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, …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A week ago Chiefs defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo sat down with his “fab five,” the team’s five defensive backs selected in the 2022 NFL Draft, and he came to a realization about their progress from a season ago. “They’re like light years ahead,” Spagnuolo said Thursday after the team wrapped up its sixth organized team practice …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Fewer than three years ago, Patrick Mahomes signed a 10-year, $450 million contract extension that made him the highest-paid player in the NFL. After a flurry of new contracts for star quarterbacks, including recent deals for Lamar Jackson and Jalen Hurts, that $45 million per year now ranks No. 7 for the annual average value. Does …
$31 Million Signing Bonus Lures Orlando Brown to Bengals Orlando Brown spent the past two seasons protecting the blindside of Patrick Mahomes, and now his switching sides to protect public enemy No. 1 in Kansas City, Cincinnati quarterback Joe Burrow. Brown wanted to lay claim as the highest paid tackle in the NFL, and he does at least temporarily own …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The fourth quarter of January’s AFC Championship game against Cincinnati haunts Chiefs fans. It’s haunted Chris Jones, too. Twice in the fourth quarter, Joe Burrow and the Bengals faced third-and-7 and the quarterback eluded pressure in scrambling for first downs extending the drive. On the first conversion, Jones wrapped up Burrow in the backfield only for …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs opened their three-day mandatory minicamp on Tuesday, the final period before the team takes a break from offseason workouts and prepares to report to St. Joseph, Missouri for training camp in late July. Much of the focus this week, just as it has been for the entire offseason program, is on integrating a new …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Not so long ago the triumvirate of head coach Andy Reid, offensive coordinator Matt Nagy and running backs coach Eric Bieniemy managed one of the league’s top-five offenses under quarterback Alex Smith while grooming an heir apparent named Patrick Mahomes during his rookie season. “It’s a homecoming,” Bieniemy says, who is sharing a workplace again with …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs offseason launched in earnest with back-to-back practices culminating on Thursday, and head coach Andy Reid says he’s seeing immediate results from changes he made to the team’s routine. “We’re getting these positive practices right now with a tremendous amount of energy,” Reid said. Normally the team would have gathered en masse back in mid-April …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — After two seasons without a full-fledged minicamp greeting the newest arrivals to the NFL, Saturday’s opening reception for the 2022 class of rookies couldn’t have been a more picture-perfect day of football at the Chiefs training complex. A group of 74 players including the club’s 10 draft picks and 10 undrafted free agents took to the …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Mecole Hardman doesn’t need to be reminded that he’s entering the final year of his rookie contract, the proverbial “contract year” that can make or break an NFL player. He’s fully aware. “Yeah, definitely want to have one of my best seasons for sure, especially in the contract year,” Hardman said Monday as the Chiefs formally …
