KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In just 23 days the Chiefs first-year players, quarterbacks and select veterans returning from injury will report to training camp in St. Joseph, marking the official start of the 2024 NFL campaign for the two-time defending Super Bowl champions. For a team seeking an unprecedented third-straight Lombardi Trophy, it’s no surprise the Chiefs don’t have many …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — After an offseason working on his career as both an actor, a producer and a game show presenter, Travis Kelce made it clear Tuesday that he’s still first and foremost a football player, and it’s the job he still loves the most. “I’m still a little kid when I come into this building, man,” Kelce said …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — As the Chiefs defense gathered for the start of offseason workouts earlier this month, coordinator Steve Spagnuolo want to deliver a sharp message. “It’s a whole new year,” Spagnuolo said. “There are no guarantees that we will be the same. No guarantees.” Spagnuolo’s warning comes from experience. His New York Giants defense in 2016 finished No. …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It was only a 7-on-7 session at Wednesday’s organized team practice activity — better known as OTAs — but Patrick Mahomes and Hollywood Brown teamed up for a play Chiefs didn’t see much last year. A long-ball throw for a touchdown. Brown extended his right arm to haul in a deep pass from Mahomes and cradled …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs will bring back all but one member of their assistant coaching staff from the group that led them to a win in Super Bowl LVIII, with the only changes coming on the defensive side of the football. Chiefs head coach Andy Reid announced at the NFL Combine that outside linebackers coach Ken Flajole had …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It’s becoming a tradition in Kansas City. Every March the Chiefs mark the beginning of the new league year by converting Patrick Mahomes roster bonus money into a signing bonus to carve out additional salary cap space. Tuesday the Chiefs converted $27 million of the $34.9 million roster bonus due to Mahomes this year into a …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs kickstarted free agency season earlier during the past few days in retaining defensive tackle Chris Jones and linebacker Drue Tranquill, but general manager Brett Veach and his staff have more work to do this week in putting together a 90-player roster starting the 2024 offseason. NFL free agency officially begins at 3 p.m. central …
INDIANAPOLIS — Chiefs general manager Brett Veach has another week before deciding whether to use the franchise tag on pending free agents Chris Jones or L’Jarius Sneed. But on Tuesday at the NFL Scouting Combine, Veach offered hints at his course of action when asked if Sneed would be the team’s likely target. “I think we’ll see,” Veach said. “I …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs all but concluded their offseason program on Thursday with the final of 12 full-squad workouts. The only item on Thursday’s agenda for the final day of the mandatory minicamp is the infamous conditioning test (more on that below). Wednesday’s practice again took part in front of several hundred season ticket members who were invited …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Dave Toub remembers all too well the nightmare of muffed punts, poor execution and missed kicks that defined the Chiefs’ special teams unit during the 2022 regular season. Following the team’s Week 3 loss at Indianapolis, Toub lined up against the wall of the club’s press room and asked, “Is this the firing squad?” This season, …
