The Kansas City Chiefs are releasing wide receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling, which will save $12 million against their salary cap.

Valdes-Scantling played two seasons with the Chiefs after signing as a free agent from the Green Bay Packers. He caught 42 passes in 2022 and 21 last season but often had his biggest moments in the playoffs.

Rashee Rice was the Chiefs' leading pass catcher in 2023 with 79.

The Kansas City Chiefs are preparing to use the franchise tag on L'Jarius Sneed and are open to a trade if no long-term deal is reached.

Sneed is agreeable to the scenario, which gives him a chance to talk with other teams while the Chiefs remain in play for his services for the 2024 season. 

The Chiefs are expected to use the nonexclusive franchise tag, which would cost about $19 million for the 2024 season.

Sneed had his best season ever in 2023 as one of the best cornerbacks in the NFL.

The Kansas City Chiefs and Andy Reid are expected to begin negotiations in the coming weeks on a new contract.

The new deal should make Reid the highest-paid coach in football, according to sources.

Chiefs general manager Brett Veach is also in line for a new deal, replacing the final two years on the contracts he and Reid signed following the 2019 season after the Chiefs' win in Super Bowl LIV.

Former Washington Commanders offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy is finalizing a two-year deal to join UCLA's staff as the Bruins' associate head coach/offensive coordinator, sources told ESPN on Saturday night.

The move marks a significant hire for new UCLA coach DeShaun Foster, who intends to forge an NFL identity with the Bruins. It also marks a homecoming for Bieniemy, who grew up in the area and was a Bruins assistant from 2003 to 2005.

"Southern California," Bieniemy wrote in an email Saturday.

The Chiefs signed punter Matt Araiza, who was dismissed in December from a lawsuit alleging the rape of a 17-year-old girl in 2021.

"We are grateful to Brett Veach, coach Reid and the @Chiefs organization for giving Matt this opportunity," agent Joe Linta wrote on X.

Tommy Townsend, the Chiefs' punter in each of the past four seasons, is scheduled to be an unrestricted free agent next month. Townsend was first-team All-Pro and selected for the Pro Bowl in 2022.

Antonio Pierce says his Raiders will be channeling the "Bad Boy" Detroit Pistons when they play Patrick Mahomes' Chiefs as long as he is Las Vegas' head coach.

In a recent episode of Maxx Crosby's "The Rush" podcast, Pierce discussed how he got his team ready to play the Chiefs before they pulled off their 20-14 Christmas Day upset in Kansas City, which was the Chiefs' last loss of the season before they went on to win Super Bowl LVIII.

The audio of Travis Kelce's famous sideline confrontation with Andy Reid during Super Bowl LVIII may never see the light of day.

Even though NFL Films had microphones everywhere for the game, Ryan Glasspiegel of the New York Post reports that the raw audio of whatever Kelce said to Reid will be buried, likely for good.

The NFL Films footage including video, but not audio, of the Kelce-Reid confrontation was used on Inside the NFL.

Two adults have been charged with murder in last week's mass shooting that killed one person and injured 22 others near the end of the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl parade, according to Missouri prosecutors.

Lyndell Mays, of Raytown, Missouri, and Dominic Miller, of Kansas City, Missouri, are both charged with second-degree murder, two counts of armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon.

According to court documents, the two men were strangers who pulled out guns and began firing within seconds of starting an argument.

Both men were shot, and they have been hospitalized since the shooting.

Travis Kelce is exploring a variety of non-football projects, according to a report.

Per the report, "Kelce and his team are considering movie roles, developing unscripted shows for the star, exploring comedy opportunities and pursuing product endorsements."

White Locus producer David Bernad flew to Kansas City recently to talk to Kelce about a reality show that he hopes to produce and to appear in.

The Kansas City Chiefs have picked up an option on the contract of Chris Jones, which both pays the defensive tackle the $4.25 million he earned in incentives, but also gives the club the right to place the franchise tag on him.

If he is not tagged, then Jones will hit free agency. 

Jones held out for 51 days this offseason due to his contract situation, and even missed the regular-season opener against the Detroit Lions.