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. — It’s back to the future for the Kansas City Chiefs Saturday night, returning to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and facing the Los Angeles Rams for the first time in 22 seasons. The Coliseum is on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, and although the Chiefs franchise is just 5-9 there, it is the site …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A year ago this game meant a battle for the Governor’s Cup, but now it’s a California adventure against the Los Angeles Rams in the historic Los Angeles Coliseum. The second preseason game should be a bit different than last week’s meeting with Seattle. The starters expect to play a bit more, perhaps the entire first …
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs ended training camp Thursday, wrapping an encouraging three weeks of practices for coaches and players while still leaving some mysteries to solve before the season starts for real Sept. 11 against San Diego. Linebacker Derrick Johnson said it was among the best camps of his 12-year NFL career. “Definitely at the top,” …
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — Three years ago Marcus Cooper briefly found himself in limbo, a football player without a team, and a fortuitous turn of events brought him to Kansas City where he found a home with the Chiefs. Cooper enters his fourth year with the team as the jack of all trades in the secondary, with the ability to …
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — After 11 seasons in the NFL and more than a thousand tackles in his career, Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Derrick Johnson still doesn’t get tired of teaching the new kids how it’s done. “’How do you know that play?’ It’s always like, ‘D.J., why did you move that way?’ Well, I’m like, ‘I’ve been playing it …
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs activated running back Jamaal Charles on Tuesday, allowing the Pro Bowler to join the team on the practice field for the first time since the start of training camp. The Chiefs announced before practice Tuesday they removed Charles from the physically unable to perform list. The procedural move does not mean that …
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — For 59 minutes on Saturday afternoon the Kansas Chiefs had control against the Seattle Seahawks, but little mistakes by the team’s reserves let to a preventable loss in the eyes of head coach Andy Reid. “I thought the one and the twos did a pretty good job, the threes and the fours we’ve got to do …
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — Chiefs quarterback Tyler Bray missed training camp practice Monday after suffering a neck injury during the team’s 17-16 loss to the Seattle Seahawks at Arrowhead Stadium Saturday. Bray suffered the injury on a hit near the end of the first half, according to the team’s head athletic trainer Rex Burkholder. “He’s got a very small chip …
The Kansas City Chiefs found playing time for five quarterbacks in the first preseason game against Seattle, but the overall results were decidedly mixed. Head coach Andy Reid acknowledged the challenge of working so many signal callers into a game. “First time I’ve ever played five quarterbacks, and I’m not sure if they absolutely got into a rhythm,” Reid said …
Preseason records mean very little in the NFL, and the Chiefs’ 17-16 loss the Seattle may mean even less. The Chiefs defense dominated much of the game, limiting Seattle to just three long field goals until the final play of the game. The Chiefs offense, however, struggled to find its rhythm after the first team offense scored on its only drive. …
