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 plan a youth movement for Sunday’s season finale against the Denver Broncos, and while most eyes will fixate on quarterback Patrick Mahomes, the team’s coaches plan to evaluate all their young talent. Offensive coordinator Matt Nagy picked a surprising name as the player he’s most eager to watch aside from Mahomes. “I think DeAnthony …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — When Patrick Mahomes leads the Kansas City offense on the field Sunday afternoon at Sports Authority Field at Mile High against the Denver Broncos, he’ll become the first rookie quarterback drafted by the Chiefs to start a game since 1987. Mahomes received a full week to prepare for his start following a season-long internship behind Alex Smith. Doug …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Only once in the first four season of the Andy Reid era in Kansas City did the Chiefs enter the final day of the season facing a game with no meaning to the playoff picture. What can the season finale of the 2013 season foretell about this weekend’s game? Probably a lot. One notable difference between …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs still plan to start rookie Patrick Mahomes and roll out a lineup peppered with young players and backups, a flu bug entering its second week ravaging through the organization could throw a wrench into the plans of head coach Andy Reid. “We’ve got a little bit of the flu going around here,” Reid said …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The NFL’s longest current iron man streak among offensive lineman might come to an end this weekend as the Kansas City Chiefs prepare to rest many of their starters in the season finale at the Denver Broncos. Right tackle Mitchell Schwartz enters the game with two of the longest current active streaks among offensive linemen. He holds …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Chiefs head coach Andy Reid entered Kansas City’s quarterback room on Tuesday to deliver the news that rookie Patrick Mahomes would start the team’s regular season final Sunday at Denver. “We were in here watching film as a group and we were just trying to learn as we go and he went out and gave us …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Rookie Harrison Butker picked up the AFC special teams player of the week award for the second time this season following his five field goal performance against the Miami Dolphins Sunday. Butker becomes the third rookie in team history to win multiple player of the week honors. Wide receivers and kick returners Tyreek Hill (2016) and …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It took longer than it looked like it might 11 weeks ago when the Chiefs stood atop the AFC, but Kansas City punched their ticket into the playoffs Sunday afternoon by besting the Miami Dolphins 29-13 at Arrowhead Stadium and clinching the AFC West. With the business of making the playoffs complete, let’s get right to …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Chiefs rookie Patrick Mahomes stood at his locker following his team’s 29-13 AFC West-clinching victory over the Miami Dolphins as the backup to quarterback Alex Smith, but when he takes the practice field on Wednesday preparing for the Denver Broncos he might be serving a one-week internship as the No. 1 quarterback. Head coach Andy Reid …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In a record-setting year the Kansas City Chiefs offense quickly built around the premise that defenses might be able to take away Travis Kelce, Tyreek Hill or Kareem Hunt, but rarely all three. During Sunday’s 29-13 win over Miami that made the Chiefs AFC West champions, the Dolphins couldn’t stop any of them. “We got beat …
