Author: Adam Teicher

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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Adam Teicher, ESPN Staff WriterDec 9, 2024, 04:59 PM ET

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Help for an injury-depleted secondary could be on the way for the Kansas City Chiefs, who signed veteran cornerback Steven Nelson to their practice squad.

Nelson, who played nine seasons for four NFL teams, came out of retirement to join the Chiefs.

The Chiefs lost one starting cornerback, Jaylen Watson, in the middle of the season with a broken ankle. He was replaced by Nazeeh Johnson, who was recently

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Adam Teicher, ESPN Staff WriterDec 9, 2024, 02:17 AM ET

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs clinched their ninth straight AFC West championship Sunday night, but none of the first eight were quite like this one.

The 12-1 Chiefs had yet another game come down to the finish, and, as always so far in this most unusual of seasons, they made the play to win it. Third-string kicker Matthew Wright, a replacement for two injured players, made a 31-yard field goal as

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Adam Teicher, ESPN Staff WriterDec 4, 2024, 02:46 PM ET

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs aren’t winning games by comfortable margins but Patrick Mahomes said there is a benefit to their weekly close games. Such games are keeping them focused.

“It keeps you motivated, which I think can be a good thing in the end,” Mahomes said. “I think sometimes I look back on the year we lost the Super Bowl [during the 2020 season] and we were very dominant throughout

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