Matt Derrick is the lead beat writer and publisher of Chiefs Digest. He joined Chiefs Digest in 2013 and became lead beat writer in 2016. He resides in Kansas City, Missouri.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Five-time Pro Bowl receiver DeAndre Hopkins is heading to Kansas City to reinforce a Chiefs’ receiving corps depleted by injuries to Hollywood Brown, Rashee Rice and JuJu Smith-Schuster. The 32-year-old Hopkins posted 15 catches for 173 yards and a touchdown in six games with Tennessee this season. The Chiefs will send the Titans a fifth-round pick …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs will be down two more starters when they visit the Las Vegas Raiders after head coach Andy Reid reported both receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster and cornerback Jaylen Watson won’t be available this week. “I would tell you, Watson, it’s not, it’s not going to be good, and he won’t be ready this week,” Reid said …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Optimism regarding the right knee of Rashee Rice continued spreading Wednesday with Patrick Mahomes telling reporters “hopefully we have him back soon.” Mahomes made the remark during an interview session with local Chiefs beat writers. When asked how the team will replace the production of Rice, Mahomes displayed an optimistic tone regarding Rice and the potential …
The Kansas City Chiefs may have suffered a costly loss in their 17-10 victory over the Los Angeles Chargers with wide receiver Rashee Rice sustaining a potential torn ACL in his right knee that could end his season. Rice will undergo an MRI on Monday to survey the extent of the damage. While the team’s medical staff fears a torn …
End of Third Quarter: Chiefs 22, Falcons 14 The Chiefs offense resumed dominating possession and temp in the third quarter, running 22 plays for 147 yards and 9 points, thanks to a 21-yard field goal from Harrison Butker and a 13-yard touchdown pass from Patrick Mahomes to JuJu Smith-Schuster. The Falcons possessed the ball for only one complete drive — …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — If Monday is any indication, this looks like a busy week for Chiefs general manager Brett Veach. In the wake of the news that running back Isiah Pacheco expects to miss significant time due to a fractured fibula, NFL Network reported the team will bring free agent Kareem Hunt in for a visit Tuesday. The club …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Chiefs running back Isiah Pacheco sustained a fractured fibula in his right ankle in the team’s 26-25 win over the Cincinnati Bengals Sunday and is expected to miss significant playing time for the defending champions, according to head coach Andy Reid. “I don’t have the timeframe on Pacheco, but I know it won’t be this week …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs and Bengals finished the first quarter tied 3-3 but the momentum swung significantly toward the Bengals on the penultimate play of the period when Patrick Mahomes threw an interception to Cincinnati linebacker Akeem Davis-Gaither. Mahomes tried to thread the need over the linebacker to Travis Kelce, and either didn’t see Davis-Gaither or miscalculated his …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Cole Christiansen had just turned 4 years old a few weeks earlier when the events of Sept. 11, 2001, shattered the sense of safety for Americans, Yet there are hazy memories of that time and place for the future Chiefs linebacker growing up in Suffolk, Virginia, a three-hour drive from the Pentagon where one of the …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — With 2 minutes to go and the Chiefs clinging to a one-score lead over the Baltimore Ravens in Thursday’s NFL season opener, the butterflies and the chest-pounding Matt Araiza experienced earlier in the evening were gone. “I’d say at first it was just trying to focus, because here in the crowd, for that first time, it …
