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Our #Chiefs position spotlight continues with defensive backs: questions, concerns and battles kansascity.com/sports/nfl/ka…
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Mecole Hardman began the year as a Jets’ afterthought. Traded back to Kansas City for barely anything.
And he just made a play you’ll remember forever.
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I was on this call.
North meant in terms of certain stadiums she is holding concerts in such as Miami. Nothing to do with the Chiefs.
These accounts, man.
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Travis Kelce said Patrick Mahomes has been studying all the possible teams and defensive looks the past week and a half. When the #Browns won, Mahomes already had a full whole notebook ready to go, per Kelce.
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Patrick Mahomes’ initial words after the Super Bowl LIX loss. He blamed himself for giving the Eagles points early with the turnovers.
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Andy Reid said the Kareem Hunt addition came about with a phone call from Hunt. Reid sensed he had changed for the better when they interacted at Patrick Mahomes' wedding.
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Chiefs WR Xavier Worthy admitted that this game means a little more to him, given Buffalo traded back. He says that means the Bills didn't want him, and he will play with a chip on his shoulder on Sunday.
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Patrick Mahomes revealed that the 25-yard gain to Travis Kelce late in the fourth quarter was ad-libbed. Kelce saw something in the defense on the play before. The on-field chemistry between these two guys is so key to both of their success.
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Chris Jones arriving and departing Chiefs press singing and dancing to Taylor Swift's "The Fate of Ophelia."
🎥: Emily Curiel/@KCStar
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Brett Veach lifts up the Lombardi Trophy, as he says, "This is what a rebuilding year looks like in Kansas City."
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#Chiefs head coach Andy Reid has confirmed that every player on the 53-man active roster has passed their COVID-19 tests.
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Patrick Mahomes said that #Chiefs players had goosebumps listening to Eric Bieniemy as he spoke to the team prior to the game.
Andy Reid says Eric Bieniemy came in and talked to the offensive players ahead of the AFC Championship.
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Chiefs WR Rashee Rice in the locker room after the game: "We came in as outlaws and was able to come in and dominate as a team."
And what does he mean by "outlaws?"
"We're the outlaws. Everybody wants to beat the Chiefs. We the ones you want to take down, we got a target on our back every day. And we come in to work."
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Patrick Mahomes said he talked to Andy Reid before he signed the new deal to make sure he had no plans to retire anytime soon. Reid will be 74 when the deal in place ends.
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Andy Reid said the play called for RB Samaje Perine was their No. 1 option heading in for a gotta-have-it to win the game.
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Brian Flores’ lawsuit includes an entire section on #Chiefs OC Eric Bieniemy’s lack of offers to become an NFL head coach.
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Chris Jones closes his press conference: "Take care. See you at Burrowhead Stadium."
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Chris Jones responds to the NFL taking his half-sack away, giving the full sack to George Karlaftis. 😂
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Tom Brady is a Buccaneer. Philip Rivers is a Colt. Andy Dalton is a Cowboy. Nick Foles is a Bear. Jameis Winston is a Saint. Teddy Bridgewater is a Panther. Marcus Mariota is a Raider. Cam Newton has no team. Wild offseason.
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Here's what we saw from RB Kareem Hunt in our brief media look. It's his first practice with the #Chiefs in 5.5 years.
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Tyreek Hill just shared that Patrick Mahomes has been even more accurate than usual in practice — and it’s made him more excited for Sunday.
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Such strange energy out of Cincinnati that has somehow caught on. The Chiefs didn't owe the Bengals (or anybody) anything. Win the games.
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3 welcome returns for the #Chiefs on Wednesday: JuJu Smith-Schuster, Isiah Pacheco and Charles Omenihu
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Patrick Mahomes said he wants Tyrann Mathieu in Kansas City as long as he is here (so 2031)
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Baker's about to get the love all week, but Mahomes is playing like the NFL MVP.
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AFC West titles at the conclusion of the 2015 NFL season
Broncos 15
Chargers 15
Raiders 15
Chiefs 8
AFC West titles as it stands today (2023)
Broncos 15
Chargers 15
Raiders 15
Chiefs 15
With a win against the Raiders on Christmas Day, the Chiefs will have the most AFC West titles in the division's history (16), completely flipping the script in eight seasons.
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#Chiefs WR Skyy Moore says of the 32 quarterbacks, he gets the best QB in football in Patrick Mahomes — calls it a blessing.
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Spotted Rashee Rice in the Chiefs locker room. Rice’s right leg was wrapped in a full leg sleeve, and he was walking about normally without crutches. He won’t be available to the media until he recovers.
Chiefs head coach Andy Reid says that WR Rashee Rice (knee) won't practice. Reid says they're getting the swelling out of his knee, and he will have more tests next week.
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All the #Chiefs on the active roster were spotted at practice during the media look, including Rashad Fenton, Darrel Williams — and yes, Tyrann Mathieu.
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#Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker said two pretty wild things after the game
- he got angrier each of the three kicks at the end of the game
- he hit from 67 before the game and 70 at halftime, so 58 meant he could “swing easy”
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The Chiefs' have announced their halftime show for the Divisional Round at Arrowhead.
It's Lil Jon.
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The #Chiefs entered the offseason with the futures of key pieces Sammy Watkins, Bashaud Breeland, Demarcus Robinson, Mike Pennel and Chris Jones as question marks. Patrick Mahomes’ massive deal needed to be done.
Every single one was signed or extended. Remarkable job.
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Two notes from Xavier Worthy: Everybody Gotta Eat or #EGE has become a rallying cry for the Chiefs’ wide receiver room. When he said it in postgame, the players all chirped up and said it in unison. The flapping celebration began with Worthy during the win over the Ravens — and now everyone has joined in.
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RB Carson Steele explains what Andy Reid has talked to him about and what his role might be on Sunday night
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I also spotted RB Isiah Pacheco in the locker room, walking about freely. As they bring in WR DeAndre Hopkins, the #Chiefs are on the mend.
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Head coach Andy Reid says that the team will have meetings Monday — and then the #Chiefs players will be off until Thursday. What will follow is three days of practice in which Kansas City will install the San Francisco 49ers game plan. Reid has done this in the past, using this week as if the game was Monday... then when they get to Las Vegas, it's more of a review than anything else.
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As massive media platforms continue to persist with NFL officials sending the Chiefs to the Super Bowl, here are a couple of stats of note from the AFC Title:
- Patrick Mahomes outgained Josh Allen on the ground, 43-39, including two must-have touchdowns, something nobody saw coming.
- The Bills were 9 of 20 on third and fourth down (45%) after going 10 of 17 (59%) in the first game.
- The Bills' defense allowed 30+ points to the Chiefs, which happened twice all season to NFC South teams.
- Steve Spagnuolo generated 16 pressures, and Allen was 4 of 13 on these plays.
And finally, the most important thought
I would imagine that ahead of the game, if you told the Bills they would have the ball down three with three timeouts and 3:33 on the clock, they would have signed up 10 out of 10 times. They failed.
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Chiefs TE Travis Kelce: "You guys think about retirement? Am I the only one in that boat? (laughing)
"I have no reason to stop playing football. I love it."
Kelce adds he has no intention of retiring after this playoff run.
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The #Chiefs have named S Tyrann Mathieu as team MVP (Derrick Thomas award) and LB Nick Bolton as team rookie of the year (Mack Lee Hill award).
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First Look: DeAndre Hopkins wearing a #Chiefs uniform.
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Best part of Tyrann Mathieu and Frank Clark is how hard they go AFTER signing major contracts.
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The #Chiefs have no injury designations for Super Bowl LVII. QB Patrick Mahomes, CB L'Jarius Sneed, WR JuJu Smith-Schuster and WR Kadarius Toney are all good to go.
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NFL legends Joe Montana, Brett Favre and Drew Brees react in real time to “Wasp”
From @FOXSports’ ‘Super Bowl Watch Party’
Full video: piped.video/watch?v=a8jivpvy…
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Getting harder and harder to believe Kareem Hunt was just sitting out there for anybody 2 weeks ago.
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In his Monday Zoom presser, #Chiefs head coach Andy Reid suggested that the team would be following its usual Super Bowl routine.
That involves installing the full game plan this week as if the game was on Sunday, February 2, considering the distractions to come in New Orleans.
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Patrick Mahomes says he plans to watch the #SBLV film today, realizing that there is a highly-effective defensive game plan out now for the world to see. He knows teams will try to replicate it and wants to begin immediately working on adjustments.
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Drue Tranquill to @KSHB41: "This is way better than LA."
The sound of an unrestricted free agent who does not want to be.
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Chiefs WR JuJu Smith-Schuster said that Jaguars S Andre Cisco direct-messaged him to make amends after the questionable hit in Week 10 that knocked him out of both that game and Week 11. Sounds like no bad blood there.
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Nobody has ever put on a #Chiefs uniform more times than Dustin Colquitt (238). Absolute class. Guide for the specialists. Never a bad question. Some of the worst releases to take in are when franchise guys never get their title. I'm happy he got his. A pleasure to cover him. 1/3
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The Chiefs set a few records on Christmas Day.
- It is the first time Kansas City has won 15 regular-season games in franchise history.
- Patrick Mahomes now has the most touchdown passes (245) for a quarterback in his first 8 NFL seasons, passing Peyton Manning (244).
- Travis Kelce now has the most touchdown receptions (77) in franchise history and is the fastest tight end in NFL history to 1,000 receptions (175 games), passing Jason Witten (203 games).
- No other player in NFL history has had more consecutive seasons (7) of 90 or more receptions than Kelce.
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The Bengals have lost as many games this season (6) as the Chiefs have lost (6) since the last time the Bengals beat the Chiefs on December 4, 2022.
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Mike Pennel has been added right back to the #Chiefs' 53-man roster, taking the place of DE Malik Herring.
No. 69 is back.
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I spoke to Charles Omenihu in the locker room he told me he “should be” good to play in the Super Bowl.
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The #Chiefs say that WR Rashee Rice is still undergoing tests on his knee. Rice won't be available this week, they confirm.
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From what I’ve gathered, I think this is the first sign of more to come: the #Chiefs will make moves to do what no team has ever done, which is win three Super Bowl titles in a row.
BREAKING: The #Chiefs sign Chris Jones to a 5-year contract (via @Arrowheadphones :
arrowheadpride.com/2024/3/9/…
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KC has its LeBron banner.
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