KANSAS CITY, Mo. — With spring football comes optimism, and even for a team coming off its most significant turnover in five years, the Chiefs started their offseason program with head coach Andy Reid believing this might be the season that ends with a Super Bowl in Kansas City. “It’s a little different but it’s kind of exciting,” Reid said. “I look …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — By the time Los Angeles Chargers quarter Philip Rivers dropped back for a desperation have on third-and-20 with team down 30-13 with 2 minutes to play, it seemed inevitable the ball would wind its way to Chiefs cornerback Marcus Peters. “He’s deadly, an assassin,” wide receiver Tyreek Hill said of his teammate. “He came in this …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Four Chiefs did not practice Wednesday due to injuries, with the status of center Mitch Morse perhaps the biggest quandary facing the team as it prepares to meet the Oakland Raiders Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium. Morse re-injured his left foot Sunday against the New York Jets. A sprained left foot suffered in Week 2 against the …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Linebacker Dee Ford will miss his fifth game this season when the Kansas City Chiefs lineup Sunday against the Buffalo Bills, but the team hopes to have wide receiver Albert Wilson and defensive end Allen Bailey available, with the debut of a Darrelle Revis a possibility as well. The team ruled Ford out on Friday with …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs will be without four key players Sunday in their road trip to visit the New York Giants. The team ruled our linebackers Dee Ford and Tamba Hali along with defensive lineman Allen Bailey and wide receiver Albert Wilson. Reid left the status of all four players up in the air following practice Friday. “They’re …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Tight end Martellus Bennett found an escape hatch out of Green Bay and slipped back into New England with the Patriots, but that move may not have happened if the Chiefs had put a waiver claim in on Bennett. And the Chiefs definitely considered it, head coach Andy Reid said. “We looked at that as a …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs full roster returns to the practice field this week with the beginning of organized team activities. The offseason schedule includes 10 OTA practices before concluding with a mandatory in June. The practice schedule takes place at the team’s training facility near the Truman Sports Complex. Practices are scheduled for May 23-25, May 30-June 1 …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — With his first pick as Chiefs general manager, John Dorsey set a tone that established his image as a draft evaluator. Dorsey inherited left tackle Branden Albert, who loomed as a free agent in the following offseason. The team selected Eric Fisher as the No. 1 overall pick to serve as heir apparent. Thus began the …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Chiefs cornerback Phillip Gaines returned to practice Thursday, providing optimism the team may have one of its key secondary defenders against the high-powered New Orleans Saints passing attack visiting Arrowhead Stadium Sunday. Gaines left the team’s week six game against Oakland after developing inflammation in his surgically repaired left knee. It’s the latest temporary setback for …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Justin Houston’s return to practice for the Chiefs provided a highlight for the team, but season-ending injuries to two defensive starters and uncertainty with a third puts the Chiefs into shuffle mode in preparations for the New Orleans Saints on Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium. The team placed defensive lineman Allen Bailey and inside linebacker Justin-March Lillard …