KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Injuries prompted the Chiefs to shuffle their roster heading into their Christmas night matchup with the Denver Broncos, placing five players on injured reserve, including cornerback Trent McDuffie, who has been dealing with a knee injury. Also landing on injured reserve Wednesday and Thursday were receivers Rashee Rice (concussion), Tyquan Thornton (concussion), and Nikko Remigio (knee); …
Chiefs wide receiver Xavier Worthy, despite a brief scare on Sunday, will play Monday night when the team takes on the Jaguars in Jacksonville. Jacksonville, however, will be missing one of its biggest stars in defensive end Travon Walker. Defensive tackle Omarr Norman-Lott (shoulder) and cornerback Kristian Fulton (ankle) will not play Monday night. Both players were listed as questionable …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle wrote, “Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.” It’s a good thing Aristotle never watched the Kansas City Chiefs play football. The Chiefs stretched the definition of probable impossibilities in Sunday’s 16-14 win over the Denver Broncos by using the rare walk-off blocked field goal to secure the victory. The …
The Kansas City Chiefs may have suffered a costly loss in their 17-10 victory over the Los Angeles Chargers with wide receiver Rashee Rice sustaining a potential torn ACL in his right knee that could end his season. Rice will undergo an MRI on Monday to survey the extent of the damage. While the team’s medical staff fears a torn …
End of Third Quarter: Chiefs 22, Falcons 14 The Chiefs offense resumed dominating possession and temp in the third quarter, running 22 plays for 147 yards and 9 points, thanks to a 21-yard field goal from Harrison Butker and a 13-yard touchdown pass from Patrick Mahomes to JuJu Smith-Schuster. The Falcons possessed the ball for only one complete drive — …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs and Bengals finished the first quarter tied 3-3 but the momentum swung significantly toward the Bengals on the penultimate play of the period when Patrick Mahomes threw an interception to Cincinnati linebacker Akeem Davis-Gaither. Mahomes tried to thread the need over the linebacker to Travis Kelce, and either didn’t see Davis-Gaither or miscalculated his …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — With 2 minutes to go and the Chiefs clinging to a one-score lead over the Baltimore Ravens in Thursday’s NFL season opener, the butterflies and the chest-pounding Matt Araiza experienced earlier in the evening were gone. “I’d say at first it was just trying to focus, because here in the crowd, for that first time, it …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs unveiled their Super Bowl banner and marked the occasion with former players and the Hunt family representing the team’s four world titles. Representing Super Bowl IV was Hall of Famer linebacker Bobby Bell followed by offensive tackle Mitchell Schwartz for Super Bowl LIV and quarterback Chad Henne for Super Bowl LVII. Club chairman and …
LAS VEGAS – The Chiefs franchise claimed its fourth Super Bowl championship, but two members of their coaching staff now have more rings than that. Linebackers coach Brendan Daly joins an exclusive group of 15 people with six Super Bowl rings. Daly won three rings as an assistant and defensive line coach with New England, and he now owns three …
LAS VEGAS – Running back Jerick McKinnon, who earned Super Bowl praise a year ago for sliding short of the end zone to run out the clock against the Philadelphia Eagles, will suit up in Super Bowl LVIII just 40 days after surgery for a core muscle. McKinnon, who underwent surgery on Jan. 2 for the injury also involving a …
