
Likewise, the elected officials who were in position to come up with an end run around the public voting process failed to do so.
The Chiefs simply did what any business ever does. They made a business decision. And Kansas found a way to come up with the cash to get the Chiefs to make a business decision to move their business across state lines.
The UFL, which owns the Battlehawks, could do the same thing, if the league’s business interests point to moving out of Missouri. Like the UFL did with three of the league’s eight franchises after the 2025 season.
That’s the fundamental reality. Football is business. And the people who own football teams will always make business decisions.
Like the Cardinals did when they left Missouri. Like the Rams did when they left Missouri. Like the Chiefs will be doing when they leave Missouri.
As previously explained, the door isn’t closed on Missouri keeping the Chiefs. They can still come up with something that could get the Chiefs and the NFL to decide to make a different business decision.
Regardless. it’s all business. It’s never personal. Football is never “family.” Except when it’s good for business to pretend that it is.
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Chiefs receiver Rashee Rice is facing another NFL investigation. And, possibly, another suspension.
The recent social-media domestic violence allegations against Rice, which the Chiefs acknowledged on Wednesday, have sparked an inquiry by the NFL.
“We have been in contact with the club about the matter which will be reviewed under the league’s Personal Conduct Policy,” the league told Mark Maske of the Washington Post on Thursday.
Rice served a six-game suspension to begin the 2025 season following a March 2024 street-racing incident that caused multiple injuries. If the league determines that he committed domestic violence, Rice faces enhanced penalties as a repeat offender.
For domestic violence, the baseline punishment is a six-game suspension.
The key question will be whether the alleged victim chooses to cooperate with the NFL. There’s no apparent criminal complaint or lawsuit. The league has no independent subpoena power. If the alleged victim refuses to talk to league investigators, the process will be short circuited.
The Ravens are taking a look at an experienced candidate this weekend for their head coaching vacancy.
According to multiple reports, Chiefs offensive coordinator Matt Nagy will interview for the role on Sunday.
Nagy, 47, was Bears head coach from 2018-2021, accumulating a 34-31 record. He’s been back with the Chiefs since his tenure ended, serving as senior assistant and QBs coach in 2022 before being promoted to offensive coordinator in 2023.
The Cardinals, Raiders, and Titans have also expressed interest in Nagy during this coaching cycle. Nagy is meeting with the Raiders on Thursday.
Chiefs receiver Rashee Rice could be facing more scrutiny from the NFL.
The Chiefs have issued a statement acknowledging a recent claim that Rice has committed domestic violence.
“The club is aware of the allegations on social media and is in communication with the National Football League,” the Chiefs said, via Colin Salao of FrontOfficeSports.com. “We have no further comment at this time.”
The allegations emerged Wednesday on Instagram.
Presumably, the league will investigate. The fact that Rice served a six-game suspension under the Personal Conduct Policy in 2025 for a street-racing incident in 2024 would potentially lead to enhanced penalties, if the league determines that he committed domestic violence — which per the policy calls for a baseline suspension of six games.
There’s no evidence that criminal charges have been filed, or that he has been sued in civil court. Regardless, the fact that the Chiefs have issued a statement, and that the Chiefs have been in communication with the league office, means that an investigation is inevitable. It possibly has already begun.
A second-round pick in 2023, Rice is currently eligible for a second contract. In eight 2025 games, he had 53 catches for 571 yards and five touchdowns.
The Chiefs have parted ways with wide receiver coach Connor Embree, Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports.
Rapoport adds that Embree might not be the only change that Andy Reid makes to his staff after a disappointing season.
Hollywood Brown was the Chiefs’ leading wideout this season, finishing with 49 catches for 587 yards and five touchdowns. Tight end Travis Kelce led the team with 76 receptions for 851 yards and five scores.
Embree was in Kansas City for seven seasons, the past three as the team’s wide receivers coach. He spent two seasons as an offensive quality control coach (2021-22) and two seasons as a defensive assistant (2019-20).
Before becoming an NFL coach, Embree was on coach David Beaty’s staff at the University of Kansas as a graduate assistant for two seasons. He worked with the offense and special teams.
He also spent time in the high school ranks as the offensive coordinator at Blue Valley West High School and as the wide receivers coach at Fairview High School.
With six vacancies (other than the Ravens) and seven teams calling former Ravens coach John Harbaugh after his dismissal on Tuesday, at least one team without a vacancy made the call.
So which team(s) called? (It’s possible that more than one team without an opening called, if at least one of the teams currently looking for a coach did not.)
Here’s a look at the possibilities. And don’t blame us for doing it; Harbaugh’s agent lit the fuse by disclosing that seven teams called.
Jets: By all appearances, first-year coach Aaron Glenn lost the locker room. The final five games, with a minus-137 point differential (27.4 per game), was arguably the worst stretch ever for a franchise with plenty of rough spots. Still, owner Woody Johnson has shown no inclination to fire Glenn — and to owe him more than $40 million to not coach the team.
Dolphins: Michigan man Stephen Ross once pursued Michigan man Jim Harbaugh while the Dolphins still had a coach under contract. Why wouldn’t Ross make the call about Harbaugh’s brother, given the currently tenuous status of Mike McDaniel?
Bills: What if the Bills lose this weekend? Is it crazy to think the Bills would consider making a change? That said, swapping out one coach who failed to get to the Super Bowl during the prime years of a generational talent for another coach who failed to get to the Super Bowl during the prime years of a generational talent seems odd.
Steelers: If the team thinks Mike Tomlin, who seems to have a TV offer in his back pocket, could be leaving after the playoff run ends, it needs to be thinking about the next coach. Why not Harbaugh?
Bengals: There’s no way Mike Brown will finance Zac Taylor’s buyout and pay whatever it would take to get Harbaugh.
Colts: Owner Carlie Irsay-Gordon has said Shane Steichen will be back. Could she view Harbaugh as an upgrade who may not be available if a change is made in 2027?
Chiefs: Andy Reid will be back for 2026. The phone call (if it happened) may have been as simple as, “Keep us in mind if you’re thinking about taking a year off and returning in 2027.”
Cowboys: See the Chiefs.
Commanders: Dan Quinn’s team badly regressed in 2025. Why wouldn’t owner Josh Harris at least consider the possibility of an upgrade to Harbaugh?
Packers: New team president Ed Policy made it clear in June that it’s an up-or-out year for coach Matt LaFleur and G.M. Brian Gutekunst. Could Policy have wanted to let Harlan (the son of former Packers CEO Bob Harlan) know that there may be a reason to let the wild-card round play out before making any decisions?
Buccaneers: There’s a vague sense still lingering that ownership could make a coaching change. Harbaugh’s availability could be the thing that pushes the Bucs off the fence.
At least one of those teams made the call. Maybe more than one. And if one of those teams fires its head coach in the coming days, it could be the first step toward hiring John Harbaugh.
The Titans are set to speak to Chiefs defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo about their head coaching vacancy.
Albert Breer of SI.com reports that Spagnuolo will interview with the team on Thursday. The Titans are the only team that has requested an interview with Spagnuolo at this point in the hiring process.
Spagnuolo and Titans General Manager Mike Borgonzi were both in Kansas City from 2019 to 2024. Chiefs offensive coordinator Matt Nagy was in Kansas City for the last three of those years and he is also set to interview with Tennessee, but Borgonzi said this week that he will work to separate past associations from what the Titans are looking for in their next head coach.
“You have to remove that piece,” Borgonzi said, via Turron Davenport of ESPN.com. “That biased opinion on anybody that you might have a relationship with. You have to make the best decision for the organization, and that’s really the bottom line. ‘Who is going to be the best leader and coach for this organization?’”
Spagnuolo was 10-38 over three seasons as the Rams’ head coach. He also had an interim head coaching stint with the Giants in 2017.
Matt Nagy is set to have a busy next few days of interviews.
According to Mike Garafolo of NFL Media, the Chiefs’ offensive coordinator will interview with the Raiders and Titans on Thursday before meeting with the Cardinals on Friday.
Nagy, 47, was the Bears head coach from 2018-2021, accumulating a 34-31 record with one division title and two postseason appearances. He was named AP coach of the year in 2018.
He has worked under Andy Reid for much of his career, starting out as a coaching intern with the Eagles in 2008 and moving to the Chiefs with Reid in 2013 as quarterbacks coach.
Nagy was Kansas City’s offensive coordinator from 2016-2017 before his stint with the Bears, returning in 2022 as senior assistant and quarterbacks coach. He was promoted to offensive coordinator in 2023.
Titans G.M. Mike Borgonzi worked with Nagy in Kansas City before being hired in Tennessee last year.
For the first time since he joined the Chiefs in 2017, quarterback Patrick Mahomes is home for the postseason. He already has begun rehab after surgery Dec. 15 to repair a torn ACL and LCL in his left knee.
Coach Andy Reid said he expects Mahomes to remain in Kansas City this offseason.
“First of all, he’s doing great for just being three weeks out or so,” Reid began. “He’ll go ahead and most likely stay up here for the majority of the time rehabbing. He and Julie (Frymyer), she’s the person who does all that RPT (rehab physical therapy), and so he has a lot of trust in her, and he’s been just in there grinding.
“I think they’ll just continue till we get started again. Not that he won’t take a break here or there, but right now, he’s in that early process where you’ve got to really hit it hard. And, you know, it’s not necessarily a fun thing to do every day. The important thing is that you show up, and that you keep coming, coming back for more, and he’s been doing that.”
Mahomes typically spends his offseason in Dallas-Fort Worth, where he has a home and trains under Bobby Stroupe at APEC (Athlete Performance Enhancement Center).
Mahomes’ goal in rehab is to get back in time to play Week 1.
The head coaching interview schedule for the Titans is filling up.
NFL Media reports that they are set to speak with Chiefs offensive coordinator Matt Nagy about their vacancy on Thursday. They have also scheduled interviews with Colts defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo, former Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski, and former Falcons head coach Raheem Morris.
Nagy worked with Titans General Manager Mike Borgonzi when Borgonzi was in the Chiefs’ organization and he had a four-year run as the Bears’ head coach in between stints as the coordinator in Kansas City.
This week’s interview with Nagy will be held virtually and a second, in-person interview could take place later in the month.
