KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs finished out an all-defensive night during the second and third rounds of the NFL draft, adding Clemson linebacker Dorian O’Daniel. General manager Brett Veach said the draft continues his initiative to add more toughness to the defense. “How these guys are going to approach the process and what they’re going to bring on Sunday,” …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs expected to make defense a priority in the 2018 NFL draft, and the club did just that, moving up in the second round to select Mississippi defensive lineman Breeland Speaks. Head coach Andy Reid watched every snap from the 22-year-old’s redshirt junior season at the urging of general manager Brett Veach. “He has a …
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. — After 13 seasons in Kansas City that will one day lead to the club etching his name in the club’s ring of honor inside Arrowhead Stadium, linebacker Derrick Johnson said goodbye on Tuesday to the only NFL team he’s ever known. “I’m grateful I had the opportunity to spend 13 years in a place I love,” …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The musical chairs among the Chiefs coaching staff appears to have drawn to a close, with the club confirming the retirement of assistant head coach Brad Childress and special projects coach Tommy Brasher. The club also parted of ways with linebackers coach Gary Gibbs “I’d like to thank coach Childress, coach Brasher and coach Gibbs for …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Head coach Andy Reid move swiftly to fill the role of offensive coordinator vacated by Matt Nagy leaving for the Chicago Bears, promoting running backs coach Eric Bieniemy to the role. “I’m a big fan of his,” Reid said last week of Bieniemy. “I’ve got good coaches and I’ve said before I think he’s a phenomenal …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Chiefs head coach Andy Reid said little about the officiating following his team’s 22-21 Wild Card loss to the Tennessee Titans, but the few words he did say spoke volumes about what he thought of a series of controversial calls that went against his team. “I can’t go there,” Reid said. “Everything I say, those …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs still plan to start rookie Patrick Mahomes and roll out a lineup peppered with young players and backups, a flu bug entering its second week ravaging through the organization could throw a wrench into the plans of head coach Andy Reid. “We’ve got a little bit of the flu going around here,” Reid said …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The NFL’s longest current iron man streak among offensive lineman might come to an end this weekend as the Kansas City Chiefs prepare to rest many of their starters in the season finale at the Denver Broncos. Right tackle Mitchell Schwartz enters the game with two of the longest current active streaks among offensive linemen. He holds …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Chiefs head coach Andy Reid entered Kansas City’s quarterback room on Tuesday to deliver the news that rookie Patrick Mahomes would start the team’s regular season final Sunday at Denver. “We were in here watching film as a group and we were just trying to learn as we go and he went out and gave us …