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. — Chiefs running back Charcandrick West left practice early Saturday following a hit to the helmet, according to head coach Andy Reid. “(Head athletic trainer) Rick (Burkholder) is evaluating him , we’ll just see where he’s at,” Reid said. “We’ll just see where he’s at.” The hit occurred on the first day of practice with pads allowing …
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — Chiefs linebacker Reggie Ragland started training camp on the non-football injury list, the result of his knee puffing up following his flight to Kansas City, according to head coach Andy Reid. “He’s in great shape, we’re just going to let it calm down, precautionary measure, let it calm down and he’ll get back out,” Reid said. …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Outside and inside linebackers in a 3-4 defense such as the scheme deployed by the Chiefs under defensive coordinator Bob Sutton have very different duties, and starting this season the groups have different coaches. The reviews so far might make you wonder why the team didn’t make the change years ago. “I think it is great just …
The Chiefs finished the 2017 season with a far-different lineup at inside linebacker than it started with in training camp. In July, the club remained uncertain of the recovery of Derrick Johnson and re-signed veteran Josh Mauga as a potential starter. Defensive coordinator Bob Sutton mixed and matched his inside linebackers through training camp and into the regular season. It …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Linebacker Reggie Ragland learned this week his Kansas City Chiefs last won a home playoff game 24 years ago, adding just a bit more motivation ahead of the team’s Wild Card showdown Saturday against the Tennessee Titans at Arrowhead Stadium. “It means we’ve got to go out there and get it done,” Ragland said. Ragland’s NFL …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — No one would blame Chiefs linebacker Reggie Ragland delivered a little extra effort against the Buffalo Bills, the team that drafted him in 2016 and dealt him to Kansas City before he even played an NFL game, but that’s not the linebacker’s style. “Anytime you play against another grown man who wants to hit you in …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — With 13 years in the NFL, linebacker Derrick Johnson spent much of that time as an every-down linebacker, still playing every defensive snap in five of Kansas City’s first nine games this year, but don’t expect to see that again as the Chiefs entering the closing stretch this season. “Right now the plan is to not …
The Kansas City defense has oscillated back and forth between the dark side and the light the last several weeks. One week they can’t stop the run but hold quarterbacks to limited success. The next week the focus turns to the run and quarterbacks turn into superstars. Balance. Defensive coordinator Bob Sutton and his unit must return balance to the …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Chiefs safety Ron Parker enters Sunday’s game against the Philadelphia Eagles as questionable for the second-straight week with an ankle injury. Parker played all 81 defensive snaps against New England with the same injury designation. The injury takes on new light, however, given the safety Eric Berry’s season-ending Achilles rupture. Starting right cornerback Steven Nelson also …
