KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Chiefs outside linebackers Tamba Hali (thumb, knee) and Justin Houston (knee) are among six players not practicing Wednesday ahead of Sunday’s game against the Oakland Raiders. “Still making progress in the right direction,” coach Andy Reid said of Hali and Houston. Hali did not play in Week 16 after undergoing surgery on his right thumb early …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Chiefs are on a magic carpet ride and everybody is along for the trip. Kansas City (10-5) clinched a postseason berth Sunday with a 17-13 win over the Cleveland Browns and the Pittsburgh Steelers’ loss to the Baltimore Ravens. The road to the playoffs, however, didn’t start off easy for the Chiefs, who began the …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Chiefs are on the verge of standing alone. With a win Sunday over the Baltimore Ravens (4-9), the Chiefs (8-5) will establish an NFL record as the first team in league history to win eight straight games after a losing streak of at least five games. The Chiefs’ potential road to history, however, must first …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – In his 11 NFL seasons with the 49ers and Chiefs, quarterback Alex Smith has played for a handful of head coaches, five to be exact: Mike Nolan, Mike Singletary, Jim Tomsula (1 game), Jim Harbaugh and Andy Reid. Only one of those coaches told the team that he wanted them to play with emotion, to allow …
KANSAS CITY, Mo – The Chiefs signed offensive lineman Jah Reid to a three-year extension, a source familiar with the transaction confirmed Thursday afternoon with ChiefsDigest.com and The Topeka Capital-Journal. Terez Paylor of The Kansas City Star was the first to report the transaction. The Chiefs later announced the signing. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The 6-7, …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Even in this day and age of spread offenses and record-shattering performances throwing the football, a team’s success and failure on game day still comes down to the big uglies on the line of scrimmage. Without a strong performance from the offensive line, there isn’t a quarterback alive that can be effective as it’s just about …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Chiefs survived the war of attrition along the offensive line in Week 12 and should have the bodies to fill the starting five in Week 13. Depth, on the other hand, becomes the bigger issue. Already down guard Ben Grubbs, who missed a fourth straight game with a neck injury, against the Buffalo Bills, the …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The NFL is forever about the next man up and arguably no team epitomizes that philosophy while winning like the Chiefs. That approach was once again put to the test Sunday against the Buffalo Bills. Already utilizing Spencer Ware, the third running back on the depth chart, the Chiefs faced a potential disaster when three starting …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Week 10’s game between the Chiefs and Denver Broncos resulted in fines for both teams. Chiefs right tackle Jah Reid was fined $8,681 for an unnecessary roughness penalty against the Denver Broncos in Week 10, according to a league spokesman. The play occurred late in the first quarter when Reid dove on top of Broncos outside …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Any hope for Chiefs left guard Ben Grubbs returning to the lineup in Week 11 have already been dashed. The Chiefs on Wednesday ruled Grubbs (neck) as out for Sunday’s game against the San Diego Chargers, marking the third straight game the ninth-year pro will miss since sustaining the injury in Week 7. And given the …
