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. — Jaylen Watson’s 99-yard interception return for a touchdown reversed the fortunes of the Chiefs in the team’s 27-24 win over the Los Angeles Chargers and for his heroics, Watson landed the AFC’s Defensive Player of the Week honor on Wednesday. The pick-six was the longest go-ahead fourth-quarter touchdown scored by a rookie in NFL history. The …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Chiefs found themselves in unfamiliar territory in the first half of Thursday night’s contest against the Los Angeles Chargers. They trailed by 10 points before heading into halftime trailing 10-7, but head coach Andy Reid said he didn’t have to say much to his squad about reversing their fortunes. “The guys, we felt like we …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs used a standard elevation on kicker Matt Ammendola and cornerback Dicaprio Bootle from their practice squad Thursday afternoon of tonight’s contest against the Los Angeles Chargers, addressing their kicker situation with the absence of Harrison Butker. The Chiefs on Wednesday ruled out Butker, who sprained his left ankle in Sunday’s win over the Arizona …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The hamstring injury suffered by cornerback Trent McDuffie Sunday will keep him out for at least the next four games after the Chiefs placed him on injured reserve Tuesday. The team also made a flurry of other roster moves Tuesday afternoon, including the promotion of linebackers Elijah Lee and Jack Cochrane from the practice squad to …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — While kicker Harrison Butker and cornerback Trent McDuffie are still addressing the consequences of their injuries in the Chiefs’ 44-21 win over Arizona Sunday, the team delivered promising news regarding the left wrist of quarterback Patrick Mahomes on Monday. The team listed Mahomes as a full participant on Monday’s injury report. That’s an estimation of what …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The first game of the season is important for every NFL team but no one seems to cherish the season opener more than quarterback Patrick Mahomes, who won his fifth-straight season opener with the Chiefs’ dominating 44-21 victory over Arizona. While some skeptics openly questioned whether Mahomes could be as good as he’s been in the …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Frank Clark returned to practice on Friday as a limited participant, and the Chiefs have no players listed with a game-day designation status heading into their season opener at the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday. Other than Clark, all other players were full participants on Friday, according to head coach Andy Reid. “Everybody should be good to …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Chiefs defensive end Frank Clark entered a plea of no contest on Thursday to a pair of misdemeanor gun charges in Los Angeles, resolving a legal issue looming over him for more than a year. Clark was given a year of informal probation and ordered to perform 40 hours of community service, according to CBS Los …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The first injury report of the 2022 season took one sentence for Chiefs head coach Andy Reid to summarize on Wednesday. “Everybody will practice today, so we’re good there,” Reid said. Indeed it was a full house on the practice field Wednesday afternoon with all 52 players on the active roster full participants. The Chiefs have …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Andy Reid put the Chiefs’ players back on the practice field Monday morning after a three-day break, and it’s a squad that appears rested and ready for the grind ahead according to the head coach. “Everybody went today,” Reid said. “Today was a good fast-paced tempo practice.” When asked specifically about receivers JuJu Smith-Schuster (knee) and …
