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. — The Chiefs face the prospect of opening the NFL playoffs without two essential role players on the sideline and their depth challenged at wide receiver and along the defensive line. The team listed defensive lineman Rakeem Nunez-Roches as doubtful with a sprained ankle and wide receiver Albert Wilson questionable with a hamstring injury. The loss of …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs have reached an agreement keeping the team’s training camp in St. Joseph, Mo., for the 2018 season on the campus of Missouri Western State University. Club and school officials announced the deal Thursday, which includes a mutual option for the 2019 season. Both sides continued expressing optimism of returning the team’s training …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Harrison Butker’s fairy tale rookie campaign shows so signs of slowing down, the kicker adding another piece of hardware to his growing collection with the AFC’s special teams player of the month award. Butker twice won the league’s special teams player of the week award, in Week 8 and again in Week 16. The rookie hit …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kareem Hunt ended his season just as it began in September, booking ending his rookie campaign with the NFL’s offensive rookie of the month award for December. Hunt is the first running back to win more than one rookie of the month award since Adrian Peterson in 2007. New Orleans’ defensive back Marshon Lattimore won the …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Sunday’s victory over the Denver Broncos in the season finale proved costly for Kansas City’s special teams with coordinator Dave Toub searching for replacements with the team’s top two kick returners gone for the season. “We’ve got a number of guys who can do it,” Toub said. “(Demarcus Robinson) can do it, (Charcandrick West) can do …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs made yet a third roster move ahead of Saturday’s Wild Card matchup against the Tennessee Titans, signing free agent defensive tackle Stefan Charles and sending cornerback Phillip Gaines to season-ending injured reserve. Charles adds depth along the defensive line, which the club suddenly finds tested with injuries. Defensive linemen Rakeem Nunez-Roches and Jarvis Jenkins …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Linebacker Reggie Ragland learned this week his Kansas City Chiefs last won a home playoff game 24 years ago, adding just a bit more motivation ahead of the team’s Wild Card showdown Saturday against the Tennessee Titans at Arrowhead Stadium. “It means we’ve got to go out there and get it done,” Ragland said. Ragland’s NFL …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Injuries forced to the playoff-bound Kansas City Chiefs to shuffle their roster, re-signing free agent back running back C.J. Spiller and promoting wide receiver Marcus Kemp from the club’s practice squad. The Chiefs made space for the roster moves by sending wide receiver De’Anthony Thomas and running back Akeem Hunt to injured reserve. Thomas broke his …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs now know their opponent in the opening game of the NFL playoffs, and it’s an opponent they know well. The Tennessee Titans visit Arrowhead Stadium Saturday, Jan. 6 for a kickoff schedule at 3:35 p.m. central time. The game will be televised nationally on ESPN with KMBC channel 9 airing the game locally in …
The Chiefs finished the 2017 season in fitting fashion, with kicker Harrison Butker booting a game-winning 30-yard field to send Kansas City past Denver 27-24, putting a cap on one of the most prolific season for field goals in NFL history. Butker finished the season with 38 field goals, putting him in a tie for the sixth-most field goals in …
