KANSAS CITY, Mo. — There’s plenty of football to play before the AFC Championship game but the conclusion of the NFL regular season sets up a potentially unprecedented possibility of the Chiefs and the Buffalo Bills playing the title game on a neutral site. Head coach Andy Reid said he was “tunneled in on” preparing his team to play the …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The NFL made it official Thursday night that the Buffalo-Cincinnati game suspended due to the cardiac arrest suffered by Bills safety Damar Hamlin will not be resumed, setting in place scenarios impacting playoff seedings and potential AFC Championship pairings involving the Chiefs. “This has been a very difficult week,” said NFL commissioner Roger Goodell in a …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Seven Chiefs landed on the AFC roster for the 2023 Pro Bowl revealed Wednesday night including five starters led by quarterback Patrick Mahomes, tight end Travis Kelce and defensive tackle Chris Jones. Also named as starters for the AFC roster was center Creed Humphrey and punter Tommy Townsend. Left tackle Orlando Brown Jr. and left guard …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Despite Harrison Butker missing a field goal in three consecutive games for the first time in his NFL career, Chiefs special teams coordinator Dave Toub harbors no doubts about his veteran placekicker. “He’s got a lot of pelts on the wall for us,” Toub said before the team’s Thursday practice. “He’s won football games, he’s a …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jaylen Watson’s 99-yard interception return for a touchdown reversed the fortunes of the Chiefs in the team’s 27-24 win over the Los Angeles Chargers and for his heroics, Watson landed the AFC’s Defensive Player of the Week honor on Wednesday. The pick-six was the longest go-ahead fourth-quarter touchdown scored by a rookie in NFL history. The …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Chiefs defensive end Frank Clark entered a plea of no contest on Thursday to a pair of misdemeanor gun charges in Los Angeles, resolving a legal issue looming over him for more than a year. Clark was given a year of informal probation and ordered to perform 40 hours of community service, according to CBS Los …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Andy Reid put the Chiefs’ players back on the practice field Monday morning after a three-day break, and it’s a squad that appears rested and ready for the grind ahead according to the head coach. “Everybody went today,” Reid said. “Today was a good fast-paced tempo practice.” When asked specifically about receivers JuJu Smith-Schuster (knee) and …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Hall of Fame quarterback Len Dawson, who led the Kansas City Chiefs to their lone Super Bowl championship following the 1969 season, died Wednesday at the age of 87. The Dawson family announced his passing in a statement issued through his long-time employer, KMBC-TV. “With wife Linda at his side, it is with much sadness that …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Following the NFL Draft during which the Chiefs selected five defensive backs, the club expanded the group further by acquiring Lonnie Johnson Jr, from the Houston Texans in exchange for a conditional 2024 seventh-round draft choice. The 24-year-old Johnson was a 2019 second-round draft choice (No. 54 overall) by the Texans. He has one year remaining …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — AFC West games will be big games in 2022, and the NFL signaled as much during the first round of the draft with the announcement the Chiefs will host the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 2 on Thursday night. The home opener for the Chiefs on Sept. 15 will be the first game to air on …
