LAS VEGAS – The Chiefs franchise claimed its fourth Super Bowl championship, but two members of their coaching staff now have more rings than that. Linebackers coach Brendan Daly joins an exclusive group of 15 people with six Super Bowl rings. Daly won three rings as an assistant and defensive line coach with New England, and he now owns three …
LAS VEGAS – Running back Jerick McKinnon, who earned Super Bowl praise a year ago for sliding short of the end zone to run out the clock against the Philadelphia Eagles, will suit up in Super Bowl LVIII just 40 days after surgery for a core muscle. McKinnon, who underwent surgery on Jan. 2 for the injury also involving a …
LAS VEGAS — The Kansas City Chiefs won’t have All-Pro left guard Joe Thuney available for Sunday’s Super Bowl showdown with the San Francisco 49ers but the club delivered good news for receiver Rashee Rice one day after a scare in Thursday’s practice. Thuney was ruled out by the club on Friday due to a pectoral injury. Head coach Andy …
LAS VEGAS — Chief wide receiver Rashee and running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire were limited in practice on Thursday but neither issue appears serious enough to impact their availability in Super Bowl LVIII Sunday against the San Francisco 49ers. Rice, who has been dealing with a sore ankle in recent weeks, got his other ankle stepped on about an hour into …
LAS VEGAS — The Chiefs will have one more receiver available at their disposal in Sunday’s Super Bowl LVIII showdown against the San Francisco 49ers after activating wide receiver Skyy Moore from injured reserve Wednesday. Moore landed on injured reserve Dec. 18 after injuring his knee in the team’s Week 15 win against the New England Patriots. The club designated …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Chiefs left guard Joe Thuney didn’t practice this week as the Chiefs began their preparations for Super Bowl LVIII, but the club listed the left guard as questionable with a strained right pectoral on their Friday injury report. Head coach Andy Reid on Thursday didn’t rule out the possibility of Thuney playing next Sunday against the …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Chiefs defensive end Chris Jones is expected to practice Thursday as the Chiefs initiate their preparation for Super Bowl LVIII after the day listed him on Wednesday’s estimated injury report with a quad injury. Chiefs head coach Andy Reid said left guard Joe Thuney (pectoral) and defensive end Charles Omenihu (torn ACL) won’t practice Thursday. While …
Chiefs linebacker Willie Gay won’t play in the AFC Championship game after neck spasms that have bothered him for the past week flared up again Sunday morning. Gay tested out his neck injury in an attempt to loosen it up but to no avail, and the team included him on its inactive list. He joins left guard Joe Thuney (pectoral) …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Five Chiefs starters were on the sidelines Wednesday as the team prepares to visit the Baltimore Ravens in Sunday’s AFC Championship game. Still, none appeared more significant than the strained right pectoral muscle of left guard Joe Thuney. Thuney reportedly did not sustain a tear of the pectoral muscle but his status for Sunday remains in …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs began preparation for their Divisional playoff showdown with Buffalo Wednesday without starting defensive tackle Derrick Nnadi, who is out with a triceps injury. Nnadi suffered the injury during Saturday’s Wild Card win over the Miami Dolphins. The term initially described the injury as an elbow issue, and Nnadi was seen on the sideline testing …