KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Chiefs running back has entered the league’s concussion protocol with a concussion. There is no timetable yet on his return to training camp. West left practice on Saturday after taking a hit to the helmet during the team’s first padded practice of camp. The team carries a deep running back stable but injuries are now testing …
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — Coaches, quarterbacks, rookies and select veterans reported to training camp for the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, and the arrival brought good news from coach Andy Reid on the team’s injury front. Reid said only WR De’Anthony Thomas and CB Ashton Lampkin expected to start training camp on the sidelines. That means that C Mitch Morse, …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Picking up Andy Reid’s version of the West Coast offense can pose a challenge for newcomers to the system but so far wide receiver Sammy Watkins looks as though he’s been a part of the system for years. “You can come in and be yourself,” Watkins said about the environment created by his new teammates and coaches. …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Thursday’s OTA practice for the Chiefs took on a bit more of a serious edge with officials in the defensive secondary making calls as the team concluded its second week of offseason practices. Midway through the team’s 10 OTA practices and three minicamp workouts that close next month, head coach Andy Reid said he’s pleased with the …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs third day of practice during the final phase of offseason workouts did not necessarily dazzle but head coach Andy Reid says he’s seeing the progress he wants during this time of year. “We’ve had good work through this period here, this is Phase 3, where we can actually work with one another and go …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Chiefs running back Kareem Hunt sent a message early in his rookie season that no one should sleep on him, and the Pro Football Writers of America didn’t in awarding the league’s leading rusher with its Rookie of the Year award and a share of the group’s Offensive Rookie of the Year honor. Fellow Chiefs rookie …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kareem Hunt ended his season just as it began in September, booking ending his rookie campaign with the NFL’s offensive rookie of the month award for December. Hunt is the first running back to win more than one rookie of the month award since Adrian Peterson in 2007. New Orleans’ defensive back Marshon Lattimore won the …
Kareem Hunt entered the last day of the season needed an unusual series of events to win the NFL rushing title, but the right scenario fell into place for the Kansas City Chiefs running back becoming the sixth rookie since the NFL merger to lead the league in rushing. The third-round draft pick from Toledo took just a single rush …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In a record-setting year the Kansas City Chiefs offense quickly built around the premise that defenses might be able to take away Travis Kelce, Tyreek Hill or Kareem Hunt, but rarely all three. During Sunday’s 29-13 win over Miami that made the Chiefs AFC West champions, the Dolphins couldn’t stop any of them. “We got beat …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City running back Kareem Hunt rocketed through the NFL in hist first seven games but a midseason swoon raised the specter that he may have hit the rookie wall, a barrier he bashed his way through Sunday in the Chiefs’ 26-15 victory over the Oakland Raiders. “It’s just huge to go out there and get …
