KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Buffalo Bills coach Rex Ryan knows cornerbacks. Ryan has coached the likes of Chris McAlister, Darrelle Revis, Antonio Cromartie and even Terence Newman during a short stint as a defensive coordinator at Kansas State, among others. So given his history, Ryan isn’t likely to offer praise lightly and he knows when a cornerback possesses unique traits. …
The Denver Broncos were completely unrecognizable, and the Kansas City Chiefs exploited it, dominating the Broncos at home, 29-13. In Week 2, everything that could go wrong did go wrong for Kansas City. In Week 10, everything that could go right did. The game was full of highs and dotted with an occasional low. HIGHS • Rookie cornerback Marcus Peters …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Andy Reid has given the Chiefs players a week off to rest up, lick their wounds and prepare for the second half of the 2015 season. Seems like a good time to sit back and look at the good, the not so good, and the ugly of the first eight games of a season where the …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Chiefs ranked last in the NFL with six interceptions last season. This season, the Chiefs already have eight picks through eight games, and three of those picks have come from emerging star Marcus Peters, the cornerback the team drafted 18th overall in May. Peters started the season on an eye-popping note, intercepting two passes and logging seven passes defended in the first two games. …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Rookie cornerback Steven Nelson could have gone into a shell the first four games of the regular season. The Chiefs’ second of two third-round picks in May’s NFL Draft was a healthy inactive, but sulking over lack of playing time simply isn’t Nelson’s style. Instead, Nelson embraced the period while transitioning to the nickel cornerback position …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – In early September, Chiefs head coach Andy Reid said that he thought he had a good team, one that could compete at a level where the franchise could achieve its goals of success in the postseason. Six weeks later, with a 1-5 record and the league’s longest current losing streak at five games, does Reid still …
The Kansas City Chiefs looked like they went to a party, woke up hungover and still had to show up for work the next morning. That look didn’t work for them, and the Chiefs (1-5) lost, 16-10. Kansas City has lost five straight, the longest losing streak since the Chiefs lost eight straight games in 2012. A lot of things …
KANSAS CITY, Mo – Make no mistake about it, the bottom dropped out of the Chiefs 2015 season on Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium. The 18-17 loss to the Chicago Bears told us plenty about this year’s Chiefs, as they’ve now lost four straight, are 1-4 and slipping deep into the land of AFC pretenders. But what hurt even worse was …
Offensive, defensive and special teams keys of the Kansas City Chiefs against the Chicago Bears. OFFENSE The checklist of improvements needed from the Chiefs offense is a long one if they expect to beat a mediocre Chicago team at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday. Topping that list is pass protection, which has been the worst in the NFL over the first …
Offensive, defensive and special teams keys of the Kansas City Chiefs against the Cincinnati Bengals. OFFENSE There are a lot of matchups of interest in any football game. That’s the case for the Chiefs offense this Sunday. But there’s one matchup that will play a major factor in the chances of the Chiefs to beat the Bengals. That’s the interior …
