KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Chiefs spent the first half of Friday evening adding depth to the defensive secondary with the signings of safeties Jimmy Wilson and Stevie Brown. The second half was spent strengthening the outside linebacker corps with the signing of Andy Mulumba, formerly of the Green Bay Packers. Mulumba’s agent, Tom Tafelski, confirmed Friday night in a …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Outside linebacker Justin Houston’s knee surgery commanded headlines Tuesday morning and rightfully so given the dire circumstances. But Chiefs head athletic trainer Rick Burkholder offered additional news during a conference call on various players returning from injured reserve ahead of the team’s voluntary offseason workout program, which begins April 18. And the updates weren’t as grim …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Chiefs are in danger of starting the 2016 regular season without an important piece on defense. Outside linebacker Justin Houston underwent a procedure on Feb. 15 to address the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee after a knee scope revealed a deeper issue. “When Dr. (James) Andrews took a look inside his knee, he determined …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Chiefs on Thursday formally announced numerous previously reported transactions. The free-agent signings made official are the returns of outside linebacker Tamba Hali, inside linebacker Derrick Johnson, defensive end Jaye Howard and outside linebacker Frank Zombo, and the additions of offensive tackle Mitchell Schwartz and outside linebacker Jonathan Massaquoi. The Chiefs also announced the signings of …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Two of the Chiefs’ longest-tenured players are back with a specific mission in mind. Individual accomplishments don’t matter to inside linebacker Derrick Johnson and outside linebacker Tamba Hali, both of whom signed three-year contracts to stay in Kansas City before the start of free agency. Instead, the pair has a bigger vision on how they want …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – One of the Chiefs’ most-prolific edge rushers won’t be hitting the open market as an unrestricted free agent, after all. The Chiefs and outside linebacker Tamba Hali agreed to a three-year contract, a source familiar with the transaction confirmed Tuesday with ChiefsDigest.com and The Topeka Capital-Journal. Terms of the deal were not disclosed and the source …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The hunt officially begins. A two-day window, commonly referred to as the “legal tampering period,” opens Monday at 11 a.m. CT for NFL teams to contact and negotiate with agents representing players scheduled to become unrestricted free agents Wednesday. Any agreed upon contract, however, can’t be executed with a new club until the league’s calendar year …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The vision of the Chiefs defense without a cornerstone player took a step closer to reality. Outside linebacker Tamba Hali’s contract has been voided, a source familiar with the situation confirmed Saturday with ChiefsDigest.com and The Topeka Capital-Journal. The source spoke on the condition of anonymity because the Chiefs have not made an announcement. The Chiefs …
INDIANAPOLIS – Ohio State defensive end Joey Bosa is regarded as a first-round selection in the upcoming NFL Draft. And with so many Buckeyes in the NFL, it would be easy to think that Bosa stayed home to find a player to emulate, right? Guess again. “I like watching Tamba Hali,” Bosa said Friday of the Kansas City Chiefs outside …
The outside linebacker position produced 21 of the Kansas City Chiefs’ 47 sacks in 2015. This number is down from the prior season when Justin Houston had 22 of the position’s 28 sacks. Houston, who signed a six-year, $101 million deal last offseason, anchors the position. But the Chiefs could experience a transition with Tamba Hali’s future remaining uncertain. Additionally, …
