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The Secret Superstars of Super Bowl LVIII

From Jauan Jennings to L’Jarius Sneed, here are 10 underrated players for the 49ers and Chiefs who could make all the difference in Super Bowl LVIII.

For every Super Bowl star you’d expect, there’s a player who comes out of nowhere in a relative sense to take over the biggest game of his life. That was just as true for Green Bay Packers receiver Max McGee in Super Bowl I as it was for Kansas City Chiefs running back Isiah Pacheco in Super Bowl LVII.

For the upcoming matchup between the Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII, we’d like to present 10 players — five from each team — whose deeds on the field have gone relatively unnoticed, but every one of them could be the one to take his team’s fortunes over the top.

Here are the Secret Superstars of Super Bowl LVIII.

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Chiefs to sign former Chargers LB Drue Tranquill

The #Chiefs have struck again in free agency, this time swiping a productive linebacker from a division rival.

The Kansas City Chiefs have plundered an AFC West rival in free agency.

According to The Score reporter Jordan Schultz, the Chiefs are signing Los Angeles Chargers free agent LB Drue Tranquill on a one-year deal. A former fourth-round draft pick out of Notre Dame in 2019, Tranquill is coming off of a career year in Los Angeles, finishing the 2022 NFL season with 144 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, 5.5 sacks and four passes defended.

Tranquill’s contract with Kansas City is only for a season and it can earn him up to $5 million according to Schultz.

Listed at 6-foot-2 and 235 pounds, Tranquill is the ideal coverage linebacker prototype in the modern NFL. He’s only 28 years old, so he’s not exactly long in the tooth by NFL standards. The contract would suggest that Kansas City has a role for him of the starting variety. He’ll likely be on the field during the team’s sub-package defenses, which are basically the new base defenses in the NFL.

This is a slightly surprising considering that the Chiefs already have three starting-quality linebackers in Nick Bolton, Willie Gay Jr. and Leo Chenal. This ensures that the team has quality depth at a position of strength. As Brett Veach has mentioned in the past, you can never have too much depth in any one position.

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Raiders, Chargers Week 18 injury report: CB Casey Hayward Questionable with ankle injury

CB Casey Hayward showed up on Raiders injury report Friday, suffering an ankle injury that has him officially Questionable vs his former team

There was a new addition to the Raiders injury report Friday and it’s a big one. Casey Hayward showed up as limited Friday with an ankle injury and is officially Questionable for Sunday Night’s season finale against the Chargers.

Hayward has been the Raiders’ best defensive back this season. And he’d undoubtedly come to play against his former team in a make-or-break game for both teams’ playoff hopes. Now his status is up in the air which is not at all what the Raiders want to hear right now.

Others who are Questionable for the Raiders include TE Darren Waller (knee), RB Josh Jacobs (ribs), and DT Johnathan Hankins (back). Interim head coach Rich Bisaccia addressed the status of all three players Friday. You can read his words here.

The Chargers are looking fairly healthy. Center Corey Linsley (back) had missed Wednesday’s practice only to practice full the past couple days and be removed from the injury report altogether.

The only players with designations for the Chargers are DL Joe Gaziano (ankle) who is OUT, and LB Drue Tranquill (ankle) who is Questionable.