ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — One day after Nazeeh Johnson went down with a knee injury during a training camp practice, the Chiefs placed the second-year cornerback on injured reserve with a torn ACL. Johnson had been battling for the third cornerback spot behind starters L’Jarius Sneed and Trent McDuffie, and his loss will be felt in the secondary and on …
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — Former first-round draft pick John Ross signed with the Chiefs in January in an effort to return to the field after a season away from the NFL, but that bid came to a close Wednesday as he landed on the league’s reserve/retired list. The 27-year-old Ross entered the league as the No. 9 overall selection in …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs closed out their mandatory minicamp on Thursday by agreeing to terms with the final unsigned member of their 2023 draft class while also adding another receiver to the fold The club officially signed second-round draft choice Rashee Rice. Terms of the deal were not immediately disclosed. Rice is the final member of the team’s …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Chiefs running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire, the club’s first-round selection in the 2020 NFL Draft, won’t have the fifth-year option in his rookie contract exercised, a league source told Chiefs Digest on Tuesday. The deadline for teams to pick up the fifth-year option for first-round choices in the 2020 NFL Draft expires at 3 p.m. central time …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – After four years in Jacksonville with four different head coaches and four different offenses, no one would blame offensive tackle Jawaan Taylor if he wanted a break from constant turnover. That’s not how Taylor is wired, however, so it’s no surprise that once he had an opportunity to test free agency, he chose to sign with …
$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. – Although the deadline for NFL clubs to designate franchise players is still just under 24 hours away, and free agency doesn’t officially open for another eight days, the Chiefs on Monday tipped their hand when it comes to a couple of their biggest offseason decisions. First came word the Chiefs won’t use the franchise tag on …
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — During the Chiefs’ first full day on the ground in Arizona for Super Bowl LVII, the club made a much-anticipated roster move by adding running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire to the active roster and playing wide receiver Mecole Hardman on season-ending injured reserve. Edwards-Helaire started the season as the Chiefs’ No. 1 running back but slowly gave way …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — With an array of injuries at the wide receiver position, the Chiefs elevated two receivers from their practice squad for Sunday night’s visit to the Los Angeles Chargers. The Chiefs used the standard elevation on receivers Marcus Kemp and Cornell Powell, adding them to the active roster for the Week 11 contest against the Chargers. Players …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The NFL trade deadline arrived Tuesday afternoon with the Chiefs surprise sellers at the end, sending cornerback Rashad Fenton to the Atlanta Falcons in exchange for a conditional seventh-round draft choice. The Chiefs wasted no time in filling Fenton’s spot on the 53-player roster, activating cornerback Trent McDuffie from injured reserve. McDuffie’s 21-day window to practice …
