Douglas ClawsonAug 19, 2026
A CBS Sports piece on the Chiefs' offensive decline suggests Mahomes could be facing a Brady-like mid-career Super Bowl drought, expects Rashee Rice to miss significant time again, and frames Kenneth Walker III as the fix for Kansas City's non-explosive run game.
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What Douglas Clawson said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromMahomes could be looking at a Brady mid-career Super Bowl drought.
- Where it was published
- CBS Sports
- The piece
- Will Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs' offense rebound from a three-year drought? Five keys to a turnaround
- The original
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- Read it wrong?
- Tell us and we will look
- 1Rashee Rice to be 1st on the depth chart“If he can somehow stay on the field, he would give Kansas City the closest thing to a No. 1 WR the Chiefs have had since Hill left.”
- 2Kenneth Walker III to be 1st on the depth chart“He should be the missing element for a RB group that ranked bottom five in the NFL in rush yards (1,247), yards per rush (3.7) and tackles avoided last season (47)”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rashee Rice to be 1st on the depth chart1 | Depth Chart Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| Kenneth Walker III to be 1st on the depth chart2 | Depth Chart Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 calls · 2 waiting | — | — | ||||
How each call scored
2 checkable claims — 2 depth chart calls — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
It names 3 players and teams, each linked to their own record.
None of them have settled yet — they grade once their results are in.
Of the 2 unsettled calls enough other pundits have weighed in on, this one lands below the rest of the room on every one.
Each call is scored 0 to 100 against what happened, on its own, by the published methodology. The naive guess is what knowing nothing would have scored on the same calls; the gap, weighted by how hard the call was, is the skill.
Where this call stands in the room
Kenneth Walker III · 2026 season19 calls from 16 pundits between 1 and 1. Douglas Clawson said 1. the room's median is 1. not settled yet
Every dot is a call somebody published on the same question. Where the dots land says where this take sits, not whether it is right — nothing here is settled yet. Hover a dot for the name and number; click it to read that take.
Their call against the room
Their call against everyone else's, while this is still unsettled.
1Depth Chart CallsRashee RiceKansas City Chiefs
Rashee Rice to be 1st on the depth chart
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
2Depth Chart CallsKenneth Walker IIIKansas City Chiefs
Kenneth Walker III to be 1st on the depth chart
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
Who this take is about
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