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Sam McDowell: The Chiefs are Super Bowl champs, but players delivered ownership a message: Pony up

INDIANAPOLIS — The Chiefs are less than three weeks removed from celebrating a second title in four years, but you didn’t think that would make them immune to a little drama, right?

The most intriguing kind, too: self-inflicted.

The Super Bowl champions were on the receiving end of a proverbial slap on the wrist from their own players this week, when the NFL Players Association released the results of an inaugural player survey. In the collection of anonymous responses, the Chiefs ranked 29th among the league’s 32 teams in a report card compiled of eight criteria — treatment of families, food service and nutrition, weight room, training room, strength coaches, training staff, locker room and team travel.

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