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The Kansas City Chiefs' offense was set to get a major boost from Clyde Edwards-Helaire. It hasn't worked out, as one choice on Tuesday demonstrated.
NFL.com reports that the Chiefs do not intend to exercise the running back's $5.5 million fifth-year option for the 2024 campaign. Barring a trade or release, he will stay with the Chiefs for one season before entering the free agent market.
The choice was made the day after Chiefs General Manager Brett Veach lavishly lauded Edwards-Helaire in response to a question on the fifth-year option deadline on Wednesday. Importantly, he did not express any preferences.
Edwards-Helaire was selected by the Chiefs 32nd overall in the 2020 NFL Draft out of LSU. As a member of one of the most talented teams in college football history, which also included Joe Burrow, Justin Jefferson, and Ja'Marr Chase, he recorded 1,867 yards from scrimmage and 17 touchdowns in his junior season before joining the league.
Edwards-Helaire, an elusive back with considerable receiving experience, seemed like the ideal partner for Patrick Mahomes. After his rookie season, in which he amassed 1,100 yards from scrimmage and five touchdowns in 13 games, he seemed to be headed in the right direction.
But for 5-foot-7, 207-pound running back Edwards-Helaire, who is one of the smaller players in the NFL, injuries started to crop up frequently. In his rookie season, he missed three games due to hip and ankle injuries. In 2021, he missed five games due to an MCL sprain, and in 2022, he missed the last seven regular-season games due to an ankle injury. He was categorized as inactive despite being activated in time for Super Bowl LVII.
Even last season, when Edwards-Helaire participated, he experienced a considerably reduced role. And when he was out, the Chiefs' winning Super Bowl one-two punch consisted of rookie Isiah Pacheco and veteran Jerick McKinnon, both of whom the Chiefs re-signed on Tuesday. That apparently left the Chiefs with little justification for long-term retention of a former first-round pick.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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