What’s Wright - Best Of - What's wrong with Lamar Jackson? Chiefs LEAVING Kansas City, NFL Week 17 Picks | Nick Wright

That nightmare season just got spicier—after those ugly losses, word is the Chiefs could jump to Kansas in 2030; how are you taking that?

When folks say Kansas City, they usually mean the Missouri side; I grew up a block off State Line, so trust me, this isn’t a real relocation. They’re shifting about twenty minutes west and staying in the metro, like the Niners in Santa Clara or the Pats in Foxboro.

As a Missourian, I hate seeing them cross the line, but I don’t hate that Missouri refused to be held hostage by owners. Big markets should never pay for stadiums; in mid-markets it’s tougher, and the border setup let Kansas throw a record subsidy without a true move threat.

That same border war has long let companies hop fifteen minutes for tax breaks that add no jobs, just move them on paper.

Football-wise, the dome planned for 2031 helps late-career Mahomes, but I hate watching weather get scrubbed out of the sport. And no, a roof won’t put Kansas City in a regular Super Bowl rotation; that show belongs to places like New Orleans, Miami, and Vegas.

I love domes; snow games are cool, but I want peak performance.

To me, football’s an outdoor game, and greatness includes mastering wind, cold, and rain as part of team building. Taking that away doesn’t purify it; it flattens it.

Think any teams will hold out on the roof trend?

Buffalo’s new stadium is open air, and I can’t see Green Bay abandoning the elements either.

The new build cuts capacity from about eighty thousand to around sixty-eight thousand, so I hope they engineer the noise and keep tailgating sacred. It’ll always feel like Arrowhead to me, naming rights or not.

Ravens-Patriots went sideways: Lamar left with a rib issue, we collapsed, and now the playoff shot looks thin—bigger deal for Baltimore or New England?

For the Pats, that was a grow-up game for Drake Maye—rough start, then a gorgeous deep shot, a pylon dime, and a fourth-and-two laser to set up the finish. Beating a heavyweight after that soft stretch says they’re legit and they’ve got their quarterback.

Feels like Maye’s going to be around a long time.

I think he’s a top-five guy in the making. As for Baltimore, they blew another big lead, Harbaugh’s getting hammered for the Henry usage, and the Lamar situation was odd—day-to-day by Monday, yet no attempt to return in what was essentially an elimination half.

There’s a pattern of mistimed injuries and illnesses that doesn’t question his toughness but does raise availability concerns, and I wonder if he’s just over Harbaugh. Given multiple years as favorites with only two playoff wins, a new era feels inevitable.

Zay Flowers is electric, but secure the ball and stop bouncing backward in crunch time.

He’s promised to tighten it up, but the biggest fumbles stick—and hey, congrats on the Pro Bowl.

Best bets this week: Cowboys minus six and a half at Washington, Jaguars minus six and a half at Indy, Steelers minus four at Cleveland, Bills minus two and a half hosting Philly, and Bears plus three at San Francisco. Grab favorites early before lines climb.