Toney Signs to Cleveland Practice Squad

SEPT 9 TONEY TRY Kadarius Toney is getting another shot.

NFL Media reports that the former Chiefs receiver, cut two weeks ago, will be joining the Browns practice squad.

Toney, a first-round pick in 2021, visited the Seahawks since being released by the Chiefs.

SEPT 7 NOPE Did the Baltimore Ravens opened the 2024 NFL season with a 27-20 loss to the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs because they underused their new vet running back Derrick Henry?

That's the assertion being made by some. And it's wrong.

In his debut with his new team, Henry ran 13 times for 46 yards and a touchdown. ... but his work largely came early. Should the Ravens have used him in the late-going? Why? QB Lamar Jackson didn't need a running back ... he needed more accuracy in his clutch-time throws - and one more inch of end zone - as the Ravens ended up losing when Isaiah Likely caught the ball in the back of the end zone as time expired but his toe landed just out of bounds, meaning the pass (first ruled a TD) was incomplete.

SEPT 7 BOYCOTT? Before the Week 1 kickoff between the Baltimore Ravens and Kansas City Chiefs on Thursday night, Grammy Award winner Tasha Cobbs took the stage at Arrowhead to perform "Lift Every Voice and Sing" ... the song has been considered the "Black National Anthem."

And not everybody is a fan of the concept, to the point that some fans have taken to social media and suggested the NFL be "boycotted'' in protest.

That is, of course, your right and their right. At the same time, the numbers are in.

Chiefs Win Over Ravens Most-Watched Opener Ever!

The Chiefs vs. Ravens game had an average audience of 28.9 million viewers, as NBC announced that it now ranks as the most-watched NFL season-opening game ever.

So ... it doesn't seem like too many folks "boycotted'' America's favorite pastime over a song. Maybe fans will skip next year's opener?

AUGUST 29 - CUT— While Tuesday's 4 p.m. roster cutdown deadline has passed, NFL teams are still not done making moves. Player acquisition will continue throughout the season as teams deem necessary.

The Kansas City Chiefs are a recent example of this, as they made a change following the announcement of their initial 53-man roster. After successfully claiming former Dallas Cowboys cornerback Eric Scott Jr. off the waiver wire, the Chiefs released fellow defensive back Nic Jones.

Jones, the former 2023 seventh-round pick out of Ball State, has ended his time in Kansas City after just one season. Jones played in just nine games as a rookie, totaling four tackles, one for a loss, and one quarterback hit.

Chiefs Receiver Marquise Brown Primed for Bounce-Back Season?

AUG 29 NEW QB The Los Angeles Chargers would be going nowhere fast without star quarterback Justin Herbert, and backup Easton Stick hasn't been good enough. Enter Taylor Heinicke, as the Chargers have traded for former the Falcons and Commanders quarterback starter.

Heinicke spent last season with the Falcons, starting four games for the team last season. Before that, he started in Washington and became a folk hero of sorts when he helped the 2020 edition of that team make the playoffs.

AUG 26 NIL AND MAHOMES How much has the new NIL rule changed college football? So much that Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and his wife, Brittany - who just donated $5 million to his old school, Texas Tech - might've stayed with the Red Raiders longer to make money as a "amateur.''

In a recent NFL.com Q&A, Mahomes was asked if he might have delayed his jump to the NFL had NIL been in existence then.

“It would have been a good amount of money, especially for Lubbock, Texas,” Mahomes said. “If I would have been able to get NIL, I probably would have stayed for my senior year, and who knows what the rest of my NFL history would have been?”

How do the Chiefs feel about NIL now? We don't know. How do they feel about it not being in existence when Mahomes was in Lubbock? One can only imagine.

AUG 24 UPDATE Thursday night's preseason game between the Chiefs and the Bears was marred by the frightening sight of Bears defensive back Douglas Coleman III suffered an injury while making a tackle, his neck napping back violently while colliding with Chiefs receiver Cornell Powell.

Coleman was taken away in an ambulance and later hospitalized.

Bears head coach Matt Eberflus has offered an update, sayaing that the defensive back was on Friday allowed to travel back to Chicago and that Coleman is "walking around."

Coleman was most recently a standout in the Canadian Football League as he tries to stick with the Bears, who went 4-0 in the preseason as they now prep to take on the Titans in NFL Week 1.

AUG 13 COACH BREAK Offensive line coach Joe D’Alessandris, now of the Ravens and formerly with the Chiefs during his long NFL career, will be away from the Baltimore team due to a medical issue.

"Coach D'Alessandris is widely respected and cherished in our organization," Ravens coach John Harbaugh said. "As he focuses on his health, we offer him unwavering support."

D'Alessandris, 70, was hospitalized last weekend with an acute illness that "will require ongoing treatment for an extended period of time."

AUG 6 CHARGERS PLAYOFF BOUND? The Los Angeles Chargers finished with a 5-12 record in 2023, and they hired Jim Harbaugh to be their next head coach to try and fix that problem.

In a recent article by Will Brinson of CBS Sports , he lists some NFL teams who could make a jump into the postseason this year.

One of the teams he mentions is the Chargers, as he thinks Harbaugh is the missing piece they have been looking for.The Chargers' new head coach has a reputation for winning, as he is a 188-71-2 as a head coach.

That leadership combined with the talent the Chargers have could lead the team to contend with the likes of the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC West.