THE ATHLETIC's Nate Taylor noted the Chiefs "held their annual 'military appreciation day'" yesterday, as coach Andy Reid tried to make the practice a "day of unity between players and military members." Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes said, "As NFL players, we always support the military." Reid, on the NFL meeting with the NFLPA to discuss a revision to the anthem policy, said he was "glad they're talking about it." Reid said, "Whatever they come up with, for both parties, I think will be a win-win" (THEATHLETIC.com, 8/14).
BREAKING BAD: In Las Vegas, Eli Segall reports the Raiders are still "months away from a possible groundbreaking" at the site of their proposed practice facility and HQ near Henderson, Nev. The team "hasn't submitted building plans" for the facility, near Henderson Executive Airport. Henderson city staff "tentatively expect" to break ground in November (LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL, 8/15).
TROUBLE IN PARADISE? In Providence, Bill Reynolds writes there is an "ill win floating around Foxboro" and the Patriots this offseason. If often seems coach Bill Belichick "doesn't want things to change." But his and QB Tom Brady's "shadows are starting to spread all over the field." Have the Patriots "turned into a soap opera in shoulder pads right in front of us," or is this just the "nature of today's media dance?" Some might "call it a dysfunctional family that's spent too many years in the same house" (PROVIDENCE JOURNAL, 8/15).
