Tale of the Tape – Chiefs vs. Raiders
The first time these teams met, the Chiefs dominated the tale of the tape, lining up with an edge in 10 of 11 categories. There’s been some re-evaluation since then, based on the Chiefs three-game...
View ArticleChiefs Practice Report – December 12
From the Truman Sports Complex Jamaal Charles was a full participant in practice on Friday and he will be available for duty on Sunday against the Oakland Raiders at Arrowhead Stadium. Charles has been...
View ArticleInjury Report for Chiefs-Raiders
The Chiefs will be without defensive end Allen Bailey and the Raiders will not have four players for Sunday’s game between the teams at Arrowhead Stadium. Bailey continues to deal with the NFL...
View ArticleOfficials Preview: Jerome Boger & Crew
It’s referee Jerome Boger and his crew for Sunday’s game between the Chiefs and Raiders at Arrowhead Stadium. Whether that’s good or bad for either team remains to be seen, but Boger’s crew always...
View Article4 Keys To Winning For the Chiefs vs. Oakland
Four Jump on Raiders early and make the crowd a factor The Raiders beat the Chiefs in a game where emotions were high in Oakland with a national TV game and a division rival in house. They picked...
View ArticleChiefs Face Witching Hour On Hopes For The Playoffs
When the Chiefs host the Oakland Raiders at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday, it will be a game of triple importance for the Hunt Family franchise. So much is on the line for the noon kickoff, with...
View ArticlePre-Game Chiefs vs. Raiders From Arrowhead
From Arrowhead Stadium 11:32 a.m. – It’s 30 minutes before kickoff between the Chiefs and Raiders. Remember after the game, through the evening and into the early morning hours we will provide complete...
View ArticleHelp From All 3 Phases Breaks Chiefs Losing Streak
From Arrowhead Stadium There’s a sure fire way to cure a losing streak – a winning performance in every phase of the game. That’s what the Chiefs got on Sunday at Arrowhead, when they turned a close...
View ArticleChiefs Stay Alive For Playoffs, Beating Oakland 31-13
From Arrowhead Stadium A solid all-around effort from all parts of the team allowed the Chiefs to end their three-game losing streak on Sunday with a 31-13 victory over the Oakland Raiders. It was a...
View ArticleCOLUMN: Reid Gets His Guys To Relax
From Arrowhead Stadium Sometimes it’s hard to remember that every guy wearing a uniform in the NFL does not have the same background when it comes to handling pressure. Each man wearing a helmet...
View ArticleWraps Are Slowly Coming Off DAT
From Arrowhead Stadium With the small slices of speed that he displayed back five months ago in the pre-season, Chiefs fans have been waiting for an explosion from rookie De’Anthony Thomas. It came on...
View ArticleDavis’ Patience Pays Off Against Oakland
From Arrowhead Stadium Knile Davis is just 23 years old, but this season the second-year running back has shown the patience of a much older, veteran-type player. While he continues to be one of the...
View ArticlePlay of the Game: Knile Davis 70-yard TD catch
From Arrowhead Stadium QUARTER – 3rd period, with 5 minutes, 57 seconds to play. SCORE – Chiefs held a 17-6 lead. DOWN & DISTANCE – 3rd-and-10 at the Chiefs 30-yard line. SET – The Chiefs...
View ArticleChiefs Defense Comes Up Big Against Raiders
From Arrowhead Stadium When the Chiefs and Raiders played back on November 20th in Oakland, the home team racked up 351 yards in offense, including 172 rushing yards in a 24-20 victory. Things were...
View ArticleREPORT CARD: Chiefs Improve Their GPA
From Arrowhead Stadium PASSING OFFENSE: B+ – The Chiefs tinkered with their starting group on the offensive line, moving Jeff Linkenbach into the left guard spot replacing Mike McGlynn. The move paid...
View ArticleOfficials: Boger’s Crew Lives Up To Profile
From Arrowhead Stadium Coming into Sunday’s action, Jerome Boger and his crew were among the busiest flag throwers in the NFL this season, averaging more than 17 penalties called per game. Sunday, the...
View ArticleTale of the Tape – Chiefs vs. Raiders/Recap
From Arrowhead Stadium Going into the game, the Chiefs had a decided edge in the tale of the tape and that grew to complete domination in Sunday’s game against the Raiders. The Chiefs offense, defense...
View ArticleKeys To A Chiefs Victory Over Raiders/Recap
Four Jump on Raiders early and make the crowd a factor The Raiders beat the Chiefs in a game where emotions were high in Oakland with a national TV game and a division rival in house. They picked up...
View ArticleNotes, Quotes: Injuries, Link Gets Start & A Fake Punt?
From Arrowhead Stadium The Chiefs had quite a few bumps and bruises coming out of Sunday’s game, although it did not appear that anything was in the category of serious. Inside linebacker Josh Mauga...
View ArticleChiefs-Raiders Misc. Statistics
From Arrowhead Stadium Drive Engineering Quarterback Drives TD FG FGA Punt Downs Turnover Safety EOH/ EOG Points Alex Smith 13 3 1 2 7 0 1 0 0 24 Chase Daniel 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Derek Carr 16 1 2 2 11...
View ArticleA Day Later, Charles Is Doing Fine
A day after the Chiefs 31-13 victory over the Raiders, running back Jamaal Charles was in the team’s facility and going through his normal after-game workout. Charles had only 39 of the Chiefs 67...
View ArticleField Goals, Snap Judgments & Stats/Post-Oakland
Ironic that Cairo Santos handled all the cold weather games the Chiefs have seen in the last month, the windy conditions and even moisture, without a problem. But get one of those rare December days at...
View ArticleDAT Grabs AFC Special Teams Player Of Week
Chiefs punt returner De’Anthony Thomas was still scoring on Wednesday from his 81-yard punt return touchdown against the Raiders on Sunday. The rookie running back/wide receiver was named the AFC’s...
View ArticleChiefs Finishing The Season In Unfamiliar Territory
From the Truman Sports Complex Last season, the Chiefs made the playoffs in large part thanks to a 9-0 start that allowed them to lead the wildcard race as they sat behind the division winning Denver...
View ArticleIt was a fake, not a fake fake
From the Truman Sports Complex Now the truth can be told – last Sunday against Oakland when punter Dustin Colquitt looked like he was ready to throw the ball, that’s just what he wanted to do. But he...
View ArticleChiefs Lead The NFL In Happy Returns
From the Truman Sports Complex No NFL team in the last two seasons has enjoyed more happy returns on special teams than the Chiefs. From the arrival of head coach Andy Reid and special teams...
View Article4 Keys To Winning For Chiefs Vs. Steelers
Four Make sure the field goal chain is solid There’s a difference of 67 points between what the Steelers have scored this year and what the Chiefs have put on the board. That’s a mere difference of...
View ArticleChiefs Face Must Win Sunday Against The Steelers
From Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania The confluence of an unusual combination of football stories will go down Sunday afternoon at the confluence of the Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio Rivers. The Pittsburgh...
View ArticleKeys To a Chiefs Victory Over Steelers/Recap
From Heinz Field, Pittsburgh Based on the keys to winning, the Chiefs should have grabbed a victory over the Steelers on Sunday. They accomplished two of the four goals and tied the other two. It was a...
View ArticleCharles, Poe, Hali & Houston Named To Pro Bowl
Last year by the time the Pro Bowl was played in Hawaii, there were 10 Chiefs players participating in the all-star game. This season the Chiefs start with four, all returning from last season: running...
View ArticleCOLUMN: A Season-Ending Victory That Tasted Bad
From Arrowhead Stadium The Chiefs took their medicine on Sunday, and it did not taste very good. A victory over San Diego gave them a 9-7 record for the season, but they are out of the playoffs because...
View ArticleChiefs 2015 Opponents – Home & Away
The Chiefs will play seven games against teams that made this year’s playoffs when they get their schedule this spring for the 2015 season. Here are the teams the Chiefs will face both home and on the...
View ArticleAnswer Bob #3 – January 7
Last batch of questions and answers and again, thanks so much. I hope the answers are as good as the questions. ——————————————– Branden Albert (L), Jon Asamoah (C) & Geoff Schwartz (R) all left...
View ArticleChiefs Notes: Terrelle Pryor Signed After Workout
After watching him in a workout Wednesday, the Chiefs signed former Raiders-Seahawks quarterback Terrelle Pryor as a reserve/futures free agent. But did they sign him to play quarterback? More than...
View ArticleDenver implodes; K.C. & S.D. Celebrate, Oak Confused
Twenty-four hours before kickoff in Denver on Sunday afternoon, all things were possible for the Broncos. Twenty-four hours after the conclusion of the game, the AFC West leaders no longer have a head...
View ArticleDAT Earns All-League Rookie Honors
The Chiefs running back/receiver/returner De’Anthony Thomas was named to the Pro Football Writers Association All-NFL rookie team that was announced on Tuesday. The rookie out of the University of...
View ArticleIt’s About Timing For Will Shields and Hall of Fame
For 16 years I sat in the meeting room on Super Bowl Saturday as part of the Selection Committee for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. There was not a time in all those years that I walked out after...
View ArticleTiming Is Right – Shields Makes The Hall of Fame
Will Shields became the 11th member of the Kansas City Chiefs to gain election to the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday. That news came down from Phoenix where the Hall’s selection committee voted...
View ArticleNFL Makes It Official – Chiefs Own Pick No. 18
The NFL released on Tuesday the official order for the first round of the 2015 NFL Draft. Selecting first will be the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, followed by the Tennessee Titans. Both teams finished 2-14 on...
View ArticleChiefs Roster & Salary Cap Door Continues To Spin
Tamba Hali (l) is staying, Jeremy Maclin (c) is coming and Rodney Hudson (r) is leaving The action was fast and furious on the second floor of Chiefs headquarters at the Truman Sports Complex on Monday...
View ArticleChiefs Sign Branch Ahead of Free Agency
A touch of the old days returned to the AFC West on Tuesday. The Raiders will announce the signing of Chiefs center Rodney Hudson as an unrestricted free agent. The Chiefs have come back and signed...
View ArticleChiefs, NFL 2015 Free Agency: Day One
Dwayne Bowe will soon be gone; Tyvon Branch can knock the ball loose. The Chiefs did not announce the signing of unrestricted free agent wide receiver Jeremy Maclin on Tuesday in the first hours of the...
View ArticleChiefs Getting Ready To Wrap Up Fruitful Week
The Chiefs front office led by general manager John Dorsey was staying busy over the weekend in the closing days of the first week of the NFL 2015 season. On Friday they completed the trade for guard...
View ArticleThe 5 Best Draft Choices in Chiefs History
In preparing to write the book Tales from the Chiefs Sideline there were only so many words allotted to the project. Translation: I had more words than the publisher wanted. One segment that I sliced...
View ArticleThe 5 Worst Draft Choices in Chiefs History
The Kansas City Chiefs have had their share of draft duds over the years. Every team in the NFL has players chosen in the annual selection meeting for college talent that fail miserably to make an...
View ArticleRoster Review/Draft Preview: Secondary
Best athlete available – no matter how often those that make the decisions in the NFL Draft talk about the BAA, they do not discount the roster they currently own and where the weaknesses may be in...
View ArticleChiefs Slice 4 From Roster
The Chiefs are getting ready to announce the undrafted college free agents they have signed, and to do that, they needed to whittle away at their roster to create some room. They released four players...
View ArticleOTA Questions: Seeking Answers On Injuries
Whether they get complete answers or not, there are four key questions attracting the attention of Andy Reid and John Dorsey as the Chiefs began on-field work in the OTAs and an upcoming mini-camp. The...
View ArticleEvaluating The Chiefs Defense Going Into Camp
For your consideration, here’s a look at the 2015 Chiefs defense position-by-position, where they stood on New Year’s Day and where they stand as the team enjoys a vacation before starting training...
View ArticleRIP Kenny ‘The Snake’ Stabler
Kenny Stabler was the type of character that does not occupy the roster of NFL teams these days, especially at the quarterback position. Alabama born and bred, Stabler was known as “The Snake” and in...
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