KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The worst fears surrounding Chiefs cornerback Phillip Gaines’ knee injury were realized Wednesday. Coach Andy Reid announced Gaines tore the ACL in his left knee and will be placed on season-ending injured reserve. “He will have surgery on that,” Reid said. “We’ll make the move here today to put him on injured reserve.” The 6-0, 193-pound Gaines …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The NFL enters a fourth week of regular season action. Observers of Monday night’s game, however, wouldn’t know if they watched the Chiefs’ preseason-like performance, an effort that resulted in the Chiefs dropping to 1-2 after falling 38-28 to the Green Bay Packers. The fallout from the game carried into Tuesday. “I’ve got to do a …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Chiefs are set to welcome back a key player on defense and it comes at the right time with the Cincinnati Bengals and four-time Pro Bowl wide receiver A.J. Green waiting in Week 4. Cornerback Sean Smith, who served a three-game suspension to start the season, is expected to be activated from the reserve/suspension list …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Forget for a minute the Green Bay Packers have reeled off 10 straight wins, including the playoffs, at Lambeau Field. Also put aside Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has thrown 43 touchdowns with no interceptions while posting a 124 passer rating in the past 18 home games, a stretch where Rodgers threw the ball 545 times. The …
Offensive, defensive and special teams keys of the Kansas City Chiefs against the Green Bay Packers. OFFENSE The Chiefs must score touchdowns when they have the ball. Green Bay will; the Chiefs can’t settle for field goals. In two games, the Packers had 20 offensive possessions and scored points on 11 of them, with six touchdowns. The Chiefs had 28 …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – In an offense that hinges on running back Jamaal Charles and tight end Travis Kelce, improvement by the Chiefs wide receivers this season might not be evident in statistics like targets or catches or receiving yards. Kelce leads the team with 164 receiving yards on 10 catches in 11 opportunities, and Charles has produced 48 yards …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Chiefs currently list free safety Eric Berry second on the depth chart behind Husain Abdullah. But the designation doesn’t matter because it was Berry who started in Week 2 and saw action on 71 of 73 total defensive snaps against the Denver Broncos. So is that a good sign Berry has officially returned to the …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Denver Broncos left Arrowhead Stadium with a victory over the Chiefs in Week 2. Two Denver defensive players, however, are lighter in the wallet for their actions during the game. The NFL fined outside linebacker DeMarcus Ware $17,363 for roughing the passer, while defensive end Malik Jackson was fined $8,681 for unnecessary roughness, a league spokesman …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Their names have been linked since the first round of the 2005 NFL Draft when the first player selected was University of Utah quarterback Alex Smith, and choice No. 24 was University of California quarterback Aaron Rodgers. A decade later, Smith and Rodgers will be together in Lambeau Field when the Chiefs and Packers play Monday …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Chiefs hope to get back on track following a disappointing Week 2 loss, and the quest starts on the road against the Green Bay Packers on Monday Night Football. A formidable task awaits the Chiefs (1-1), however, at storied Lambeau Field, where the Packers (2-0) have taken full advantage of home cooking with 10 straight …
