KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Talks between the Kansas City Chiefs and Missouri Western State University to keep the club’s training camp in St. Joseph, Mo., remain positive, according to team and university sources, suggesting the club plans to return for at least the 2018 season. Missouri Western and the Chiefs hold mutual one-year options for both the 2018 and 2019 seasons. Both …
The Kansas City Chiefs can make a case for two players in the race for league MVP through the first five games of the season, and both quarterback Alex Smith and Kareem Hunt kept their hot streaks in tact during the team’s 42-34 win at the Houston Texans, extending their unbeaten start to 5-0. “It’s a great feeling,” Hunt told …
The Kansas City Chiefs played rotten house guests once again, knocking off the Houston Texans 42-34 for their ninth-straight road, tying a franchise record and putting the club within reach of moving up the league record books for road success. The Chiefs last lost on the road in week four of the 2016 season, a 43-14 bludgeoning at the hands …
The Kansas City Chiefs rolled to fifth-straight win opening the season with a 42-34 victory over the Houston Texans, but the victory came at a significant cost with wide receiver Chris Conley likely out for the season with a ruptured Achilles tendon and tight end Travis Kelce entering the league’s concussion protocol. Head coach Andy Reid suggested the prognosis for …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Chiefs offensive lineman Parker Ehinger’s family planned for Kansas City’s road trip to Indianapolis last October to serve as an impromptu reunion, with family and friends packing Lucas Oil Stadium to cheer for the rookie starting left guard. “I had cousins and I had family there and friends,” Ehinger said. It ended with a scream of …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs offensive line remains in flux without both center Mitch Morse and right Laurent Duvernay-Tardif out for Sunday night’s game at the Houston Texans. Linebacker Dee Ford will also miss his second-straight game with a back injury. Duvernay-Tardiff suffered a sprained MCL during Monday’s win over Washington. Morse remains on the sidelines with …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The NFL draft never unfolds in a predictable fashion, and given different circumstances Chiefs rookie quarterback Patrick Mahomes may very well have found himself lining up behind center Sunday night for the Houston Texans with Deshaun Watson backing up Alex Smith in Kansas City. “I had a visit there and it went well,” Mahomes said about …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Chiefs officials continuing investigate two separate incidents during Monday night’s game against Washington involving alleged fan behavior involving racial slurs and a Confederate flag. Washington wide receiver Terrelle Pryor Sr. alleged in a post to his Instagram account that he heard a racial slur directed toward him several times during the game. “Being called …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — As the Kansas City symphony performed the national anthem before Monday night’s game between the Chiefs and Washington, two lone players chose to take a seat along the home team bench. Starting cornerback Marcus Peters declines to discuss his reasons for sitting during the national anthem. But rookie linebacker Ukeme Eligwe will discuss his reasons for …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The question was not fully out of the reporter’s mouth before Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith’s face took on a quizzical look. “Critics say when Alex Smith scrambles, he doesn’t look down field …” Smith interrupted the question. “Do they say that?” he asked with hints of both a wry smile and a look of …
