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Not sure there's any doubt left that Brosmer needs to be on this roster as QB3, bub bye Brett Rypien. I wonder if they keep Taki? Look for another WRer to come at some point.

Drew Magary's annual article from Defector.

Here they are. The Minnesota Vikings: football’s Best Supporting Actor winner for the 65th straight year.

Your 2024 record: An utterly fraudulent 14-3. I am a Vikings fan. Who thought that 14-3 record officially made his team a Super Bowl contender? I did. Who bought all the way into Sam Darnold, texting his buds, “He really might be the guy”? Me. Who complained that the refs cost the Vikings that Thursday night game against the Rams, even though they had no shot of winning that game either way? Me again. Who, dear reader, went into Week 18 fully convinced that his team would wrap up the No. 1 seed against a Lions team they’d already lost to? And who thought the Vikes’ Wild Card game against L.A. was a layup because the Rams had been forced out of their own stadium by a ravaging wildfire? ME ME ME ME ME ME. I may as well live in a fucking dunk tank.

You might think last year taught me something about being delusional, and you’d be right. Unfortunately, as you’re about to find out, I learned all of the wrong things. But let’s get into the nitty-gritty of 2024 before I get back to yelling at myself.

Unlike the 13-win Vikings of 2022, the 2024 edition ended the season with a positive net point differential, so that was nice. Less nice was the fact that they had the exact same weaknesses, enough for them to enter the postseason with FRAUDS spray-painted across their helmets. Just like 2022, the Vikings had one of worst pass-blocking interior lines in football, zero interior pass rush, a QB whose gaudy stats meant nothing in the big picture, and an enraging inability to hold onto big leads. Even Caleb Williams put the fear of God into them for a game, and Caleb Williams plays football like he’s having a three-hour seizure.

All along the way, the Vikings had to plug leaks in the hull. LT Christian Darrisaw tore his knee up in L.A., so they had to trade for Jags scrub Cam Robinson, who couldn’t block a gnat by the time December had rolled around. New RB Aaron Jones started off hot until the Vikings learned, well after Green Bay had, that giving Jones more than 20 touches a game leads to the man tweaking every soft tissue in his body. So they traded at midseason for RB Cam Akers, somehow for the second season in a row. Also for the second season in a row, it made no difference. They also had to sign an emergency kicker after their prized rookie kicker hurt himself. When that rookie finally made it back onto the field, he’d already contracted a classic case of Gary Andersonitis. And the only reason that Darnold got his career rejuvenation season is because the rookie QB they drafted was the victim of Minnesota’s annual “Oops actually he’s out for the year!” preseason injury.

However, 14 wins are 14 wins, and I was more than happy to convince myself that this was not yet another pop-up season that ends the way every other pop-up Vikings season ends. Jared Verse and the Rams disabused me of that notion when they sacked Darnold nine times in Arizona. We could have drafted Jared Verse. We drafted the second coming of Duane Clemons instead.

But this season? This season is gonna be different. Mark my words … mostly so that you can throw them back me when the same shit happens all over again.

Your coach: Well you know we’re feeling really good about where Kevin O’Connell is right now in his coaching journey, just sitting with him after practice and teaching him the whys of that journey and how that journey will potentially impact his players’ respective journeys and we’re really encouraged by the progress he’s making along that journey and that journey is on [busts into karaoke] the midnight train going anyyyywhere…

KOC is your reigning coach of the year for his work with Darnold, which earned him the unofficial title of “quarterback whisperer” from the media. Same as Mike Martz, and Norv Turner, and Marc Trestman, and so many other legendary head coaches who got that same praise. Do I think KOC is better than the men I just listed? I do. I think he’s the one: the coach who will finally achieve what no Vikings head coach ever has. Look how good he is at making shitty QBs serviceable for the first four months of any given season, and tell me that I’m wrong.

LOL Drew: All Kevin O’Connell does is win one-score games. His offense is so complex that WR Justin Jefferson went to him in the middle of last season and begged him to stop forcing Darnold to recite entire Tolstoy novels in the huddle. The second a run play fails, he goes air raid for the rest of the game. Every screen play he draws up results in the running back getting his shit ruined the second he catches the ball, three yards behind the line of scrimmage. He calls trick plays at the exact wrong time, and they always result in one of our backs throwing the ball to a wide open safety. Oh, and he got absolutely schooled by Brian Daboll in his first playoff game, then schooled even harder by old boss Sean McVay in his second go at it.

So who gives a fuck if the NFLPA gives KOC an A++++ every offseason? Nice wins nothing. Ask Andy Reid, who waterboards his players for the entire month of August and reaps the benefits come the New Year. Every year, I hear KOC tell media that the Vikings are gonna have a more physical play style, and every year, better teams cut through them like wrapping paper.

Your defensive coordinator is Brian Flores, who gets even better press than O’Connell even though his scheme is even more bespoke than the offense’s. Vic Fangio just won a title by pressing X on the Madden playcalling menu 600 times in a row. By contrast, Flores blitzes more often than a Panzer tank and wows the universe by lining up safeties at DT, only for skilled OCs to solve his crazy baby riddles by season’s end. He’s handsome Dom Capers.

Your quarterback: Would-be savior J.J. McCarthy, who has the entire franchise, not to mention the entire state of Minnesota, behind him. I too have fully bought into the kid. I love his arm talent. I love that he can throw on the run. I love the hint of moxie he gives off in press conferences. And I love what I’ve heard about the kid all through training camp. Did you know that McCarthy went directly to Flores and asked him questions about how to recognize certain defensive tendencies? What other young QB is gonna take that kind of initiative? This is the guy. The one. We’re not gonna win just one Super Bowl with J.J. McCarthy, but many of them. Look at the kid’s composure in the pocket this preseason and tell me I’m wrong.

LOL Drew: Well, McCarthy’s never played a single down in the NFL, and he only threw a grand total of 12 passes throughout his college career at Michigan. He’s also coming off a full meniscus repair that sidelined him all last season and cut his weight down to Christian Bale getting into character for The Machinist. He has trouble throwing out-breaking routes, which is exactly the kind of route that Jefferson specializes in. I spent six years trying to convince myself that Kirk Cousins could rise above his inherent flaws. I will spend double that amount of time doing likewise with J.J. McCarthy.

Minnesota elected to roll with the kid over Darnold, and even a very eager Aaron Rodgers, because they believe in him. Teams believed in Sam Bradford, too. It means nothing. You can do everything right and earn every Scout badge from the coaching staff, but you can still suck shit through a straw once the lights come on. But I’ve chosen to ignore all of that, because this is the first top-10 QB the Vikings have ever drafted. If you cheer for the Jaguars or Browns, you know firsthand that a top-10 QB is a 50/50 proposition at best. But my naive ass is sitting here all like, “This kid is special! He just has IT!” The only reason I feel better than I ever have about the Vikings’ long-term plan is because this is the first time they’ve ever had any long-term plan. Please shit on my face.

Behind McCarthy is Seattle castoff Sam Howell, who’s so fucking awful that the team is probably going to trade for his replacement as this preview goes live. Behind Howell is Brett Rypien, who’s even worse. Behind Rypien is UDFA Max Brosmer, who played one season at U-Minnesota. Fans here will be calling for him to start the second they see McCarthy buckle under pressure.

What’s new that sucks: I am so fucking hyped for this updated roster. Newly extended GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah was just as sick as I was of watching the Vikings make the same fuckups every year. So he put on his Finance Wizard cape in March and rebuilt the interior of both lines entirely. Our new defensive interior includes monster DTs Jonathan Allen and Javon Hargrave. Our new O-line features former Colts teammates Will Fries and Ryan Kelly, plus OSU first-rounder Donovan Jackson. And if that wasn’t enough, Kwesi also yoinked RB Jordan Mason from the 49ers so that this team can make its first short-yardage conversion in 70 years. They also re-upped Byron Murphy as their CB1 and paired him with former Eagle Isaiah Rodgers, the latter of whom Flores personally scouted and vouched for. From top to bottom, this is one of the best rosters in the league. Look at the depth chart and tell me I’m wrong.

LOL Drew: Run that first string of wideouts by me again:

A portion of the depth chart showing that justin jefferson and jordan addison and jalen nailor are all injured or suspended
If the season is two weeks away and your team is openly, desperately hoping that Carolina will give you Adam Thielen for a Day 3 pick swap, that’s probably not a good sign. Jefferson tweaked his hammy on the second day of camp and hasn’t practiced since. WR Jordan Addison is out until Week 4 with a drunk Ferrari ride. That leaves WR Jalen Nailor as the best option left. A season ago, Nailor graduated from “guy who always gets hurt in camp” to “guy who isn’t all that good.” He just got hurt in camp. The cupboard is barren after that. Rondale Moore, the guy Minnesota hoped might add needed depth to that room, suffered a season-ending knee injury in the preseason for the second straight year. Dagger. Jefferson says he’ll be ready for the MNF opener at Chicago, but I’ve met that man’s hamstrings before. They’re more tender than a slab of wagyu just off the fire.

As for that free-agent haul of linemen I salivated over up above, every single one of those players is either old, coming off an injury, or both. Kelly is an enormous upgrade over former C Garrett Bradbury, but if he goes down, we’re right back to the same problem the Vikings have had since 2017. And with DT Harrison Phillips traded to the Jets, the team is now reliant on unheralded guys like Jalen Redmond and Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins if the Allen/Hargrave duo can’t last 17 games. Did I also mention that star edge Andrew Van Ginkel has been MIA at practice for weeks now with an undisclosed injury? Or that the undisputed CB3 is Jeff Okudah? “Oh wow, Jeff Okudah has a kid in the league already?” you’re asking. No, that’s just Jeff Okudah. Stephon Gilmore will be back in the building by Labor Day.

More than any other team, last year’s Vikings prospered thanks to their opponents dropping an uncommon number of passes and committing an uncommon number of penalties against them. That sort of good fortune happens when you play both South divisions. The schedule isn’t anywhere near as welcoming this time around.

Everyone is being weird about the team’s male cheerleaders. We still don’t have a punt returner. Ivan Pace couldn’t cover the pass even if he were playing touch football. Dallas Turner is the worst kind of bust: a bust that still gets playing time. Lewis Cine has a Super Bowl ring.

What has always sucked: I just spent 2,000-plus words picking nits. Other fans would love to have the kind of problems the Vikings have. We’ve got the roster, the coaches, the owners, the training staff, and the front office all working in sync together. That’s no delusion. Ask around. The Vikings have managed to be one of the winningest franchises in NFL history despite never fully having their shit together. They’ve got their shit together now, which portends nothing but great things. Tell me I’m wrong.

LOL Drew: These are the Vikings. There. Argument over. The Vikings exist to look good before the gallows floor drops out on them. The reason I picked all of those nits is because those are the things that always, always, come back to bite this team in the ass in the end. The only Eagles and Falcons this team will ever beat are the ones that suicide themselves against the stadium’s glass roof. Our best QB ever is either a guy who played before Kennedy was shot, or one magical season from a washed-up Randall Cunningham.

I make fun of Wisconsinites for the looks, but our fans are just as liable to walk around the stadium concourse with their crooked-ass toes reaching out from their Tevas. They’re also allergic to confidence and will suffer a nervous breakdown the second that Will Reichard misses another figgie from inside 45 yards. And I can be like, “Well, I’m not like THOSE fans,” but I am. I’m not even a coherent Vikings fan. Watch for yourself. Pick on the Vikings and I turn into a WhineBot 5000 who attempts to make 20 different points all at the same time. Every time I think I’m right about the Vikings, everyone else turns out to be.

And guess what? I’m a hair away from 50. I am running out of time to see the Vikings win the NFC, much less the Super Bowl. So when I tell you this is finally our time, it’s just me trying to deny the Reaper lurking over in the corner, ready to take me out as surely as he’ll take out the kid’s other meniscus. I’m too dumb to recognize that my entire life as a sports fan has been a sunk cost, and I’ll only smarten up once I’m in the dirt. Fuck me. Maybe I should start drinking again.

The Eagles own us in perpetuity. The Twins should have been contracted. The Wolves are just as disappointing come playoff time as the Vikings are. Wild rice is profoundly overrated.

What might not suck: Here’s the one place I’m not delusional: The Vikings have some of the absolute best people still working the beat: Matthew Coller, Emily Leiker, Ben Goessling, Andrew Krammer, Kevin Seifert, old man Reusse, Judd Zulgad and the Purple Daily crew, Arif Hasan, and more. It doesn’t matter if they’re national, local, or independent. All of these people know their shit and make the Vikings a joy to follow. I even love Paul Allen, even though everyone outside of Minneapolis can’t stand him.

Also, the kid is for real. We’re winning the Super Bowl. I’m not wrong. Fuck you.

IT'S BEEN CONFIRMED...IT'S NOT JUST FAN CONJECTURE.

Panthers extend Taylor Moton; Vikings inquire about Adam Thielen
Aug 22, 2025, 10:52 AM ET

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Carolina Panthers have extended the contract of right tackle Taylor Moton through the 2027 season, the team announced on Friday.

Moton, 31, received a two-year, $44 million deal with $40 million guaranteed, the Win Sports Group told ESPN's Adam Schefter.

Sources also told Schefter the Minnesota Vikings have reached out to Carolina about trading for wide receiver Adam Thielen, 35, who is in the last year of his contract.

Thielen is from Minnesota and spent his first 10 seasons with the Vikings before signing with Carolina in 2023. The Vikings are looking for insurance with Jordan Addison serving a three-game suspension to start the season and Jalen Nailor dealing with a hand injury.

Carolina also has a crowded wide receiver room. Thielen is one of three starters with 2025 first-round pick Tetairoa McMillan and 2024 first-round pick Xavier Legette.

Behind them is 2021 Pro Bowler Hunter Renfrow, trying to make a comeback after missing last season with ulcerative colitis, an autoimmune condition that forced the Las Vegas Raiders to release him after the 2023 season. He could fit right into Thielen's role.

Carolina also has Jalen Coker, David Moore, rookie Jimmy Horn Jr. and Brycen Tremayne, who had a solid training camp.

Panthers coach Dave Canales said he will let general manager Dan Morgan handle any discussions about Thielen or anybody else.

"I'm focused on our team, and Adam's a part of that,'' he said. "We have a lot to talk about the next couple of days in terms of the roster. ... It's just until the conversations really get real, there's nothing to talk about other than that for us.''

LSU football head coach Brian Kelly said on his weekly radio show Thursday that the Tigers' 2025 roster costs "about $18 million" this year.

Reed Darcey of The Advocate relayed the news on from Kelly, further noting that the funds are a combination of NIL (name, image and likeness) funds and money that collegiate athletic departments can now share with student-athletes following the House settlement.

Darcey also provided more insight on how LSU has spent its funds over the past few years.

"LSU spent $5.5 million on the roster last season, the general counsel of Bayou Traditions previously told The Advocate, and $11 million over the previous three years combined. The Tigers went 9-4 last year during Kelly's third season.

"As a result of the landmark House settlement, teams now have more money to spend. Schools across the country can share up to $20.5 million with their players during the 2025-26 academic year.

"LSU, like many in the SEC, allocated $13.5 million for its football program. Kelly and general manager Austin Thomas previously said that money will be split between the 2025 and 2026 teams because payments operate on the academic calendar."

LSU sports the No. 1 transfer class this year, per 247Sports. That group includes 12 4-star transfers. The Tigers also have the 10th-best incoming high school class of 2025, per the 247Sports Composite ranking.

The Tigers clearly went to work recently, hoping to break into the 12-team College Football Playoff after falling well short last season. Of note, the Tigers didn't even land in the final 25-team CFP ranking. LSU finished the year 9-4 (5-3 SEC) with a win over Baylor in the Texas Bowl.

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Vikings players still fighting for their spot on a roster — either the Vikings’ or another team’s — have quite the stage to do so Friday night in their preseason finale against the Titans in Nashville: The Vikings’ first road trip is a nationally televised game (7 p.m., CBS).

“Always a good operation to go through that as a team, and what it’s like at the hotel and meetings and walk-throughs and things like that‚” Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell said Monday. “Looking forward to seeing our team dialed in and coming off of what was a really positive week last week for the growth of what we’re trying to become.”

Many questions remain entering Friday’s game, with the Vikings’ wide receiver room leading our list of what to watch after a week of highs and lows:

1. Time for a WR to take their ‘opp’
This week, Vikings star receiver Justin Jefferson returned to practice for the first time since late July and seems on track to play Week 1.
But Jalen Nailor was absent all week dealing with a hand injury, and more potential trouble came Wednesday as both Jordan Addison and rookie Tai Felton exited a camp-closing scrimmage early with what appeared to be hand/arm injuries.

The Vikings have already been planning for an Addison absence, as he’s suspended for the first three games of the season. If Nailor is not ready to go against the Bears on Sept. 8 (O’Connell called Nailor “week-to-week”), the No. 2 receiver spot alongside Jefferson is wide open.

For someone currently in the building to take that spot, they need to seize the opportunity Friday night with a big performance.

“I think there’s ability in that room,” offensive coordinator Wes Phillips said Wednesday. “There’s a lot of good, young football players. The thing with young football players is they just need an opp. ... We’ve got some guys that have shown, I think, enough, throughout training camp and the preseason to say that it’s not gonna be too big for ‘em.”

Only one receiver, Myles Price, has caught a touchdown through the Vikings’ first two preseason games. Tim Jones, who leads the team with 68 receiving yards, boasts the longest reception at 28 yards. No receiver has more than five total receptions.

2. Which QBs will see time?
It’s unknown whether the Vikings will play all three quarterbacks behind J.J. McCarthy on the depth chart again or how they will divide time.

Last year, the Vikings played only two quarterbacks in their preseason finale against the Eagles. Jaren Hall took the bulk of the reps and made the initial 53-man roster, but the Vikings waived him and added Brett Rypien two days later.

Sam Howell split reps with McCarthy in the team’s Wednesday scrimmage, which could be an indication the team doesn’t plan to play him Friday. But he’s also coming off a performance with just one completion and an interception last weekend.

After the 20-12 loss to the Patriots, O’Connell said he’s still learning what each of Howell, Rypien and rookie Max Brosmer can do.

“There’s a reason why we’re playing all three of them,” O’Connell said. “As far as, like, what that means, and the overall competition, I think I would just say it’s still open, and we’re trying to figure out what that room is going to look like for the season.”


3. New face in the mix for returns
Vikings special teams coordinator Matt Daniels acknowledged Wednesday some of the mistakes young players trying out roles within his phase of the game have made through two preseason games. He said decision-making is one of the key factors in determining who, if anyone, from the current crop of kick and punt returners earns the jobs in the regular season.

The Vikings continued to try different combinations on both return units during practice this week, with running back Zavier Scott entering the mix as a potential candidate.

Scott is ”an explosive guy,” Daniels said. “Can break tackles, stick his foot in the ground and get vertical. So we kind of see him as a guy who could possibly be a threat back there.”

4. Last look before cuts
The deadline for NFL teams to cut their rosters to 53 players is 3 p.m. Central on Tuesday.

The Vikings sat at least 31 players last week against the Patriots, including some players in No. 3 or role-player spots like cornerback Jeff Okudah and safety Theo Jackson.

While defensive lineman Harrison Phillips was dealt to the Jets in a trade Wednesday night, most, if not all, of the players who have been rested should have roster spots locked up.

That leaves about 23 active roster spots and 17 practice squad spots (including their International Pathway player, punter Oscar Chapman) for the Vikings to fill out.

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Quote:Wide Retriever!

How high is J.J. McCarthy’s confidence? ‘The highest it’s ever been,’ says the Vikings QB.


The following three receivers were running with quarterback J.J. McCarthy and the Vikings’ first-team offense by the end of a two-hour scrimmage that closed training camp on Wednesday and sent the Vikings into their preseason finale at Tennessee on Friday:

Jeshaun Jones, Lucky Jackson and Thayer Thomas.

Combined NFL games: Three, all belonging to Jackson.

Combined NFL regular-season or postseason catches: Zero, zilch, nada.

All-world receiver Justin Jefferson was held out of the scrimmage as another precaution and all indications are he is healthy and ready to go for the Sept. 8 season opener at Chicago.

Rondale Moore is on injured reserve. Jalen Nailor has a hand injury and wasn’t at practice. And then …

Rookie third-round pick Tai Felton went down with a hand or arm injury during the scrimmage and didn’t return. And then …

Jordan Addison, who has had an excellent training camp but is suspended by the NFL for the first three games, went down with a left hand or arm injury and didn’t return.

The injuries to Felton and Addison did not immediately appear to be serious, but still, it continues to not be a good or healthy summer for Vikings receivers.

So, Mr. McCarthy, are you as concerned about your receiver depth as the rest of Vikings Nation?

“I have no concern at all,” the second-year QB said. “I absolutely love our room. At the end of the day, I trust [coach Kevin O’Connell] and [General Manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah] to make the right decision and do whatever is best for this football team.”

The scrimmage featured several different situations, from red-zone work to second-and-longs to third downs to the offense backed up at its own 1-yard line. McCarthy completed 27 of 35 passes (77.1%), but don’t get too excited since most of the throws were dinks and dunks, a few of which might have been sacks had it been a fully live competition.

McCarthy completed 17 of 24 passes against the first-team defense and 10 of 11 against the second-team defense. The highlight was going 4 of 6 with two touchdowns against the No. 1 defense in the red zone. The touchdowns went to Jackson and Addison, who made an excellent contested grab over cornerback Isaiah Rodgers.

As for the deep ball, well … what deep ball? There were some mid-range completions over the middle but the only deep-ball completion — to running back Aaron Jones — was negated by penalty.

Offensive coordinator Wes Phillips spoke before the scrimmage and was asked if anything about McCarthy’s first full training camp had surprised him.

“Well,” he said, “we drafted him. We thought he was good. So that has not been a surprise.

“All of the intangible stuff outside of playing the position on the field is part of what attracted us to J.J. in the first place. He’s been phenomenal in that aspect. He’s going to learn and make some mistakes throughout just experience in our system. But he doesn’t make the same mistake twice.”

McCarthy finished training camp with a high level of confidence despite having never taken a snap in an NFL regular-season game.

How high?

“Extremely high; the highest it’s ever been,” he said. “I feel like just looking at the guys around me and the coaching staff, that gives me all the confidence in the world.

“Knowing I have God at my back, at all of our backs, I just feel like I get goose bumps right now thinking about it. Extremely confident in the way we attack every day, put in the work. The rest is going to take care of itself. Having that confidence level as a precursor of the work that we put in, it really makes me excited.”

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A bullet broke through the glass of an office at the Chiefs’ practice facility last summer, multiple sources told The Star.

Inside the office at the time: Andy Reid.

Reid, the 67-year-old head coach of three Super Bowl-winning teams in Kansas City, was not struck or injured by the gunshot, and neither was anyone else, according to a spokesperson for the Kansas City Police Department.

But the most prominent active head coach in the NFL now works protected by bulletproof glass, sources said, a safety measure installed soon after.

Several sources have confirmed the May 2024 event to The Star. It had previously not been widely known in the 15 months after its occurrence — even among those in the building. For many Chiefs players and staff, The Star’s report will be the first they have learned of the gunfire that hit the facility.

Reid was working alone in his practice facility office in early May 2024 when a bullet fired from outside the building penetrated the glass and shot a hole through the window and blinds. The bullet lodged in a wall between his bathroom and the entry door to his office.

That’s roughly 15 feet from Reid’s desk — the approximate distance between a 15-month well-kept secret and a stunning tragedy.

No arrests or charges have been made in the case. The investigation is ongoing, including the location from where the shots originated, according to Kansas City Police Department spokesperson Capt. Jacob Becchina, who said “there is no indication this was a targeted incident at any person or organization.”

“Because the building was occupied at the time of the bullet coming through the window, the case is being investigated as an aggravated assault,” Becchina said.

Two other bullets struck the facility during the gunfire — one hitting the third floor, one floor above Reid’s office, and another an outdoor air conditioning unit, sources said.

The Chiefs declined comment for this story.

The gunfire occurred shortly after midnight on the morning of May 4, 2024, according to a sparse incident report provided by the Kansas City Police Department and obtained by The Star through the Missouri Sunshine Law. The officers who arrived at the scene in the early morning hours of May 4 spoke with overnight security, who informed them someone “heard a noise and observed what appeared to be a bullet hole in a window,” Becchina said.

The department refused to provide further investigative or supplemental reports, citing the ongoing investigation.

The episode comes at a time in which the Chiefs have established a world-wide profile, with their games and star players increasing their international footprint. They are the subjects of a new ESPN documentary and have recently begun to refer to themselves as “the world’s team.”

Reid is at the epicenter of that, a franchise turnaround coinciding with his arrival from Philadelphia in 2013.

His office sits on the second floor of the three-story practice facility, overlooking the team’s three practice fields to the north side. The facility resides inside the Truman Sports Complex, a stone’s throw from GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium.

The facility, which includes the team’s front office and corporate offices, has a security guard on site 24 hours per day, according to the organization. The Chiefs have said in the past that the safety and security of their employees remains a top priority.

Within the last couple of months, the team has increased the amount of perimeter fencing surrounding the three practice fields. The facility is monitored by several cameras.

As the team analyzes its stadium future, weighing options in Missouri and Kansas with a lease set to expire in 2031, it also is mulling the future of its practice facility — including whether to remain at its current address east of downtown or move across the state line, or to a different location in Missouri.

It is not unusual for Reid to work deep into the night inside his office there, even into the early morning hours. It has become a habit that he considers part of the job — a job in which he has enjoyed immense success, particularly recently.

Just three months before gunfire pierced his office window, Reid led the Chiefs to their third Super Bowl in a five-year span and first NFL championship repeat in two decades. And nine months after the shooting incident, he led the Chiefs back to the NFL’s championship game.

He is the fourth-winningest coach in league history. His 301 total victories are 100 more than anyone else currently leading an NFL franchise.

This story was originally published August 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM.

source: Kansas City Star