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The Titans have agreed to terms with free agent defensive back Nazeeh Johnson, according to his representation, Katz Brothers Sports.
Johnson, 28, visited the Eagles and Giants this offseason after becoming a free agent in March.
The Chiefs made Johnson a seventh-round pick in 2022, and he spent his first four seasons with them. He played only two games last season after injuring a shoulder in the preseason.
Johnson missed all of 2023 with a torn ACL.
He has played 29 games with six starts in his career, with all of his 494 defensive snaps coming in 2024. He has also played 286 special teams snaps.
Johnson has totaled 66 tackles and a sack in the regular season, with eight tackles in the postseason.
Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes has said throughout the offseason that his goal is to be ready for the start of the regular season after suffering a torn ACL in December.
He’s officially taken another step in that endeavor, as he’s been medically cleared to fully participate in training camp.
Mahomes said in his Friday press conference that he found out he’d been cleared two days ago. But while he’s looking forward to practicing, he’s not making any declarations about his Week 1 availability quite yet.
“Just looking at the dates, and there were certain checkpoints I had to get to, to get to this point,” Mahomes said. “And this is just another checkpoint on the schedule. So you have to continue to work. It’s not like it’s over and I’m going to be able to play a game tomorrow. You’ve got to continue to work and get better and better and go throughout practice and prove to the coaches, prove to the doctors, everybody that I’m the same quarterback I was before — if not better — and I can go out there and take care of myself and win football games.”
Mahomes said he’s doing much better when it comes to changing directions than he was during the offseason program when he last spoke to the media.
“That’s the stuff I had to prove to the doctors and the coaches and everybody like that to be at this point,” Mahomes said. “So, it’s a long process. The process isn’t over. It’ll be something I’ll probably deal with for the next few years of my career and throughout the rest of my career. But you have to stay on top of that stuff. But I feel comfortable now of being able to go out there and run the offense the way the offense is supposed to be run.”
Both Reid and Mahomes talked about taking things day by day when it comes to the quarterback practicing, as he’s still coming off of a major injury. But Mahomes wants to be fully immersed in whatever the Chiefs are doing to get himself ready for September.
“I want him to call [the offense in practice] like he’s going to call it in the regular season,” Mahomes said. “So, whatever that is, that’s going to be the best way for me to prepare myself. I can always let him know if I need to get pulled back or anything like that. But how I am as a competitor, I want to go out there and test it. You want to test it now in training camp, see where you’re at, so when you get to the regular season, it’s almost a little bit easier because you’ve kind of been through it all. That’s how he runs training camp.
“I don’t think he’s going to take it light on anyone — including me. And then, I’m going to go out there and see what I can do.”
Mahomes usually plays in preseason games, but that could change this year given the status of his knee.
“I think we’ll just see when we get there,” Mahomes said. “I’m a competitor, so gameday, I’m going to want to be out there. But I understand the process of getting myself ready to play in the regular season is more important. But, we will see. The coaches and docs will kind of make that decision for me. But I’ll prepare myself like I”m going to play. And if I’m just doing a very hard warm-up, I will take that as serious as playing in the preseason game. It’s a couple weeks away, but it feels like a long way away. I’m going to go with the next step of just going out with the rookies this week.”
After a grueling process during the offseason, Mahomes is glad to be back out of the training room full-time.
“I’m excited just to be able to play football,” Mahomes said. “I’ve been seeing cinderblock walls rehabbing every day in Kansas City. So, now to get to be on the practice field with my teammates and my brothers, it’s going to be a lot of fun.”
Though he tore his ACL in December, Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes has been fully cleared to practice, head coach Andy Reid said in his Friday press conference.
“Pat’s doing great with his [rehab],” Reid said. “Right now he’s got clearance to practice and do all the different periods that we have in this camp. We’ll just take it day by day and see how he does. He’ll have plenty of eyes on him from coaches to trainers to doctors.
“But right now, he’s been cleared to go ahead and participate fully.”
Does that mean he’s going to play Week 1?
“I’m optimistic, and I know he is extremely optimistic,” Reid said. “But I think you’ve got to see how things go here. Let’s just see where we’re at and not make any predictions or anything else. Take it day by day and see where it goes.”
Reid noted that Mahomes will go through his normal reps at the start of camp. Chiefs quarterbacks and rookies reported to camp on Friday, which inherently gives the QBs a little more ramp-up time before the rest of the squad reports on July 28.
But either way, Reid doesn’t anticipate Mahomes’ reps will be any different in camp.
“We’ll see about games and all that once we get there. But right now, we’re just going to take it day by day and see how he does,” Reid said. “But he’s been given clearance.
“He’s been up here every day, doing his thing, rehabbing. I mentioned before how much time he spent — if anybody spent time doing this thing the right way, he’s it. We appreciate that. And he’s been given clearance by the doctors to work. And they’re pretty comfortable with that. But keeping an eye on him.”
Tyreek Hill remains a free agent and for good reason.
The wide receiver released a rehab workout video on Wednesday, saying that after two surgeries he still has no power in his left leg.
“So it’s about 10 months after doing two surgeries,” Hill said. “My left leg is the one that I injured. I have no power in my left leg, so I’m trying to regain all the power back in my left leg. But it’s one day at a time.”
In the 1-minute, 38-second social media post, titled Cheetah, Reborn, Hill runs and jumps outside on turf, on a basketball court and in a pool at what appears to be his Florida home.
“I ain’t going to tell you what my timeline is, but timeline looking real good right now, man,” Hill said.
Hill dislocated his knee and tore multiple ligaments, including his ACL, in a Sept. 29 game against the Jets. He was hospitalized overnight and required surgery the next day.
“You know, they told me I might not be able to walk again, and the doctor is like, ‘Bro, we don’t know what’s going to happen with your future,’ and now look at me. God is good,” Hill said. “I feel good.”
The Dolphins released Hill on Feb. 16, making him a free agent.
As the Chiefs prepare to move to a new domed stadium in Kansas, the details made available to date don’t address one key factor.
Will the playing surface be natural grass or artificial turf?
Per the Chiefs, no official decision has been made as to the issue of grass or turf. The team’s preference, however, is grass.
If it’s grass, the new venue will need to have a way to move the grass for the various other events that the stadium will host. That means either having a tray that slides out of the facility (like the Cardinals and Raiders use) or a more elaborate system that stores the grass surface underground.
At a time when the NFL Players Association is pushing for grass in all NFL venues, the future of the Chiefs’ playing surface becomes critical. They’re currently one of 16 teams that play on grass. The union will want to keep it that way.
The Chiefs currently do as well. It all comes down to how much it will cost to have a system for ensuring that a high-quality grass surface is available in what will be another building with a roof, and whether the money will be there to fund the difference in cost between having grass and rolling out the green carpet.
The Chiefs will leave Arrowhead Stadium for a new indoor home in Kansas in 2031, but they’re promising their fans will sound as loud as ever.
The team released renderings of the new stadium design today, and owner Clark Hunt said he’s confident fans are going to like what they see — and hear.
“Today we are excited to show Chiefs Kingdom a first look at our new home,” Hunt said. “From the beginning, our goal has been to build something that improved the gameday experience for every single fan. This new stadium will do just that. It’s spectacular. It honors the rich legacy of this franchise while setting a bold course for the future of Chiefs Kingdom. While we’re still finalizing many of the details, there are a few things we know for sure: it will hold 70,000 fans, it will still be the best place in the world to tailgate, and the whole building will be built for noise.”
The indoor stadium represents another step away from football in the elements, with Kansas City no longer playing in the cold and snow in December and January, as they have for decades.
The new stadium will have a translucent roof that the team describes as “maximizing visibility for military flyovers.”
The stadium is expected to cost $3 billion, of which taxpayers are paying $1.8 billion.
The NFL Players Association released its annual Rising Stars list on Tuesday and the first overall pick of this year’s draft is one of the players at the top.
Raiders quarterback Fernando Mendoza is No. 1 on the list of the 10 rookies that the NFLPA projects to be future members of the Top 50 list of licensed player product sales. There is also a list of 10 players with NFL experience who have not been on the Top 50 and it is topped by Saints quarterback Tyler Shough.
Mendoza is followed on the list by Cowboys safety Caleb Downs, Cardinals running back Jeremiyah Love, Titans wide receiver Carnell Tate, Eagles wide receiver Makai Lemon, Commanders linebacker Sonny Styles, Saints wide receiver Jordyn Tyson, Giants linebacker Arvell Reese, Ravens wide receiver Ja’Kobi Lane, and Buccaneers edge rusher Rueben Bain.
The list of veteran players also includes Bears tight end Colston Loveland, Raiders tight end Brock Bowers, Chiefs running back Kenneth Walker, Panthers wide receiver Tetairoa McMillan, Buccaneers wide receiver Emeka Egbuka, Cardinals tight end Trey McBride, Dolphins running back De’Von Achane, Bills running back James Cook, and Patriots cornerback Christian Gonzalez.
Cornerback L’Jarius Sneed is back with the Chiefs and he hopes that isn’t the only way he turns back the clock during the 2026 season.
Sneed spent four seasons with the Chiefs to start his NFL career and helped them to a pair of Super Bowl titles in his final two years with the team. Sneed wasn’t able to work out a long-term deal to stay in Kansas City and wound up getting traded to the Titans after receiving a franchise tag.
The Titans gave him the four-year deal he was looking for, but injuries limited Sneed to 12 games during back-to-back 3-14 seasons in Tennessee and he was released in March. The Chiefs brought Sneed back on a one-year deal in June and Sneed’s plan is for it to feel like old times again across the board.
“Reclaim who I am. Not to prove anything but to show people I am who I was,” Sneed said, via KTAL.
The Chiefs used a first-round pick on Mansoor Delane and a fourth-round pick to add Jadon Canady to a cornerback group that also includes 2025 third-rounder Nohl Williams. Sneed said he wants to “show them guys the way” now that he’s the experienced hand in the secondary and playing mentor while still contributing on the field would make his return a double win for the Chiefs.
Raiders defensive end Maxx Crosby says four quarterbacks stand out as the hardest in the NFL to sack.
Asked in a kick.com interview who he considers the hardest to sack in the league, Crosby named Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson, Bills quarterback Josh Allen and Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield.
“Mahomes has definitely got to be up there, Lamar is a freak athlete, he’s so quick and fast. Josh Allen is like my size playing quarterback, but you’ve got to really fucking tackle him. I’d say those three are the top,” Crosby said. “A sleeper one, too: Baker Mayfield. He pissed me off. I had two of them I should have had on him. He ducked under, got under them. I was fucking livid. Baker’s tough. I like Baker.”
Crosby never sacked Mayfield in that game (the photo accompanying this post shows one of the near-sacks that Mayfield escaped), and Mayfield threw for three touchdown passes in a 28-13 Buccaneers win. Crosby hasn’t forgotten.
Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes said during the offseason program that his goal is to be ready for Week 1, despite suffering a torn ACL in December.
With training camp just around the corner, that goal is starting to seem more and more in reach.
Mahomes reiterated his stance during an interview with Yahoo Sports Daily on Wednesday.
“That’s my goal,” Mahomes said. “I’ve said that since the beginning, is being ready to go Week 1. I can’t predict the future, and I know that it’s a long process. It’s not just my decision, but at the same time I’m going to give the doctors and the coaches every single opportunity I can to let me be out there Week 1.”
The Broncos being the season-opening opponent adds an extra layer of motivation for the three-time Super Bowl champion.
“I don’t want to miss that game because that’s the team that won the division while we were gone, and you want to be out there and ready to go with your teammates,” Mahomes said. “I’ll give every single thing I can to be out there Week 1, and hopefully the doctors and the coaches give me the green light, and I’m able to go out there with my guys and compete against one of the best teams in the league.”
Mahomes acknowledged that his return has been “a long process,” but feels like he’s in a good spot with training camp set to begin at the end of the month.
“[A]ll I can do is be as great as I can be every single day,” Mahomes said. “You just have to maximize that day and slowly get better and better as the year goes on.
“I’m excited to get back to training camp. I’m excited to get the guys back around. I’ve kind of been in the building in Kansas City by myself. Just [to] have the guys back and getting to be on the football field will get me going and get me ready for the season.”
Chiefs rookies and veterans are set to report to training camp on July 28.
