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Vladimir Guerrero Junior is not backing down. The Blue Jays first baseman, locked into a fourteen-year, five hundred million dollar deal, addressed his recent comments about his performance and made one thing crystal clear — his words were not a slip. "What I said is the way I feel," Guerrero told reporters, and that kind of accountability from a franchise cornerstone is either going to energize Toronto or complicate the locker room. Either way, the conversation is not over.
Shifting to Kansas City, Kenneth Walker the Third is making the Chiefs look like absolute geniuses. The reigning Super Bowl MVP is the only running back in the league with back-to-back hundred-yard games through two weeks, and he is leading the league in rushing. That three-year, forty-five million dollar free agent investment is already looking like a bargain, and his early-season dominance is putting the rest of the conference on notice.
And in Chicago, the betting market is telling you everything you need to know about Caleb Williams. With the Bears quarterback out, oddsmakers have shifted the line six full points — from Chicago minus one and a half to a significant underdog. One player, six points. That is what a franchise quarterback means to a spread, and to a season.
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