With a large payday potentially on the horizon, Chiefs' Justin Houston keeps his focus narrow

By Marc Sessler

Excerpt from The Kansas City Star

"ST. JOSEPH - In the last few months, as speculation about his unhappiness with his contract status swirled, Chiefs outside linebacker Justin Houston was largely quiet, save for the occasional tweet.

So perhaps it was only fitting that when he spoke publicly Thursday for the first time in months, Houston remained suitably tight‐lipped about the prospect of playing out the final year of his rookie deal, despite his status as one of the lowest‐paid starters on defense…" READ MORE…

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Jason La Canfora: 'Alex Smith Is A Bridge QB For Reid'

By Jason La Canfora

Excerpt from CBS Sports Radio

"Baseball has the dog days of summer. Well, football has the holdout days of training camp.

The Kansas City Chiefs avoided a long standoff with their best player, Jamaal Charles, by signing him to a two‐year extension Wednesday. According to sources, Charles will now make $8.3 million in 2014 – as opposed to $3.9 million – and the deal includes $18.1 million in new money…" READ MORE…

Team‐player Jamaal Charles admits he couldn't have pulled off a holdout

By Vahe Gregorian

Excerpt from The Kansas City Star

"So here was Chiefs megastar Jamaal Charles, he wants you to know, zooming toward training camp when his car sputtered out of gas at some vague location along Interstate 29.

Stranded with a dead cell phone, he started the long trudge onward and couldn't even get a lift from a passing fan…" READ MORE…

Dontari Poe is one of the NFL's top young players

By Adam Teicher

Excerpt from ESPN.com

"ST. JOSEPH, Mo. -- For those with ESPN Insider access, Mel Kiper Jr. and Mike Sando have posted an interesting ranking of the NFL's top 25 players under the age of 25. Nose tackle Dontari Poe was the only Kansas City Chiefs player to make the list, which also includes 23 players who received honorable mention. Poe was ranked seventh.

It's difficult to argue with the inclusion of Poe, 23, who last year developed into a consistently productive player. The 346-pound Poe was so valuable to the Chiefs that they rarely took him off the field in passing or running situations…" READ MORE…

NFL Nation: 4 Downs – AFC West

By ESPN.com staff

Excerpt from ESPN.com

"The Kansas City Chiefs won the division in '10. Broncos owner Pat Bowlen fired McDaniels after a 4-12 season marred by Spygate and hired John Elway as the Broncos' top football executive.

Since then, the Broncos have won three consecutive division titles, one featuring the national phenomenon that was a Tim Tebow-led read-option offense, and two with future Hall of Famer Peyton Manning. And the Broncos' crushing February Super Bowl loss notwithstanding, they are coming off a record-setting 2013 with Manning returning and a free-agency haul that included pass-rusher DeMarcus Ware, cornerback Aqib Talib, safety T.J. Ward and receiver Emmanuel Sanders. The Broncos are poised to be in the league's championship conversation again..." READ MORE…

Chiefs' Jamaal Charles thankful for two‐year extension

By The Associated Press