$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 …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Newly acquired wide receiver Kadarius Toney provides the Chiefs with another option for the team’s high-octane offense. Still, head coach Andy Reid expects it to be a gradual process working with the former first-round draft selection into the team’s rotation. “We’ve got one football and we’ve got a few guys that we like to get the …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — With the NFL trade market heating up ahead of the deadline on Nov. 1, Chiefs general manager Brett Veach jumped into the fray on Thursday in landing former first-round wide receiver Kadarius Toney from the New York Giants in exchange for two 2023 draft choices. The Chiefs sent a conditional 2023 third-round choice (compensation for Chicago …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs made a series of roster moves on Wednesday morning, with the likelihood of a couple more to come before Sunday’s game against the Buffalo Bills. The Chiefs promoted defensive tackle Taylor from the practice squad to the active roster, where he takes the place of defensive end Benton Whitley, whom the club placed on …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Three days after re-signing veteran Marcus Kemp to the practice, the Chiefs welcomed another familiar face into their wide receiver group with the return of Chris Conley. While Kemp has spent parts of the past five seasons with the club since joining the Chiefs as an undrafted free agent in 2017, Conley was last on the …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The hamstring injury suffered by cornerback Trent McDuffie Sunday will keep him out for at least the next four games after the Chiefs placed him on injured reserve Tuesday. The team also made a flurry of other roster moves Tuesday afternoon, including the promotion of linebackers Elijah Lee and Jack Cochrane from the practice squad to …
