Chiefs News: Brett Veach should have no concerns over job security

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Kansas City Chiefs: Brett Veach

Kansas City Chiefs general manager Brett Veach’s tenure can be summed up in one pick—his first. Back in 2017, Veach traded up in Round 1 to take a young quarterback out of Texas Tech. His name was Patrick Mahomes.

The rest, as they say, is history.

Since Veach took over in Kansas City, the Chiefs are a staggering 100-32. In each and every year since 2018, the team has made it at least as far as the AFC Championship Game. The Chiefs have played in five Super Bowls, winning three.

Mahomes may get most of the credit for engineering the NFL’s latest dynasty. But it was Veach who brought Mahomes to Kansas City—and who assembled the team around him.

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1. Chiefs Move for Mahomes (2017)

Only eight seasons into his career, Patrick Mahomes is already a two-time league MVP and three-time Super Bowl champion.

And he didn’t even start immediately.

Kansas City had a veteran QB in Alex Smith yet invested heavily in Mahomes. On draft day in 2017, the Chiefs paid a hefty price—a pair of first-rounders and a third-round pick—to acquire the 10th selection from the Buffalo Bills.

Mahomes spent his rookie year as the backup, but a loss in the playoff opener signaled the end of Smith’s tenure.

Kansas City shifted to Mahomes, who’s a perfect 7-for-7 in winning AFC West titles and making the AFC Championship Game. So far, the Chiefs have appeared in the Super Bowl five times with a 3-2 record on that stage.

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Meanwhile, the Chiefs might not need another edge rusher, but they could use some relief on the opposite end of Nick Bolton. Drue Tranquill and Leo Chenal haven’t been as explosive, but someone like Clowney could bolster the trenches unit to help star defensive tackle Chris Jones. It might not be perfect, but at least the Chiefs have another capable veteran who has a lot of experience that can translate into this already back-to-back Super Bowl roster.

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Carson Wentz

Wentz was the backup to Patrick Mahomes in Kansas City last season, but the Chiefs appeared to have moved on by signing Gardner Minshew this offseason. Wentz has thrown just 43 pass attempts and played in just five games over the last two years. He has played for five different teams over the last five seasons.

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NFL draft prospect, former LSU wide receiver Kyren Lacy dead at 24 | NFL.com

Former LSU wide receiver Kyren Lacy has died at age 24, a university athletics spokesman said on Sunday.

While the LSU Athletic Department confirmed Lacy’s death, it did not confirm the cause. WAFB-TV in Baton Rouge, citing an unnamed family member, reported that Lacy, who is from Thibodaux, Louisiana, died in the Houston area.

Houston police referred media inquiries to the Harris County Medical Examiner’s office, which did not immediately respond to an email from The Associated Press on Sunday.

Lacy was alleged to have caused a December car crash that killed a 78-year-old man in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. Lacy was accused of driving recklessly — speeding and passing in a no-passing zone — when a motorist who was swerving to avoid Lacy’s Dodge Charger crashed head-on into another vehicle. Herman Hall of Thibodeaux, Louisiana, who was involved in the crash, died after being transported to a hospital, a state police report said.

Cowboys QB Dak Prescott on hamstring recovery: ‘If I had to play a game today, I definitely could | NFL.com

If he needed too, though, the Cowboys quarterback believes he’s recovered enough from last season’s hamstring injury that he could suit up for a game right now.

“If I had to play a game today, I definitely could do that,” Prescott said at Friday’s 35th annual Children’s Cancer Fund gala, via the team website. “It’s about moving forward healthy to make sure I can play 17 times, 20 [games], whatever we get to when the time’s right.”

Prescott, 31, is working his way back from a partial hamstring avulsion — meaning the tendon partially tore off the bone — suffered in Week 9 last season. The Cowboys went on to lose that game to drop to 3-5, then went 4-5 in his absence the rest of the campaign to miss the playoffs for the first time in four years.

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Chiefs Draft: Which prospects could benefit from a redshirt season?

Round 1 (31): CB Trey Amos, Mississippi

The Chiefs should feel good about their starting cornerbacks, but there are some questions beyond the coming season. It’s very likely Trent McDuffie will be given a contract extension, but Jaylen Watson will probably become a free agent — and given his injury history, Kristian Fulton could easily be released to save $5 million in cap space. Drafting Amos could give the team some insurance for 2026.

As an older prospect, the 23-year-old might play immediately — and to his credit, I think he could. Among the cornerbacks likely to be available at 31, he’s my favorite. The others are Benjamin Morrison of Notre Dame and Shavon Revel Jr. of East Carolina. Revel just turned 24 and is coming off an ACL injury. The 21-year-old Morrison is the better bet in terms of age, but has had multiple hip injuries; there are questions about how he recovers athletically.

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