With the 2015 season in the books, the Chiefs shift focus to the offseason with a view to improving the roster for the 2016 campaign. The Chiefs have tools to utilize to accomplish that goal in the coming months, including free agency and the draft, but free agency headlines this edition of the mailbag. @HerbieTeope Out of the long list …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Chiefs received numerous contributions from the 2015 NFL Draft class. Of the team’s nine draft picks, eight went on appear in at least one regular-season game and log meaningful playing time during the Chiefs’ 11-5 season. The lone exception was wide receiver Da’Ron Brown, who spent the season on the practice squad after being selected …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Chiefs outside linebacker Tamba Hali hasn’t played a lot of snaps the past two games, but circumstances may have a lot to do with it. Hali played 14 snaps in the season finale, a week following surgery on his right thumb, and then played 15 snaps in the playoff game against the Houston Texans on the …
Do you believe in miracles? Because the Kansas City Chiefs sure do. The Chiefs were 1-5 through Week 6. The future looked grim. Playoffs? That hope seemed far fetched 11 weeks ago. But they weren’t going to give up hope. And 11 weeks later, the Chiefs finished the regular season with 10-straight wins. The regular season was punctuated with a …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Chiefs for the first time this season experienced life without outside linebackers Justin Houston and Tamba Hali, as the players didn’t dress in Sunday’s 17-13 win over the Cleveland Browns. Whether the Chiefs have both linebackers in the lineup for Week 17’s season finale against the Oakland Raiders remains in the air. “Day-to-day situation,” coach Andy …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Chiefs will be without both starting outside linebackers Sunday against the Cleveland Browns. Tamba Hali, who entered the game as questionable, is inactive along with Justin Houston (knee). Hali underwent surgery on his right thumb earlier in the week and missed all three practices leading to the weekend. Houston will miss a fourth straight game …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Chiefs coaching staff didn’t hold back the past week on complimenting Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel. “He’s an explosive player, makes a lot of things happen,” coach Andy Reid said. “He’s great at extending plays. “From a defensive standpoint, you’ve got to make sure you play the whole play, and then a little. He moves …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – From offense to defense through 15 games, the Chiefs epitomize the “next man up” mentality while dealing with an assortment of injuries on both side of the ball. That approach won’t change in Week 16 against the Cleveland Browns with the Chiefs now dealing with outside linebacker Tamba Hali’s thumb injury, which required surgery earlier in …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Chiefs outside linebacker Tamba Hali had surgery Tuesday to repair a broken right thumb, head athletic trainer Rick Burkholder said Wednesday. Hali sustained the injury at an unknown time during Week 15’s win over the Baltimore Ravens and dealt with swelling after the game. An X-ray conducted Monday showed Hali suffered a fracture, leading to Tuesday’s …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The success of an extra-point kick was once the most automatic play of any NFL game. But a 2015 rules change that moved the point after touchdown (PAT) back to what amounts to 33-yard field goal for a single point has dropped the automatic nature of the kick. That was especially visible around the league on …
