Buffalo Bills safety Micah Hyde made his retirement official after 11 NFL seasons by posting a note on his Instagram account. The 34-year-old Hyde had already made clear this past season would be his last after signing to the Bills practice squad in early December. He spent the remainder of the season and playoffs on the practice squad in serving more of a role as on-field mentor to Buffalo’s young safeties. Hyde spent seven years in Buffalo and his first four seasons with Green Bay.

Chiefs running back Kareem Hunt sees his first opportunity to play in a Super Bowl as a product of his approach to second chances. Hunt says he was determined to make the most of his second stint with Kansas City this season and told the Chiefs they wouldn't regret signing him in the early weeks of the 2024 season. Hunt began his career with Kansas City in 2017 and rushed for 1,327 yards as a rookie, but was cut in November of 2018 after a video surfaced of him kicking a woman in a hotel hallway. Hunt spent the past five seasons in Cleveland. He underwent sports hernia surgery and was without a team when this season began.

Coach Andy Reid doesn’t plan to leave the Kansas City sideline any time soon. As Reid prepares the Chiefs for their fifth Super Bowl appearance in six seasons, the 66-year-old put to rest any talk that he was ready to hang it up if Kansas City wins a third straight title. Reid says he will be back and that he enjoys the teaching and the players. Reid has a chance to become the third coach with four Super Bowl wins. His 301 wins in the regular season and playoffs rank fourth all time.

The Tennessee Titans have hired Travis Smith as their defensive run game coordinator and promoted Lori Locust to a defensive assistant coach. The Titans announced the moves Tuesday. Smith spent the past three seasons as Chicago’s defensive line coach with the Bears leading the NFL in fewest yards rushing allowed and fifth in yards per carry and gave up the second-fewest rushing touchdowns with eight. Smith also spent 10 seasons with the Raiders in a variety of roles. Locust goes into her third season with the Titans in a new role as Brian Callahan tinkers with his coaching staff after his first season.

Carson Wentz once again will mostly be a spectator on the sidelines for a Super Bowl appearance by the Philadelphia Eagles. Seven years after he watched his backup Nick Foles win the MVP after delivering the Eagles their first Super Bowl title, Wentz is back on the big stage as a backup to Kansas City’s Patrick Mahomes as the Chiefs prepare to take on his former team and his former backup, Jalen Hurts. Wentz describes his journey that took him to Kansas City after stops in Indianapolis, Washington and Los Angeles as a “whirlwind” but he is thankful to be on a team still.

The NFL is stenciling “Choose Love” in the back of one of the end zones at the Superdome for the Super Bowl on Sunday in an effort to encourage the country after a series of tragedies over the first six weeks of the year. “It Takes All of Us” will be stenciled in the other end zone as it’s been since the league began using field stencils in 2020 for the NFL’s Inspire Change initiative. Teams this season have selected “Vote,” “End Racism,” “Stop Hate,” or “Choose Love” for the other end zone.