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Chiefs players roasting their team owner this week is the latest sign of NFL players flexing newfound power

INDIANAPOLIS — Kansas City Chiefs owner Clark Hunt stood in a semi-circle of reporters on Wednesday, pressed over a somewhat surprising development earlier in the day. A strong contingent of his players, who will soon be slipping on yet another Super Bowl ring — the third in five years for some of them — had some notes to share with their team owner and the outside world about the franchise's inner workings.

Their head coach, Andy Reid? He landed an A+ rating among a strong contingent of Chiefs players who took part in the second annual NFL Players Association survey, which was released Wednesday.