The Kansas City Chiefs face a challenging offseason at the cornerback position with a lack of experience. Marcus Peters, the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year, accounted for half of the 16 interceptions totaled by the Chiefs in 2015. But the top three cornerbacks on the current roster combine for four years of experience if Sean Smith tests the market …
The best approach when viewing a roster before the start of free agency and the NFL Draft is like Gumby – be flexible when considering additions and subtractions will occur. Teams are allowed a maximum of 90 players on an offseason roster and the Kansas City Chiefs currently have 78 players, including 17 signed to reserve/future contracts. Six players return from injured …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Chiefs received numerous contributions from the 2015 NFL Draft class. Of the team’s nine draft picks, eight went on appear in at least one regular-season game and log meaningful playing time during the Chiefs’ 11-5 season. The lone exception was wide receiver Da’Ron Brown, who spent the season on the practice squad after being selected …
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. – A pair of Chiefs players are lighter in the pocket Friday after the NFL fined them for actions against the Minnesota Vikings in Week 6. The NFL levied a fine on rookie cornerback Steven Nelson in the amount of $17,363 for roughing the passer, specifically “struck QB in knee area,” a league spokesman informed ChiefsDigest.com and The …
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. – The Chiefs will face an enduring testament to desire when Minnesota Vikings cornerback Terence Newman takes the field Sunday at TCF Bank Stadium. Newman, who is in his 13th season, has withstood time since entering the league in 2003 out of Kansas State as a first-round pick (fifth overall) with the Dallas Cowboys. The average career …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Chiefs wide receiver Albert Wilson (shoulder) is inactive against the Chicago Bears. Wilson entered Sunday as questionable on the injury report after being limited in practice the entire week will miss a second straight game. Rookie wide receiver Chris Conley, who had two catches for 53 yards in Week 4, will start in Wilson’s place. Rookie …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Chiefs used two safeties at the nickel cornerback position in consecutive games to compensate the loss of cornerback Phillip Gaines, who suffered an ACL tear in Week 3. Tyvon Branch got the first chance after Gaines went down against the Green Bay Packers, and then the Chiefs turned to Ron Parker over cornerbacks Jamell Fleming and Marcus Cooper …
Chiefs wide receiver Albert Wilson is inactive for Sunday’s game against the Cincinnati Bengals at Paul Brown Stadium. Wilson, who practiced in a limited fashion the past week, has been nursing a shoulder injury and the Chiefs designated him as questionable on the final injury report heading into the weekend. With Wilson not dressing for the game, wide receiver Frankie …
