Week Six injury report roundup
By Josh Alper Week Six kicked off on Thursday with an Eagles win and it continues with 12 more games on Sunday, which means that the 24 teams in those games submitted their final injury reports of the week on Friday. Questionable players are uncerta ...
By Josh Alper
Steelers safety Mike Mitchell drew a flag for roughing the passer during Sunday’s victory over the Chiefs when he hit Alex Smith in the back of the knees after Smith had delivered a pass to Kareem Hunt on the final play of the third quarter. Smith was upset about the hit, which came after a [more]
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By Mike Florio
On the fourth Sunday of the regular season, Raiders quarterback Derek Carr suffered not one but, reportedly, three fractured traverse processes in his back after taking a knee to the area in a loss to the Broncos. The Monday after the sixth Sunday of the regular season, Carr is completely healed. The Oakland injury report [more]
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If Tyreek Hill had sustained a concussion in Sunday’s game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, it would have been practically impossible for him to play this Thursday night against the Oakland Raiders. But as PFT reported on Sunday night, Hill did not sustain a concussion when he was hit out of bounds by a pair of [more]
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By Mike Florio
Sunday’s Giants-Broncos game had far less appeal than it may have had, given the 0-5 record of the New York team entering the content. But it was still enough to spark an improvement over last year’s Sunday night game from Week Six. Via SportsBusiness Daily, the overnight rating for Sunday Night Football increased to 10.9 [more]
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By Josh Alper
The Chiefs have a short week before facing the Raiders on Thursday, which means that running back Charcandrick West will have a tough time getting out of the concussion protocol before kickoff. Terez Paylor of the Kansas City Star reports that they are making a familiar move to give themselves more depth in the backfield. [more]
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By ctchiefsfan
We’re all feeling a little “down” after last night’s game so I figured we could all use a little GOOD news to cheer us up. I’m sure you all know this but I think it needs saying….
The Chiefs are 5-1
The Broncos are 3-2 (they have already had their bye week)
The Raiders and Chargers are 2-4.
So despite last night’s loss we are still very much in charge of the AFC West and have a little breathing room to allow some of our injured players to recover.
A spoon full of sugar helps the medicine go down. Read more…
By Josh Alper
The Chiefs offense took a long time to get going against the Steelers on Sunday and they got some help from a penalty on Pittsburgh once they finally found some success. A 37-yard gain on a pass to running back Kareem Hunt got the Chiefs to the Steelers’ 24-yard-line and officials tacked on 12 more [more]
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By Josh Alper
Chiefs coach Andy Reid opened himself up to second-guessing on Sunday afternoon when he opted to go for it on fourth-and-two from the Steelers’ 4-yard-line early in the fourth quarter. The Chiefs were down 12-3 and many thought kicking a field goal to make it a one-score game would have been the prudent thing for [more]
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- Defense ruining what could be a good thing for Chiefs - ESPN (blog)
- Kansas City Chiefs summary for October 20 - Kansas City Star
- Chiefs vs. Raiders refs were bad - Arrowhead Pride (blog)
- Albert Wilson's tipped-pass TD was approved by pair of injured Chiefs teammates - Kansas City Star (blog)
- Chiefs player among five in NFL hit by Ohio man's scams, grand jury charges - Kansas City Star
- Guess who leads the NFL in explosive plays allowed? The Chiefs - Arrowhead Pride (blog)
- Chiefs' Justin Houston really is dropping into coverage that often - Arrowhead Pride (blog)