KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Chiefs’ draft board should be set by now, leaving last-minute strategy meetings before the 2016 NFL Draft kicks off Thursday night. While the Chiefs have seven total picks this year, one course of action sure to draw discussion between general manager John Dorsey and his staff during the draft surrounds working around not having a …
The best approach when viewing a roster before the start of free agency and the NFL Draft is like Gumby – be flexible when considering additions and subtractions will occur. Teams are allowed a maximum of 90 players on an offseason roster and the Kansas City Chiefs currently have 78 players, including 17 signed to reserve/future contracts. Six players return from injured …
Do you believe in miracles? Because the Kansas City Chiefs sure do. The Chiefs were 1-5 through Week 6. The future looked grim. Playoffs? That hope seemed far fetched 11 weeks ago. But they weren’t going to give up hope. And 11 weeks later, the Chiefs finished the regular season with 10-straight wins. The regular season was punctuated with a …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Chiefs are on a magic carpet ride and everybody is along for the trip. Kansas City (10-5) clinched a postseason berth Sunday with a 17-13 win over the Cleveland Browns and the Pittsburgh Steelers’ loss to the Baltimore Ravens. The road to the playoffs, however, didn’t start off easy for the Chiefs, who began the …
BALTIMORE – With Sunday’s 34-14 win over the Ravens, the Kansas City Chiefs are the only team in NFL history to win eight straight games after a losing streak of at least five games. A remarkable feat, of course, when considering how the Chiefs lost some of the games during the dismal losing streak. “It is stunning once you go …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Positive energy enveloped the Chiefs postgame locker room Sunday. There was joking among teammates and players were available and willing to talk to media, all of which were a stark contrast when compared to the past five games. Winning will do that, after all. The Chiefs put a dismal five-game losing streak in the books after …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Chiefs running back Charcandrick West picked a perfect time to break out. Boosted by West’s career-high 110 yards rushing and touchdown on 22 carries, the Chiefs (2-5) snapped a five-game losing streak Sunday by dropping the Steelers (4-3) 23-13 at Arrowhead Stadium. West added two catches for 19 yards to give him 129 total yards of …
Here are the offensive, defensive and special teams keys for the Kansas City Chiefs (1-4) in Sunday’s game against the Minnesota Vikings (2-2), starting at noon at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. OFFENSE The best player on the Chiefs offense will be at home watching this game against the Vikings with his right leg up and ice on his injured …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Chiefs officially established the initial 53-man roster on Saturday following a wave of transactions from 75 players. The Chiefs waived wide receiver Da’Ron Brown, defensive end Mike Catapano, safety Sanders Commings, linebacker Ja’Gared Davis, defensive tackle Hebron Fangupo, offensive lineman Garrett Frye, defensive end David Irving, linebacker James-Michael Johnson, center Eric Kush, wide receiver Tello …
Here is a final projection of the Chiefs’ 53-man roster based on three preseason games, training camp and offseason practices. The Chiefs need to be at the initial 53-man roster by 3 p.m. CT on Saturday, and can begin establishing the practice squad at 12 p.m. CT on Sunday. • QUARTERBACKS (3): Alex Smith, Chase Daniel, Aaron Murray OVERVIEW: Smith …
