KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Chiefs for the first time this season experienced life without outside linebackers Justin Houston and Tamba Hali, as the players didn’t dress in Sunday’s 17-13 win over the Cleveland Browns. Whether the Chiefs have both linebackers in the lineup for Week 17’s season finale against the Oakland Raiders remains in the air. “Day-to-day situation,” coach Andy …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – It didn’t take long for guard Jeff Allen to get back in the groove against the Cleveland Browns. Allen, who missed the past two games with an ankle injury, returned to the starting lineup at left guard and felt right at home. “I got back in there ready to roll,” he said. “Once I got that …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Chiefs wide receiver Jeremy Maclin went over the 1,000-yard receiving mark on the season during Sunday’s 17-13 win over the Cleveland Browns. And Maclin, the Chiefs’ prized free-agent signing in March, did it in grand fashion, hauling in an 11-yard touchdown catch on the team’s opening drive. The seventh-year pro became the first Chiefs wide receiver …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Chiefs are on a magic carpet ride and everybody is along for the trip. Kansas City (10-5) clinched a postseason berth Sunday with a 17-13 win over the Cleveland Browns and the Pittsburgh Steelers’ loss to the Baltimore Ravens. The road to the playoffs, however, didn’t start off easy for the Chiefs, who began the …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Chiefs will be without both starting outside linebackers Sunday against the Cleveland Browns. Tamba Hali, who entered the game as questionable, is inactive along with Justin Houston (knee). Hali underwent surgery on his right thumb earlier in the week and missed all three practices leading to the weekend. Houston will miss a fourth straight game …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Chiefs won’t be at full strength on special teams for Sunday’s game against the Cleveland Browns. Wide receiver/punt returner De’Anthony Thomas has been ruled out and his status is “non-football related,” the Chiefs announced Saturday in a short 22-word email to media members. The reason behind the non-football related status is unclear. Thomas, who missed …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Chiefs coaching staff didn’t hold back the past week on complimenting Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel. “He’s an explosive player, makes a lot of things happen,” coach Andy Reid said. “He’s great at extending plays. “From a defensive standpoint, you’ve got to make sure you play the whole play, and then a little. He moves …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Arguably one of the NFL’s top punters has worn a Chiefs uniform for 11 seasons. But many outside the region apparently aren’t familiar with Dustin Colquitt based on annual Pro Bowl voting tallied from coaches, players and fans. While he is an alternate for the Pro Bowl behind Sam Koch of the Baltimore Ravens and Johnny …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Cleveland Browns wide receiver Dwayne Bowe showed his excitement when he tweeted on April 21: “1 o’clock 12-27-15 (check) That date.” The date, of course, marked Bowe’s return to Arrowhead Stadium where he began his career as the Chiefs’ first-round pick of the 2007 NFL Draft. Bowe’s time in Cleveland, however, hasn’t gone well since he …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The 2015 season provided a series of career firsts for Chiefs offensive lineman Jarrod Pughsley. He was elevated from the practice squad to the 53-man roster on Dec. 8, marking the first time on an active roster since he entered the league in 2014 as an undrafted free agent out of Akron with the Dallas Cowboys. Less …