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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Justin Fields says he wanted to join the Kansas City Chiefs in part to learn from Patrick Mahomes, even though the star quarterback is rehabbing from a knee injury.

“I wanted to come here because of the [Chiefs’] culture, because of Pat and to learn from him and Coach [Andy] Reid,” Fields said Tuesday. “Just the winning, to be honest.

“We of course knew of each other, but we really didn’t communicate before coming here. I’m excited to learn from [Mahomes]. I’m already kind of picking his brain a little

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In his annual news conference before the NFL draft next week, Kansas City Chiefs general manager Brett Veach made a bold prediction.

“It should be an entertaining night,” Veach said Thursday. “There’ll probably be a lot of trades.”

Throughout this offseason, Veach has shared that this year’s draft class is different from most years. Most analysts believe only one quarterback, Indiana’s Fernando Mendoza, will be selected in the first 10 picks. Veach also said that some of the top prospects — such as Ohio State linebacker Sonny Styles, Notre Dame

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One of the most significant discussions in the Kansas City Chiefs‘ history occurred almost 10 years ago in their draft room — and Ryne Nutt can recount every detail.

“There was a big argument,” said Nutt, an area scout at the time and the Chiefs’ current vice president of player personnel.

The source of the debate was a defensive tackle out of Mississippi State named Chris Jones.

“[Some] people had reservations about Chris,” Nutt said.

Inside the large room that night, just before the start of the 2016 NFL draft, was team owner Clark

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In the far back of the ballroom, inside the Arizona Biltmore resort, the site of last week’s annual league meeting, Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid arrived early.

In the past, the annual breakfast for AFC coaches usually began with Reid receiving a series of congratulations from his peers for yet another long postseason run. In those years, those offseasons felt sped up for Reid and the Chiefs: they’d go from the Super Bowl, straight to the scouting combine, and to the league meeting.

This offseason stretch, however, has been an elongated one for

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In the far back of the ballroom, inside the Arizona Biltmore resort, the site of last week’s annual league meeting, Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid arrived early.

In the past, the annual breakfast for AFC coaches usually began with Reid receiving a series of congratulations from his peers for yet another long postseason run. In those years, those offseasons felt sped up for Reid and the Chiefs: they’d go from the Super Bowl, straight to the scouting combine, and to the league meeting.

This offseason stretch, however, has been an elongated one for the team,

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The NFL announced Friday that it concluded its own investigation into Chiefs receiver Rashee Rice, stating that he “has not engaged in conduct that violates the personal conduct policy.” The NFL also said its investigation into the accusations from Dacoda Jones, Rice’s former girlfriend, is closed.

At this time, Rice, 25, is not going to be disciplined by the league, which determined that “there was insufficient evidence to support a finding that he violated the personal conduct policy.”

“Mr. Rice wants to thank the NFL for their thorough investigation, and looks forward to the start of

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In an effort to support the emerging growth of flag football, the Kansas City Chiefs revealed an advertising campaign called “Let Her Play” on Thursday in hopes of persuading the Kansas State High School Activities Association (KSHSAA) to make girls’ flag football a sanctioned sport in the state.

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In a 55-second video, the Chiefs showcased several girls who already play the sport. The Chiefs then highlighted girls in Kansas who can only dream of representing their school by playing organized flag football. The Chiefs, who have won three Super Bowls in

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PHOENIX — Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid offered another positive update on Patrick Mahomes as enthusiasm continues to grow around the star quarterback’s injury recovery.

Reid acknowledged there is a strong possibility that Mahomes, who is rehabbing from December surgery to repair a torn ACL and LCL in his left knee, will be the Chiefs’ starter in September when they begin the season.

“Every player is different. I will tell you though, I would never bet against him,” Reid said Tuesday at the NFL’s annual league meetings. “He’s going to put in the time and

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Patrick Mahomes, the Chiefs’ star quarterback, posted a short video clip Wednesday of himself in a training session where he dropped back and threw the ball, the first public footage of him doing so since he had surgery in December to repair the torn ACL and LCL in his left knee.

Mahomes posted the four-second clip on his Instagram account. His movement, doing the dropback at a moderate tempo, demonstrated the progress that he has made during his rehab. Wearing a compression sleeve on his left knee, Mahomes was able to plant his

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