KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The first words from Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid Monday cut straight to a key reason for his team’s 19-17 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Arrowhead Stadium. “The obvious is we need to do better job of staying on the field offensively and getting off the field defensively,” Reid said. “Third downs – …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Leaving points on the field continues plaguing the Kansas City Chiefs offensive, contributing to a 19-17 defeat against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers that sent the team to its first loss at Arrowhead Stadium in more than a year. Chiefs coach Andy Reid remained at a loss to explain the team’s red zone struggles. “It’s probably a …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The odds of a small college football program that no longer exists producing one NFL head coach seems long enough, but Sunday’s matchup between Kansas City’s Andy Reid and Tampa Bay’s Dirk Koetter serves as a reunion for the 1985 San Francisco State coaching staff. “Honestly, I thought he would beat me to being a head …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs prepared for the possibility of long snapper James Winchester missing Sunday’s game against Tampa Bay with fullback Anthony Sherman handling long-snapping duties during the portion of practice open to the media. Coach Andy Reid said Sherman and tight end Travis Kelce have practiced as backup long snappers during the season. Reid stressed Winchester must place his family first …
The Kansas City Chiefs looked like a team that lost its way heading to the bye in week five, coming off a blowout loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers and struggling to find its rhythm on both sides of the ball. What a different a month makes. Now the Chiefs stand 6-2, heading to Carolina with an opportunity to move to …
Austin Willis is wearing shorts, sneakers and a windbreaker jacket – the Emporia State logo over his heart offering a hint of his identity – while waiting in the lobby of an IHOP restaurant in Emporia, Kan. He rises and smiles upon greetings, extending a warm handshake before a hostess leads a party of two to the privacy of a …
LAWRENCE, Kan. – The months since the 2014 regular season ended have been virtually nonstop for former Kansas Jayhawks inside linebacker Ben Heeney. The native of Hutchinson, Kan., played in the East-West Shrine Game, attended the NFL Scouting Combine, and then capped it off Wednesday with Kansas’ Pro Day. Heeney was among 15 former Jayhawk players working out in front …
Former Kansas State wide receiver Tyler Lockett proved records are made to be broken. The dual-threat Lockett, a native of Tulsa, Okla., established a whopping 17 school records by the time he concluded an accomplished four-year career in Manhattan, Kan. Among the records set by Lockett include receptions (249), yards receiving (3,710), receiving touchdowns (29), 100-yard receiving games (17), kickoff-return …
With little more than a month remaining before the 2014 NFL Draft, the league is buzzing with news surrounding prospects projected to go in the early rounds. Up to this point, these players have enjoyed the spotlight and can rest assured their names will be called during the draft’s three-day process beginning May 8. However, for Jerome Couplin III, a …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Chiefs coach Andy Reid on Dec. 9 characterized special teams coordinator Dave Toub and assistant special teams coordinator Kevin O’Dea as Batman and Robin. Kansas City’s Dynamic Duo is no more, as the Buccaneers announced Thursday O’Dea is one of 11 assistant coaches hired by Tampa Bay’s new coach, Lovie Smith. With Toub and O’Dea at …
