Sam McDowell

But like this, there's also a football aspect to this story.

very much secondary to what we discussed last week.

But there is a football aspect of this, which is the Chiefs can't afford to build their offense around him, knowing that they probably would like him to be their top weapon because Travis Kelsey is likely entering his final season, entering a year in which you didn't even know if he would come back.

At this time last year, I think I would have said a year ago would have been Travis Kelsey's last year.

So it's long been time to find a new number one option in your offense.

And as the Chiefs ask themselves the question you just asked of who's the guy...

that's where the football aspect of this whole story comes into play, which is he's been unreliable and unavailable for you.

On and off the field.

Yes, and some of it is out of his control, having Patrick Mahomes run into him on an interception return in L.A.,

Much of it's been within his control, and that's been the instance of the last couple years.

Are they giving him plans for rehab?

I mean, what can he do there?

What is their understanding of what he can do?

That's the type of stuff I don't know that we will get a lot of intel to it.

But, yeah, they're certainly worthy questions.

Yes.

Well, I appreciate you having those.

Yeah.

Nowhere near me right now.

Yeah, I mean, I think there's several factors at play, so it's hard to pin it on just one thing.