KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Four Kansas City Chiefs earned first-team All-Pro honors from the Associated Press, with punt returner Tyreek Hill earning unanimous selection. Tight end Travis Kelce, safety Eric Berry and cornerback Marcus Peters joined Hill with first-team honors. Three of the four Chiefs are first-time All-Pro winners, with Eric Berry earning his third selection. The Chiefs’ four first-team selections …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Tyreek Hill’s record-setting rookie season for the Kansas City Chiefs continues drawing accolades, with the 22-year-old adding the AFC Special Teams Player of the Month for December to his ever-growing resume. The award came one day after Hill captured the AFC’s week 17 award for special teams in Kansas City’s 37-27 win over the San Diego …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Chiefs rookie Tyreek Hill had just one chance to return a punt Sunday against the San Diego Chargers, and he made sure that one opportunity counted. “Once you get through the first wave, you know you are gone because you have blockers ahead of you,” Hill said after Kansas City’s 37-27 win Sunday. Hill …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs know they are in the playoffs, but three games on Sunday afternoon dictate the path to the Super Bowl for coach Andy Reid’s team and whether Arrowhead Stadium could host a playoff game in the new year. “There hasn’t been anything decided besides that you’re in the playoffs,” Reid said. “There are other things …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs can still win the AFC West, but the team needs more than just a win over the San Diego Chargers — Kansas City still requires help from a vanquished foe. A win by the Denver Broncos over the Oakland Raiders pulls the Chiefs into a tie for first with the Raiders. The Chiefs own the …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Chiefs coach Andy Reid stands near the top of his profession, yet he wouldn’t be there at all without the mentorship and support of longtime Brigham Young football coach LaVell Edwards, who passed away Thursday at age 86. “He was my guy,” Reid said, as he at times battled his emotions in talking about his late …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Twitter rant from San Diego Chargers wide receiver let Chiefs cornerback Marcus Peters puzzled but unconcerned heading into the matchup between the two teams in the Sunday’s season finale. “I’m not worried about him,” Peters said of Allen. “I’m worried about the Chiefs getting to the Super Bowl. We’re going to the playoffs, baby.” Peters …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — At 6-foot-6 and 305 pounds, Kansas City Chiefs center Mitch Morse is hard to miss running toward the sideline and down the field seeking out linebackers, safeties and cornerbacks to lay a lick on in the open field. “You don’t like getting licked, you like licking other guys,” Morse said. The Chiefs offensive line often finds …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — LaVell Edwards, the longtime coach at Brigham Young University and mentor to Chiefs coach Andy Reid, passed away Thursday at the age of 86. “I have more respect for (Edwards) than anybody,” Reid told KSL.com in 2012. “When you ask me about my favorite people, he’s right there at the top.” Edwards compiled a record of 257-101-3 …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The San Diego Chargers enter their home finale for the second-straight year with the looming threat that once the team packs its bags for the end of the season, quarterback Philip Rivers and his teammates may never return to Qualcomm Stadium. “I don’t know what to expect Sunday,” Rivers said. “I really don’t.” Last year’s home …
