Author: Adam Teicher

Adam TeicherFeb 1, 2025, 06:00 AM ET

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Moments before the Houston Texans were to attempt a field goal in the fourth quarter of their divisional round playoff game, Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Leo Chenal approached special teams coordinator Dave Toub on the sideline and told him he was going to block the kick.

Chenal did just that. In doing so, he kept the Chiefs’ lead at two scores and 11 points rather than a precarious eight points and

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Adam TeicherJan 30, 2025, 03:39 PM ET

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs will play in the Super Bowl for the fifth time in six years when they face the Philadelphia Eagles in New Orleans, but Patrick Mahomes said the journey to each of the five has been different.

He will remember this year’s path to Super Bowl LIX for the Chiefs’ knack for making big plays to win close games.

“This team’s been special because it’s been everybody,” Mahomes said.

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Adam TeicherJan 25, 2025, 11:00 AM ET

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Every year at the conclusion of training camp, Patrick Mahomes breathes a sigh of relief that he and the rest of the Kansas City Chiefs‘ offensive starters don’t have to practice for another year against the pressure-based defensive schemes of coordinator Steve Spagnuolo.

“Everything looks so similar,” Mahomes said of the pre-snap looks the Chiefs provide on defense. “But then he has so many different varieties of coverages and blitzes and different things

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Adam TeicherJan 22, 2025, 03:41 PM ET

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Houston Texans might think Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs receive favorable calls from the game officials, but Mahomes doesn’t agree.

“I don’t feel that way,” Mahomes said Wednesday as the Chiefs began preparations for Sunday’s AFC Championship Game against the Buffalo Bills at Arrowhead Stadium. “At the end of the day, the referees are doing their best to call the game as fair and as proper

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Adam Teicher, ESPN Staff WriterJan 21, 2025, 06:00 AM ET

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Alex Smith played with hundreds, maybe thousands, of teammates during his 14-year career as an NFL quarterback. None, he said, was quite like Travis Kelce.

“If I had to make a team from those guys of the teammates I remember and will always remember, Travis is absolutely first-team on that list,” said Smith, who retired in 2020. “He’s in the huddle. Travis is a guy who gives energy. Every interaction with him

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Adam Teicher, ESPN Staff WriterJan 18, 2025, 10:07 PM ET

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs once again saw the shift in Travis Kelce as they began the postseason and Kelce became what Mahomes called “Playoff Trav.”

“This is what he lives for, is playing in these moments, having the chance to make big-time plays,” Mahomes said after Kelce provided almost half of the Chiefs’ receptions and more than half of their receiving yards in a 23-14 win over

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Adam Teicher, ESPN Staff WriterJan 16, 2025, 03:46 PM ET

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs plan to activate starting cornerback Jaylen Watson off the injured reserve list in time to play in Saturday’s divisional-round playoff game against the Houston Texans at Arrowhead Stadium, a source tells ESPN.

Coach Andy Reid didn’t confirm the Chiefs would activate Watson, who broke his ankle during a Week 7 game against the San Francisco 49ers and recently returned to practice. But he said

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