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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...

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Chiefs 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...

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Injury 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...

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Officials 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...

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4 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...

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Chiefs 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...

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Pre-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...

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Help 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...

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Chiefs 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...

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COLUMN: 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...

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Wraps 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...

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Davis’ 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...

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Play 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...

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Chiefs 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...

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REPORT 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...

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Officials: 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...

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Tale 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...

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Keys 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...

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Notes, 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...

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Chiefs-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...

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A 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...

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Field 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...

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DAT 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...

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Chiefs 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...

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It 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...

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Chiefs 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...

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4 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...

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Chiefs 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...

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Keys 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...

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Charles, 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...

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COLUMN: 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...

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Chiefs 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...

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Answer 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...

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Chiefs 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...

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Denver 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...

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DAT 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...

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It’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...

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Timing 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...

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NFL 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...

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Chiefs 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...

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Chiefs 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...

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Chiefs, 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...

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Chiefs 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...

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The 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...

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The 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...

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Roster 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...

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Chiefs 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...

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OTA 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...

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Evaluating 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...

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RIP 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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