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Adam Teicher, ESPN Staff WriterDec 21, 2024, 06:31 PM ET

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Andy Reid had a good idea early in the week that Patrick Mahomes would be available to play for the Kansas City Chiefs in Saturday’s game against the Houston Texans at Arrowhead Stadium. He got that sense from eight seasons of coaching Mahomes.

“He spoils the dog out of us,” Reid said after the Chiefs beat the Texans 27-19 to move to 14-1; they would clinch the AFC’s

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Adam Teicher, ESPN Staff WriterDec 21, 2024, 01:30 PM ET

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Patrick Mahomes seemed to make a clear statement that his injured ankle isn’t much of a problem.

On the Kansas City Chiefs‘ first drive in Saturday’s game against the Houston Texans, Mahomes scrambled 15 yards for a touchdown to give his team a 7-0 lead in the first quarter. He also scrambled for 12 yards earlier in the drive.

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Adam Teicher, ESPN Staff WriterDec 19, 2024, 10:11 AM ET

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs will activate wide receiver Hollywood Brown from injured reserve and play him in Saturday’s game against the Houston Texans unless he has any setbacks, sources told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler.

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Brown hasn’t played for the Chiefs since suffering a sternoclavicular injury on the first play of the initial preseason game against the Jacksonville Jaguars. He had surgery and was in rehab before

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Adam Teicher, ESPN Staff WriterDec 17, 2024, 02:18 PM ET

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs are preparing for Patrick Mahomes to start Saturday’s game against the Houston Texans but if their star quarterback’s ailing ankle prevents that from happening, they believe they can be successful if backup Carson Wentz plays.

“We have full confidence in Carson,” coach Andy Reid said. “If he has to step in and play, then I think everybody, coaches and players, has full confidence that

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Adam Teicher, ESPN Staff WriterDec 16, 2024, 05:23 PM ET

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs on Monday waived running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire, a former first-round draft pick who had fallen well down their depth chart.

Edwards-Helaire had hinted at the move in a message posted to X.

“Love ya KC!” Edwards-Helaire wrote. “A family I didn’t know I needed, y’all made a Kid from Baton Rouge dreams come true!

“To Chiefs Kingdom , its all love and the support I had in troubling times will

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Adam Teicher, ESPN Staff WriterDec 15, 2024, 04:16 PM ET

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CLEVELAND — Patrick Mahomes was removed in the fourth quarter of the Kansas City Chiefs‘ 21-7 victory against the Cleveland Browns with an ankle injury. He did not return.

Mahomes was replaced by Carson Wentz and stood with his teammates on the sideline for the remainder of the game.

He was visibly limping off the field at the conclusion of the game.

Mahomes was hit on a number of pass attempts and was pressured

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Adam Teicher, ESPN Staff WriterDec 14, 2024, 06:00 AM ET

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Patrick Mahomes has been forced to adapt to circumstances this season he didn’t have to face consistently earlier in his career, specifically when it comes to being under pressure from the opposing pass rush.

“It’s a part of football,” Mahomes said matter-of-factly. “We’ve played a lot of good defenses this year. That’s the one bad thing about when you win the Super Bowl. You play the best schedule and we’ve played a

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Adam Teicher, ESPN Staff WriterDec 13, 2024, 11:43 AM ET

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Wide receiver Hollywood Brown will practice Friday for the first time with the Kansas City Chiefs since an August injury knocked him out of their lineup, a source said.

Brown suffered a sternoclavicular injury after being tackled on the Chiefs’ first play of the preseason in a game against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Brown had surgery and was placed on the injured reserve list, but the Chiefs held out

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Adam Teicher, ESPN Staff WriterDec 11, 2024, 03:38 PM ET

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs starting Sunday will be one of four NFL teams embarking on a stretch of schedule that will have them playing three games in 11 days. The Chiefs and quarterback Patrick Mahomes aren’t looking forward to it.

“All you can do is focus on the game and the practice that you had that day,” Mahomes said. “I try to prepare my body all year long for this stretch by

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