Kansas City Chiefs rode a roller coaster up and down the last several weeks, particularly on the defensive side of the ball. After allowing the Pittsburgh Steelers to come to Arrowhead Stadium and run all over the Kansas City defense, the Chiefs found the script flipped in Oakland the following week. The defense battened down the hatches against the run …
The Kansas City Chiefs rolled to fifth-straight win opening the season with a 42-34 victory over the Houston Texans, but the victory came at a significant cost with wide receiver Chris Conley likely out for the season with a ruptured Achilles tendon and tight end Travis Kelce entering the league’s concussion protocol. Head coach Andy Reid suggested the prognosis for …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The sprained left foot of center Mitch Morse will keep the starting offensive lineman out of the Chiefs game this weekend on the road against the Los Angeles Chargers. Linebacker Justin Houston, who missed practiced Thursday with an illness, returned to the field for Friday’s final tune-up for the Chargers. Linebacker Dee Ford, who was limited …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs captured their second-straight NFL player of the week honor with defensive lineman Chris Jones nabbing recognition thanks to his big day in the team’s 27-20 win over the Philadelphia Eagles. “It felt pretty good,” Jones said. “Like I told my (defensive line) coach Britt Reid, it’s not about last week it’s about …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Chiefs head coach Andy Reid says every team has its own identity, and while he awaits the emergence of the 2017 team’s self-image he sees an edge in this year’s group. “The one thing they do is they do a great job of letting their personality show, and there’s some great personalities on this football team,” …
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — The eruption ignited last weekend by linebacker Tamba Hali’s comments about his playing time and team leaders participating in offseason workouts cooled Friday, with Hali and his teammates sending the message that there are no hard feelings among the veterans. “I’m a competitor, Hali said. “I want to compete. It’s not about starting, it’s not about …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs dramatic offseason took another hairpin turn days before the opening of training camp with defensive end Tamba Hali questioning his playing time and the team’s player leadership in a series of tweets and an appearance on a podcast. “I think it’s important, especially if you’re on our team and you’re one of …
Derrick Johnson looks to be healthy. Justin Houston is adamant he is back to full strength. Tamba Hali will still be productive in a limited snap count. The team needs Dee Ford to become the player they drafted him to be. He has made the effort to work this offseason and it may be ready to pay off. With little …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The past two seasons proved lost years in many ways for Chiefs linebacker Justin Houston, with a balky left knee stalling his pursuit of opposing quarterbacks and robbing him of a full season’s worth of games. But for the first time in a long time, Houston feels ready to return to the All-Pro form that allowed …
