The Chiefs’ first preseason outing started out rough, but ended up in a walloping of the Arizona Cardinals 34-19. The game will, despite being a preseason game, go down in the history books, but not in part by either the Chiefs or the Cardinals’ doing. The NFL’s first female referee, Sarah Thomas, was a part of the officiating crew, while …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A return to football begins Saturday night when the Chiefs travel to Glendale, Ariz., to take on the Cardinals in preseason action. While there are plenty of position battles yet to be determined, don’t expect all of them to be fully settled in the first exhibition game. The preseason offers an evaluation period for the coaching staff, especially …
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – The Chiefs open the preseason Saturday night with a road contest against the Arizona Cardinals. Don’t blink, however, because the starters are set for a token appearance, a norm for NFL exhibition games. “The ones will go for a quarter,” coach Andy Reid said Wednesday. “The twos will go for the second quarter and half of the third, …
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – The Chiefs are suddenly thin at the inside linebacker position. Linebackers Josh Mauga and rookie D.J. Alexander left Wednesday’s practice and did not return. “Mauga’s heel was bothering him,” coach Andy Reid said. “So we just held him out, let him do some warm-ups, try it, see how it felt. It was tight, so we just …
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – Let the public overreaction and analyzing begin. The Chiefs on Friday night released the initial depth of training camp ahead of the Aug. 15 preseason game against the Arizona Cardinals. Keep in mind the depth chart is always fluid leading to the regular season. More importantly, there are plenty of battles yet to be settled with training …
Training camp paves the path to the first round of roster cuts from 90 to 75 occurs Sept. 1, followed by cuts from 75 to 53 on Sept. 5. The establishment of the 10-man practice squad can begin Sept. 6. With those dates in mind, here is an initial prediction on the Chiefs’ 53-man roster – based on spring practices …
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – The Chiefs on Friday morning wrapped up three days of practice with rookies, quarterbacks and select players ahead of veterans reporting in the afternoon. And it came with good news. Rookie linebacker Ramik Wilson, who missed the last two days of practice with a back injury, is apparently no longer on non-football injury list. Wilson was …
Chiefs rookie wide receiver Chris Conley (knee) did not participate in Thursday’s practice and is considered day-to-day, according to a team spokesman. Conley suffered the injury during Wednesday’s practice and was unable to finish the workout. Rookie running back Keshawn Hill left Thursday’s practice with a hamstring injury, per a team spokesman. Hill also battled a hamstring injury during the …
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – Chiefs quarterback Tyler Bray and rookie linebacker Ramik Wilson will start training camp on the non-football injury list. Bray, who suffered a torn ACL in January, was present on the football field Wednesday with a brace on his left knee, but worked with trainers while rookies, quarterbacks and select players practiced. “Tyler Bray is actually doing …
The Chiefs linebacker corps has been a consistent presence over the past two seasons, and three original starters from 2013 – Tamba Hali, Justin Houston and Derrick Johnson – remain at their respective positions. Hali, Houston and Johnson have been a key component in the Chiefs’ ability to apply pressure, with Houston (22) and Hali (6) accounting for 28 of the …
