SEPT 29 WHERE'S ADAMS? Davante Adams hurt his hamstring late in the week and so he will not play for the Raiders on Sunday against the Browns. But something about this doesn't feel right.
ESPN's Adam Schefter is going to unusual lengths to assure his audience that the injury has nothing to do with the Adams trade rumors, saying that the team's own comments about making "business decisions'' then "led to speculation the Raiders would consider trading Adams, but that is not currently an option - nor was it last summer.''
With all due respect to ESPN: We're not sure that "last summer'' has anything to do with a Raiders situation that today has them considering a QB change while "making business decisions'' with the possibility of a loss to Cleveland dropping them to 1-3.
"Last summer'' was then. This is now. Stay tuned.
SEPT 29 CHUBB COMEBACK? The Cleveland Browns are reportedly about to open the window for the return of rehabbing running back Nick Chubb.
Chubb is eligible to come off his injury list and return to practice this week. He's been on PUP while working his way back from last year's devastating knee injury in Week 2.
The Browns will not hurry this, as once Chubb is designated to return to practice, the club will have three weeks to reinstate him to their active roster. And if he doesn't make it back in the window? He's out for the entire season. So again ... caution is required here.
SEPT 28 BIG MOVE? The Kansas City Chiefs are without starting running back Isiah Pacheco due to a fractured fibula. That has CBS Sports suggesting that the defending back-to-back Super Bowl winners might need to make a roster move.
But we think they might've already done it.
CBS Sports is listing each team's "biggest needs'' entering Week 4, and they think the issue in KC is the running back position.
Factually, though, we've already seen Steele step up in a big way in Week 3 against the Atlanta Falcons, and we have coach Andy Reid offering hints about what Hunt might eventually do.
Reid has a "do more with less'' tradition here: Solid running backs as complementary pieces. In that sense, the "big move'' might be a little one ... the Chiefs' re-signing of ex-Browns back Hunt.
SEPT 26 SHOCKER! It is possible that Kansas City Chiefs running back Kareem Hunt - the Browns ex who this week signed back up with his original employer in KC as Isiah Pacheco will be out for 6-8 weeks with a fractured fibula - will simply serve as a third-string helper while making no real impact in that team's chase for a third straight Super Bowl. Or ...
"I'm excited to go help shock the world and show them I've still got it," Hunt said.
Indeed, Hunt "shocking the world'' would be a story.
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SEPT 24 KAREEM GETS CALL The Chiefs are down a man in the backfield due to the Isiah Pacheco injury and now have turned to help from a Browns ex.
The Chiefs have signed Kareem Hunt to their 53-man roster, lifting him up from the practice squad.
Hunt was an NFL rushing champion here as a rookie before getting embroiled in a behavioral controversy. ... and then landing with Cleveland.
He was recently brought back to Kansas City as a "street free agent'' and now he will get a chance to chase a ring as the Chiefs are trying to win a third straight Super Bowl.
SEPT 23 DOWN The Cleveland Browns dropped to 1-2 with a loss to the Giants on Sunday and the offensive line giving up sacks remains a major problem.
Troubling to fans, we're sure: As this is no longer a secret (see below), what is the front office going to do about it?