Chris Oladokun earned the team honor for last season’s AFC Championship Game.
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Chris Oladokun scrambles during an NFL preseason game against the Cleveland Browns on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023, at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo.and was one of the Kansas City Chiefs’ Player-of-the-Game award winners for the 2023 AFC championship contest – the Defensive Player of the Game.
Oladokun had joined Pittsburgh four months earlier as a seventh-round draft choice, but he was buried on the depth chart behind veterans Mitch Trubisky and Mason Rudolph and 2022 first-round draft pick Kenny Pickett as the Steelers tried to decide which QB would replace Ben Roethlisberger after his retirement.
“I think the best part about it all was coach Tomlin was very transparent with me when I got cut and giving me an opportunity by even cutting me earlier than the last cut after the last preseason game just so I could find another opportunity. That was a blessing in disguise, and I’ll always respect and love coach Tomlin for that because he really did look out for me.
Oladokun has been able to work with Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, a six-time Pro Bowler, three-time Super Bowl champion and two-time NFL MVP. That’s the aim for Kansas City in the 2024 NFL season, too: To become the first team to win the Super Bowl in three consecutive campaigns.. “I think that’s the goal. Something that’s never been done. I feel like everyone in that locker room, there’s a singular focus on let’s go make history now.”
NFL 2023 @Contributor @Samford
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Kansas State Legislature Working to Get Kansas City Royals to RelocateThe Kansas State legislature is working to get both the Kansas City Royals and Kansas City Chiefs to leave Missouri.
Read more »
Kansas ramps up efforts to move Kansas City Chiefs out of MissouriGov. Laura Kelly (D-KS) called a special legislative session to discuss the construction of a new stadium to lure the Kansas City Chiefs away from Missouri.
Read more »
Kansas lawmakers poised to lure Kansas City Chiefs from Missouri, despite economists' concernsA rivalry is flaring up as Kansas lawmakers try to snatch the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs away from Missouri.
Read more »
Kansas lawmakers poised to lure Kansas City Chiefs from Missouri, despite economists' concernsA rivalry is flaring up as Kansas lawmakers try to snatch the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs away from Missouri.
Read more »
Kansas lawmakers poised to lure Kansas City Chiefs from Missouri, despite economists' concernsA rivalry is flaring up as Kansas lawmakers try to snatch the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs away from Missouri.
Read more »
Guardians, Kansas City Royals starting lineups for June 28, 2024: Game 80The Guardians are trying to break a two-game losing streak after winning seven in a row.
Read more »