Author: Andy Knapp

Former Kansas City Chiefs QB Len Dawson, who helped KC win its first Super Bowl in 1970 and played against the Green Bay Packers in the first big game passed away yesterday at age 87. Beginnings Dawson started his career with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1957, still long before Pittsburgh would become its dominant self in the 1970s. The first two years in the Burgh weren’t great for Dawson- only playing a combined 7 games in 1957 and 1958. In 1959, he played in 12 games, but that would end up being his last playing season in the Steel City.…

The 2021 national champion Georgia Bulldogs ate up 7 of the 100 spots on ESPN’s list of the top 100 college football players for 2022. Here’s the representatives for the Dawgs that appear in the first half. #6: DT Jalen Carter Carter is the Dawgs’ highest-ranking player who in his sophomore season in 2021 racked up 17 solo tackles with 20 assisted, 8.5 tackles for loss, and 3 total sacks. Carter played in 14 of the 15 games for Georgia last year as well, a major upgrade from his mere 8 starts his freshman year in 2020. His tackle for…

The Kansas City Chiefs added another piece to their defensive line, signing journeyman defensive tackle Danny Shelton to a 1-year contract on Wednesday for an undisclosed amount. Shelton was a 2015 first-round pick by the Cleveland Browns out of Washington, where he spent 3 years in Cleveland before spending at least a couple of years each with the Patriots, Lions, and Giants. In total, he has logged 6 sacks, 278 combined tackles, 138 of those being solo efforts, and another 17 for losses. Shelton joins cornerback Trent McDuffie on the Chiefs, another Washington Huskies product, as a defensive player drafted…

Former Georgia running back Lars Tate died this past Monday at the age of 56 after a battle with stage 3 throat cancer. His diagnosis came last month and was to begin chemo this very week. Tate’s History Tate played for the Bulldogs from 1984 to 1987. He racked up 36 total touchdowns for the Dawgs in a 4-year career, totaling just over 3000 rushing yards during that time. He also helped Georgia establish itself as RBU, making the school well-known among others for its production of star running backs. Tate’s 3,017 total rushing yards are 6th-most in school history.…

The Kansas City Chiefs have signed veteran defensive end Carlos Dunlap to an $8 million dollar deal in their quest to find a solid pass rusher for the 2022 season. The Breakdown of Dunlap Dunlap was a second-round draft pick out of Florida in 2010 and played the majority of his 13-year NFL career with the Cincinnati Bengals. As the 2020 season progressed, however, he had a desire to leave Cincinnati after less playing time. This is why 2020 and 2021 saw him play on the Seattle Seahawks. During his career, Dunlap has accumulated 539 total tackles, 96 sacks, 21…

The Georgia Bulldogs spent $80 million to upgrade their football facility after spending $90 million on stadium upgrades in 2020. The Georgia Rundown Half of the $80 million came from the team’s budget while $40 million came from donations from private parties. HOK is the primary designer of the building, which features 3 separate floor levels on the initial walk-in. The design creates three floors of high-performance training experiences for student-athletes and coaches. There is also a new indoor practice field. The first level of the facility includes a locker room with a private player’s lounge, equipment room, therapy pools,…

Kansas City Chiefs LT Orlando Brown Jr. will play the 2022 NFL season on the Chiefs’ franchise tag after he and the team failed to reach an agreement before the contract deadline last Friday. The Chiefs’ final offer to Brown was a six-year, $139 million deal, and Brown this season will earn $16.6 million on the franchise tag, which is the average of the top five salaries at his position. Brown isn’t the only player in the league that will play on the franchise tag in 2022. Dolphins TEs Dalton Schultz and Mike Gesiciki plus Bengals safety Jessie Bates III…

The Georgia Bulldogs are looking to finish atop the SEC East this season. Only 10 of the Dawgs’ big starters are coming back in 2022. But there is no need for concern in Athens. Coach Kirby Smart’s team will still have many offensive and defensive stars. The Georgia Bulldogs Breakdown The Dawgs ranked 3rd in college football in spring recruiting this year, finishing only behind Alabama and Texas A&M. The Bulldogs’ #1 SEC defense last season held teams to an average of 10.2 PPG and 4.2 yards per play. Overall, Georgia had the SEC’s best defense and the top defense…

Andy Reid enters his 10th season at the helm of the Kansas City Chiefs as head coach. In that time, he has taken the Chiefs from a near-bottom-of-the-barrel standings spot to a perennial Super Bowl contender in just the last few years. But for all his successes, Reid has never achieved one thing that most coaches dream of. It’s not just winning the Super Bowl, which he’s done once, it’s winning the league’s Coach of the Year, arguably an even harder accomplishment than winning the Big Game. How Andy Reid Has Fared Previously in Coach of the Year Voting Reid…