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A missed kick in a comfortable win can be easy to dismiss. For the Chiefs, Harrison Butker’s latest miss feels harder to wave away. He missed from 56 yards against the Jets, got another chance after an offside penalty, then missed from 51. Kansas City still won 35–12, but Andy Reid has not committed to Butker for the trip to […]

The Chiefs’ 35-12 win over the Jets should have offered a chance to enjoy a convincing Sunday. Instead, Xavier Worthy’s late hamstring injury has left Kansas City with a difficult question ahead of Tuesday’s trade deadline: How much can this receiving corps afford to lose? Tyquan Thornton is already on injured reserve, and Brett Veach has little time to decide […]

Patrick Mahomes’ MRI brought the news Chiefs fans wanted: no major damage to his throwing elbow after he was hit against the Jets. But the more useful question for Kansas City’s offense is what happens if the pain and swelling linger. Mahomes stayed in the game, yet the Chiefs leaned on a different-looking attack after halftime. That approach worked Sunday. […]

What mattered most The Chiefs needed a clean, convincing win after a wobbly two-week stretch, and they delivered exactly that on November 8 with a 35–12 rout of the Jets at GEHA Field at Arrowhead. The box score tells the story: five sacks by the defense, a red-zone breakthrough on a gutsy fourth-and-goal call, and a ground game that finally […]

For a half, Sunday’s game looked uncomfortably familiar: a costly mistake, an opponent controlling the clock, and the Chiefs unable to pull away. Then Kansas City took charge. The Chiefs beat the New York Jets 35-12 at Arrowhead Stadium on November 8, ending a two-game skid with the kind of second half this team needed—decisive, even if the afternoon was […]

Chris Jones says he doesn’t play for stats. Fair enough. The problem for the Chiefs is that his name has been absent from the defensive box score in two straight games, and Kansas City lost both. A blank stat line does not tell the whole story of an interior lineman’s work. Two of them, alongside a two-game skid, demand a […]

Andy Reid says there is a “good chance” Kingsley Suamataia returns to the lineup against the New York Jets after two games on the sideline. For Chiefs fans, that is welcome news—but not quite a resolution. Kansas City could get its starting left guard back Sunday without learning why he was out in the first place. What his return could […]

A missed Wednesday practice does not rule Peter Woods out for Sunday. But with the rookie defensive tackle recovering from a neck stinger, the Chiefs have to prepare for the Jets as though their interior rotation could be a man short. That matters against a New York rushing attack finding its rhythm, even if the Jets’ record does not look […]

What happened in Denver — and why it matters The Kansas City Chiefs walked off the Mile High turf on Sunday night believing they had just authored another late-game escape. Instead, a barely perceptible pre-snap twitch by right tackle Jaylon Moore drew a false-start flag that erased an apparent go-ahead touchdown in the final seconds. Denver held on moments later, […]