Category: Poll

POLL: Which Chiefs position group improved most in 2023 NFL offseason?

In our latest poll, we ask #ChiefsKingdom to vote on the #Chiefs’ most improved position group of the 2023 NFL offseason.

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In just a short amount of time following Super Bowl LVII, the Kansas City Chiefs roster has been transformed ahead of the 2023 NFL season.

This year’s free agency period saw several veteran contributors depart, ranging from a former trade acquisition like Orlando Brown Jr. to former draft picks in Mecole Hardman and Juan Thornhill. It also saw some exciting additions such as Jawaan Taylor, Charles Omenihu, Drue Tranquill, Richie James and Donovan Smith.

The team found several new pieces in the 2023 NFL draft, making key additions at positions of need throughout all seven rounds. Felix Anudike-Uzomah, Rashee Rice and Wanya Morris are sure to have expectations attached to their draft status, but history has shown that you can’t count out the late-round picks with Brett Veach as general manager.

The team even seems to have found an undrafted free agent gem in Deneric Prince, who has taken an outsized helping of first-team repetitions during the offseason program.

Change doesn’t always mean improvement in the NFL, but the Chiefs are bound to have improved the overall quality and depth of talent of at least one position group during the 2023 NFL offseason. Which position group in Kansas City do you believe is the most improved?

In this writer’s humble opinion, the offensive and defensive trenches are the most obvious groups.

The offensive tackle position, for instance, feels like it has vastly improved with Andrew Wylie and Brown Jr. leading the NFL in pressures by an offensive tackle duo last season. Taylor, Smith and Morris all seem to fit the prototype that the Chiefs have been lacking since Eric Fisher and Mitchell Schwartz retired — athletic pass protectors with plus movement skills.

As for the defensive line, K.C. scooped a chess piece for Steve Spagnuolo in Omenihu. They added the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year in Anudike-Uzomah, plus some key role-players in B.J. Thompson and Keondre Coburn. At the very least, it’s an infusion of young talent not unlike what the team accomplished in the secondary a season ago.

So what do you think, Chiefs Kingdom? Which Chiefs position group has improved the most this offseason? Vote in the poll atop the page and let us know your thoughts on Facebook and Twitter.

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POLL: Will the Chiefs have a 1,000-yard rusher in 2023?

In our weekly poll, we ask #Chiefs fans whether they think Kansas City will have a 1,000-yard rusher in 2023:

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The Kansas City Chiefs have never had a 1,000-yard rusher during the Patrick Mahomes era. Could 2023 be the season where that changes?

The Chiefs’ franchise has a storied history of developing running backs, but in recent years it has been all about the passing game in Kansas City. The last time the Chiefs offense had a 1,000-yard rusher was Kareem Hunt’s rookie season in 2017, where he led all running backs with over 1,300 rushing yards that season.

Looking at the 90-man offseason roster in Kansas City, not a single running back on the roster has recorded over 1,000 rushing yards in a single season in the NFL career. Isiah Pacheco’s 830 rushing yards on 170 attempts last season are the closest, with Clyde Edwards-Helaire’s 803 yards on 181 attempts in 2020 close behind. A few have produced a season with over 1,000 yards from scrimmage, but none solely produced a 1,000-yard season on the ground.

Edwards-Helaire and Jerick McKinnon haven’t reached 1,000 rushing yards in a single season since their college days at LSU and Georgia Southern, respectively.

It’s tough to imagine a scenario in which the Chiefs’ offense produces a 1,000-yard rusher this season. With the team expecting Pacheco sidelined into training camp, it means they could be looking at a committee approach in the backfield to start the season. It’s possible that we see a four-man room that features each of Pacheco, McKinnon, Edwards-Helaire and rookie Deneric Prince at various junctures of the season.

So what do you think, Chiefs Kingdom? Will there be a 1,000-yard rusher in Kansas City in 2023? Let us know your thoughts about who that could be on Facebook and Twitter.

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POLL: Which playoff loss is Chiefs’ biggest missed opportunity?

In our latest poll, we ask #Chiefs fans to reflect on the team’s biggest missed opportunity in the playoffs.

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Playoff success has become synonymous with Kansas City Chiefs football in recent years, but it certainly wasn’t always the case. This team has seen some crushing losses in the playoffs, from the earliest rounds to the games that could send them to the Super Bowl.

Our friend Mark Lane at Touchdown Wire, recently recapped some of the most exciting playoff runs that didn’t result in a Super Bowl win. The article got us thinking about the playoff opportunities the Chiefs have failed to take advantage of, especially those in the AFC Championship Game.

Lane coved the Chiefs’ 1993 playoffs run with Joe Montana, which ended at the AFC title game when Montana went down with a concussion and was replaced by Dave Krieg. The biggest problem was that the Kansas City defense was unable to stop Thurman Thomas, who recorded over 200 scrimmage yards and three touchdowns in the victory.

Could that loss be considered the team’s biggest missed opportunity in the playoffs? There is certainly an argument to be made, but there are others in more recent memory that should also be in consideration.

Since taking over as the team’s starting quarterback in 2018, Patrick Mahomes has known nothing but AFC title game appearances. It certainly feels like the team let the stage get the best of them back in 2018. It was the team’s first AFC title game appearance since that 1993 game and while the offense performed admirably, the defense fell short in a crucial moment. Dee Ford’s offsides penalty led to the inevitable Tom Brady game-winning drive in overtime.

Even more recently, the Chiefs’ collapse to the Cincinnati Bengals in the 2021 AFC Championship Game should be considered. K.C. had a commanding 11-point lead at halftime before the team’s offense disappeared in the second half and allowed the Bengals back into the game. Cincinnati would go on to lose to the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl LVI.

So what do you think, Chiefs Kingdom? Which AFC title game loss is the biggest missed opportunity in the playoffs for Kansas City? Let us know your thoughts on Facebook and Twitter.

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POLL: Should the Chiefs make a trade on Day 1 of 2023 NFL draft?

Do you think the #Chiefs should make a trade on Day 1 of the 2023 NFL draft? Be sure to weigh in on our poll:

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There has been an incredible amount of speculation about the Kansas City Chiefs trading up in the first round of the 2023 NFL draft.

Part of that speculation is fueled by the draft taking place in Kansas City and the team’s desire to “make a splash.” Some of it has come from the fact that the Chiefs have been connected to a number of wide receivers during to pre-draft process and that the position group isn’t considered deep. There’s also the fact that they’ve reportedly done their homework on potential trade partners well ahead of time.

Naturally, some speculation comes from the fact that they hold the final pick in Round 1, and moving up seems like the logical choice when you have three top-100 picks and 10 total picks in the draft.

There hasn’t been much talk about trading down, outside of Brett Veach’s pre-draft press conference where he spoke on the possibility.

Ultimately, it feels like it’s only a matter of time before Brett Veach makes some sort of trade in the 2023 NFL draft. Last season, the Chiefs traded up in the first round to acquire CB Trent McDuffie. They also traded back from pick No. 50 to receive picks No. 54 (Skyy Moore) and No. 158 (Darian Kinnard). Veach hasn’t been shy about making trades if the value is right.

Could another first-round trade be on deck for Kansas City? Be sure to vote in our poll at the top of the page and share your thoughts with us on Twitter and Facebook. You can share your own 2023 NFL draft trade scenarios using our updated trade value chart.

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NBA awards: HoopsHype compiled the media ballots to determine the expected 2023 winners

HoopsHype gathered official 2023 NBA awards ballots from media members privately, along with others made publicly via social media and stories to project the winners.

Amid the NBA play-in tournament, we’ve obtained the official NBA awards ballots from media members who disclosed their votes privately with HoopsHype, and others made public via social media and stories. We’ve tabulated 16 ballots.

We have an MVP frontrunner and other awards seemingly determined, while one individual award is separated by the thinnest of margins. The results of the poll are listed below.

Note: Numbers in parentheses show the percentage of points relative to the maximum amount possible for each award.

HoopsHype’s Alberto de Roa contributed research to this report.

POLL: What is the Chiefs’ biggest need in 2023 NFL draft?

Our @goldmctNFL asks #Chiefs fans to vote on the team’s top need as the 2023 NFL draft approaches.

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The countdown to the 2023 NFL draft in Kansas City is on.

With the biggest moves to be made in free agency now behind us, Chiefs GM Brett Veach and his staff will turn their attention to improving the team during the 2023 NFL draft. The roster is far from complete with over 25 spaces on the 90-man offseason roster up for grabs. The biggest roster need among those 25-plus additions is up for debate.

After losing Mecole Hardman and JuJu Smith-Schuster in free agency, many believe that making an addition at the wide receiver position is paramount. Those two players combined for over 100 receptions for 1,230 receiving yards and seven receiving touchdowns during the course of the 2022 NFL season. They’ll need to make some sort of addition in order to help offset that loss in production.

On the other hand, with the Chiefs also lost a ton of pass-rushing production in free agency. They released Frank Clark, lost Khalen Saunders to the Saints and have yet to re-sign Carlos Dunlap. Those three players combined accounted for 115 pressures last season. Sure, the team added Charles Omenihu in free agency, who had 54 pressures on the year per PFF, but Kansas City clearly still has some work to do there.

Offensive tackle is another option to consider. The Chiefs seem comfortable moving Jawaan Taylor from right tackle to left tackle, but their situation on the opposite side of the line is hardly a good one. While it seems that Lucas Niang will get his chance to earn the job, he’s not been able to stay healthy during his college or NFL career. He missed five games as a senior at TCU due to a hip injury. He missed the latter portion of the 2021 NFL season and postseason after suffering a patellar tendon injury, which also cost him a portion of the 2022 NFL season that he spent on the Reserve/PUP list. In total, he’s appeared just 19 games in the NFL.

What do you think, Chiefs Kingdom? Is wide receiver, edge rusher or offensive tackle the biggest need for the team? Is there another position group that is being overlooked? Be sure to vote in the poll at the top of the page and let us know your thoughts on Facebook and Twitter.

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Poll results: What Titans fans think about possibly pursuing DeAndre Hopkins

With Titans’ need at WR, we asked fans what they thought about pursuing DeAndre Hopkins. Here are the results.

The Tennessee Titans are in dire need of help at the wide receiver position yet have done nothing thus far in free agency to address it.

While down at the NFL owners meetings in Phoenix, general manager Ran Carthon stressed that the team needs to “exercise patience” in its search for help, while also noting not every need will be addressed in free agency.

“We are going to look to address [wide receiver],” Carthon said, per Jim Wyatt of Titans Online. “We are not trying to fill everything via free agency, but if that’s where the best option comes from, we’ll address it that way. We just have to be patient, and exercise patience and allow that to come to fruition.”

As the Titans exercise patience, all of the best options at the position have come off the board. Granted, none of those options were franchise-changing players by any means, but most — if not all — were upgrades.

If the Titans don’t sign someone, they could look to make a trade at some point, which led us to our poll asking fans what they thought about the team pursuing a trade for Arizona Cardinals wideout, DeAndre Hopkins.

Well, the results are in and the majority (68.28%) of fans who voted say they are fine with trading for Hopkins, but only at the cost the Dallas Cowboys paid to acquire Brandin Cooks from the Houston Texans.

That cost was a 2023 fifth-rounder and a 2024 sixth-rounder, which is a far cry from the second-rounder-plus the Cardinals are reportedly looking for.

A total of 19.38 percent of fans are against trading for D-Hop altogether, while another 12.33 percent are on board with bringing him in at any cost.

Trading for Hopkins would no doubt be exciting, but we’ve already been down this road with elite but aging wide receivers in Nashville. Adding to that, trading for Hopkins is a “go-for-it” move and the Titans are not in that kind of position at the moment.

As much as fans may want to see it, Hopkins will not be donning the two-tone blue in 2023.

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Poll: Should Titans pursue trade for DeAndre Hopkins?

Should the Titans try and trade for DeAndre Hopkins? Let us know in the poll within the article.

The Tennessee Titans have been way too quiet this offseason when it comes to adding much-needed wide receiver help in free agency, but the team could address the need in a major way via trade as options on the open market dwindle.

One option is Arizona Cardinals wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins, who is on the trade block as former Titans director of player personnel and current Cardinals general manager Monti Ossenfort looks to make changes.

There is no denying that Hopkins has been one of the best receivers of his generation and a game-changing talent at the position. In fact, he’s a borderline Hall of Famer at worst.

Despite missing eight games last season (six for suspension, two for a “knee injury”) and not having Kyler Murray for another four, Hopkins showed he’s still playing at a high level with 717 yards and three scores.

But that doesn’t mean there aren’t concerns. Hopkins is set to turn 31 next season and we all know this franchise’s history with elite but aging wide receivers.

A lot is made about Hopkins’ injury history, but that’s a bit overblown.

Sure, he has dealt with some nagging injuries over the years and concerns about injury only grow with age, but the Clemson product missed just two games over his first eight years in the league.

He did miss seven games in 2021 with a knee injury and the aforementioned eight in 2022, but six of the missed games last season were the result of a PED suspension, and the other two were likely Hopkins shutting it down early during a lost Cardinals season.

As far as what it would take to land him, MMQB’s Albert Breer reports the Cards are looking for a “second-rounder plus something else of value,” and Hopkins is due a good chunk in 2023 at $19.45 million.

However, we know the Titans can work cap magic if they need to in order to fit him in, although pushing money to future years is a risky proposition for an aging wide receiver.

There are some out there who believe the Cardinals will end up fetching a package more along the lines of what the Dallas Cowboys gave up for Brandin Cooks, which was a 2023 fifth-rounder and 2024 sixth-rounder.

After getting burned by the Julio Jones trade (and the acquisitions of other veteran wideouts over the years), I just don’t see the Titans making a move for Hopkins unless it comes incredibly cheap.

Giving up a second-rounder and then some doesn’t qualify as that. Hell, even just a second-rounder feels like too much. Now, if we’re talking about a package similar to the Cooks one, that’s much more doable.

Let us know what you think about the Titans possibly pursuing a trade for Hopkins in the poll below.

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Polls: Give your grades for Titans’ free-agent signings so far

Vote in our polls within the article to give your grade for the Titans’ free-agent signings thus far.

The Tennessee Titans have inked a total of eight free agents so far this offseason, with five of those players being from outside the organization.

The free agents Tennessee has re-signed were long snapper Morgan Cox, wide receiver Nick Westbrook-Ikhine and defensive lineman Naquan Jones, with the NWI deal causing quite the stir.

As far as outside free agents go, the Titans have inked two offensive linemen in Andre Dillard and Daniel Brunskill, a pair of linebackers in Azeez Al-Shaair and Luke Gifford, and an edge rusher in Arden Key.

As each signing was reported, our Shaun Calderon slapped a grade on them, but now we want to hear what you think. Scroll down to vote in our polls and share the grade you think the Titans should get for each of their signings.

To keep it simple, grades go from A-F only, with no “+” or “-“. Also, we’ve included any articles we’ve written about the signings if you need more information on the players.

POLL: Who will step up for Chiefs in Super Bowl LVII?

Andy Reid believes an unheralded player will step up for the #Chiefs in Super Bowl LVII. We ask #ChiefsKingdom to cast their vote on who that might be:

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The Kansas City Chiefs are getting prepared to play against the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LVII.

The lights will certainly shine on the brightest stars for both teams, but there’s always an unsung hero to step up and make a play when a team needs it most. Chiefs HC Andy Reid was asked about those players who tend to step up and make plays on the biggest stage.

“Yeah, that’s the human element and what makes it so interesting,” Reid said. “People are so curious to watch. You don’t know, you don’t know who that person will be. But somebody will (step up). In this game, somebody that we haven’t mentioned, and just about everybody has been mentioned, but somebody that hasn’t been mentioned that’s going to step up and you’re going to go, ‘Wow, that was a great job by that kid.'”

While we don’t know who it’s going to be, we can certainly start making guesses about the Chiefs player who will step up against the Eagles.

Could it be a player like Justin Watson, who missed the AFC Championship Game with an illness? Could it be Mike Danna, who has quietly been a big contributor on the defensive side of the ball? Could it be one of the unheralded members of the “Fab Five” like Bryan Cook or Nazeeh Johnson? Could Clyde Edwards-Helaire come storming back from injured reserve and be a massive contributor? Maybe it’ll be an offensive lineman like RT Andrew Wylie, locking down a player like Eagles EDGE Haason Reddick?

There are seemingly endless options available.

What do you think, Chiefs Kingdom? Who will be the unsung hero to step up for the team in Super Bowl LVII? Be sure to vote in the poll at the top of the page. Let us know your thoughts in the comment section down below and on Facebook and Twitter.

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