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Patrick Mahomes trolls Travis Kelce for being one of Kansas City Chiefs’ oldest athletes | Marca

The 28-year-old quarterback made the jibe as he reacted to the signing of Marquise “Hollywood” Brown as Andy Reid seeks to address the desperate receiver quality problem the Chiefs endured throughout 2023, despite victory in Super Bowl LVIII.

“I’ve been impressed with how hungry [Brown] is,” Mahomes said to Us Weekly. “You can tell he wants to win,” he said. “Obviously he wants to do good and everybody wants to do good.

“But you can tell he wants to be part of something special, part of greatness. We’re trying to build that here and we think we’ve started it and we want to continue it. We still have a young team, other than Trav [Kelce].”

PFF teases what the Chiefs offense could look like next season

This potential Chiefs offense pic.twitter.com/NbpbYMzhtk

— PFF (@PFF) March 24, 2024

Chiefs trade grade: F

Not even Eric Stonestreet can find a rosy way to paint this one.

It’s understandable that the Chiefs couldn’t find room for Sneed on the books with a long-term deal, but he would have been more valuable to them on the roster during his franchise year.

It’s also likely he would have helped the Chiefs get a 2026 third-round compensatory pick if he walked in free agency a year from now. So the Chiefs gave up a season of Sneed for a better third-round pick a year earlier. That logic would work for some teams, but it doesn’t make as much sense for a perennial Super Bowl favorite amid a dynasty.

Sure, the Chiefs will be fine because Patrick Mahomes will continue to be Patrick Mahomes. The superstar quarterback somehow took his game to an even higher level last season to overcompensate for some flaws on the roster, and he’ll be tasked to do it again in 2024. They’re also banking on defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo to continue working wonders for his unit.

Trading Sneed seemed likely for quite a while. But giving him up for a future third-round pick doesn’t add up.

3 underrated Kansas City Chiefs players who could make a massive impact next season | Arrowhead Addict

Matt Araiza

The Tommy Townsend era has come to an end in Kansas City and the writing was on the wall when the Chiefs signed Matt Araiza a few weeks after the Super Bowl festivities concluded. Townsend had been the Chiefs punter since 2020 when they signed him as an undrafted free agent out of Florida to fill the shoes of long-time Chiefs punter Dustin Colquitt.

Now that Townsend is gone, it’ll be Matt Araiza time in Kansas City. Araiza was nicknamed “Punt God” coming out of college and now he’ll have some important shoes to fill in KC. As Chiefs fans saw in 2023, especially during the playoffs, Townsend put the Chiefs’ opponents in a tough spot when it came to field position.

Chiefs Wire’s first-round mock: K.C. to target DB after Sneed trade? | Chiefs Wire

32. Kansas City Chiefs: Texas WR Adonai Mitchel

Mitchell is the best player on the board here and would be an exceptional insurance policy on Marquise “Hollywood” Brown, who Kansas City signed to a one-year deal in free agency. Regarded as one of the top receivers in the 2024 class, Mitchell only falls to the Chiefs because of the run on offensive lineman earlier in the round, and the Ravens’ decision to take his running mate in Worthy with the No. 30 pick.