Kansas City Chiefs

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs will be without three starting offensive linemen for the second consecutive week, along with wide receiver Marquise Brown, when they play the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday in what amounts to a must-win game for them. The Chiefs, who put left tackle Josh Simmons on injured

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Much has changed since the Los Angeles Chargers and Kansas City Chiefs met for their season-opener in Brazil. The Chargers have parlayed their 27-21 victory in São Paulo back in September into a sporty 9-4 mark, including last week’s triumph over the Super Bowl

By The Associated Press Los Angeles Chargers (9-4) at Kansas City (6-7) Sunday, 1 p.m. EST, CBS. BetMGM NFL odds: Chiefs by 4 1/2. Against the spread: Chargers 7-6, Chiefs 5-7-1. Series record: Chiefs lead 11-5. Last meeting: Chargers beat Chiefs 27-21 on Sept. 5, 2025, in São Paulo, Brazil. Last week: Chargers beat Eagles

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer The least productive start of Patrick Mahomes’ career ended Kansas City’s nine-year run of division titles and put another remarkable streak in jeopardy. Jalen Hurts was even worse a night later for the Philadelphia Eagles, as the two starting quarterbacks from last season’s Super Bowl combined for a

By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer Kevin Stefanski has seen enough of Shedeur Sanders to make the fifth-round rookie the Cleveland Browns’ starting quarterback over the final month of another lost season. The question is whether Sanders will be under center for the biggest moments down the stretch. He was on the sideline Sunday

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs trailed the Houston Texans 17-10 with just over six minutes remaining Sunday night. They had the ball at their own 35-yard line, and their chances of making the playoffs hinged on what would come next. For nearly a decade, Patrick

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The injury-riddled Kansas City Chiefs lost left tackle Wanya Morris to a left knee injury on the first play against the Houston Texans on Sunday night, leaving their makeshift offensive line with three backups and rookie Esa Pole protecting Patrick Mahomes’ blind side. Not

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Houston Texans never made their trip to Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday night into anything more than their next game. Didn’t matter that the Kansas City Chiefs had been the AFC’s bully for the better part of a decade. Or the Chiefs had knocked

Houston 3 7 0 10 — 20 Kansas City 0 0 10 0 — 10 First Quarter Hou_FG Fairbairn 35, 4:18. Second Quarter Hou_Marks 9 pass from Stroud (Fairbairn kick), 9:31. Third Quarter KC_Hunt 2 run (Butker kick), 10:00. KC_FG Butker 36, 1:50. Fourth Quarter Hou_Ogunbowale 5 run (Fairbairn kick), 7:01. Hou_FG Fairbairn 28, :30.

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Houston Texans visit the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday night squarely in the fight for a division title. Kansas City is simply fighting for its playoff life. It’s a strange situation for Chiefs coach Andy Reid, quarterback Patrick Mahomes and the rest of

By The Associated Press Houston (7-5) at Kansas City (6-6) Sunday, 8:20 p.m. EST, NBC/Peacock. BetMGM NFL odds: Chiefs by 3 1/2. Against the spread: Texans 6-6, Chiefs 5-6-1. Series record: Chiefs lead 11-5. Last meeting: Chiefs beat Texans 23-14 on Jan. 18, 2025, in Kansas City in a divisional playoff game. Last week: Texans

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer The Dallas Cowboys’ 31-28 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs on Thanksgiving Day averaged 57.23 million viewers on CBS, making it the most-watched regular-season game in NFL history. The early game between Green Bay and Detroit — won by the Packers 31-24 — averaged 47.7 million, making it the

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs placed first-round pick Josh Simmons on injured reserve Wednesday following surgery to repair a fractured and dislocated left wrist, leaving them without their starting left tackle as they try to claw back into the postseason picture. The Chiefs are 6-6

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid sounded downright defiant Monday when asked about his team’s dwindling playoff hopes, which took a hit not only last week amid a Thanksgiving loss to the Cowboys but over the weekend when other results didn’t go their way.

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs are .500 through 12 games for the first time since the 2017 season. They squeaked into the playoffs as a wild-card team that year. They have a whole lot of work to do, and need a whole lot of help,

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer The Kansas City Chiefs have run out of room for error. If they’re going to extend the dynasty and reach the AFC championship game for a ninth straight season to have a shot at winning a fourth Super Bowl title with coach Andy Reid and quarterback Patrick Mahomes,

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Pro Football Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys still face long odds in trying to rally for a spot in the playoffs. They won’t be short on confidence with a win over last season’s Super Bowl runner-up just four days after beating the defending champs. Prescott

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Here comes the sun again at the home of the Dallas Cowboys. George Pickens was open but the Cowboys receiver never saw the pass thrown his way by Dak Prescott early in the second quarter of their 31-28 win over Kansas City on Thanksgiving Day.

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Pro Football Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Fresh off beating the Super Bowl champs, the Dallas Cowboys get the runner-up in their annual Thanksgiving home game. It doesn’t get any easier after Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs visit Thursday with the Cowboys (5-5-1) pondering an improbable run to a

By The Associated Press Kansas City (6-5) at Dallas (5-5-1) Thursday, 4:30 p.m. EST, CBS. BetMGM line: Chiefs by 3. Against the spread: Chiefs 5-6; Cowboys 6-5. Series record: Cowboys lead 7-5. Last meeting: Chiefs beat Cowboys 19-9 at Kansas City on Nov. 21, 2021. Last week: Chiefs beat Colts 23-20 in OT; Cowboys beat

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs could have Isiah Pacheco in the backfield when they visit the Dallas Cowboys on Thanksgiving Day. Chiefs coach Andy Reid said Tuesday that he expects his top running back to return from a knee injury that cost him three games

By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer The Kansas City Chiefs overcame both a double-digit fourth-quarter deficit and a botched facemask call to salvage their season in Week 12. Referee Alex Moore’s crew got it wrong when Jawaan Taylor was whistled for a facemask penalty that erased a tying touchdown by Travis Kelce in Kansas

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs were backed up against their own end zone in the fourth quarter against Indianapolis on Sunday, trailing the AFC South-leading Colts by a field goal with time running out. Altogether appropriate given how the Chiefs’ backs were against the wall.

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Indianapolis Colts had the Kansas City Chiefs on the ropes — both their game Sunday and potentially their season — until late in the matchup, when some odd play-calling and poor execution by the NFL’s top-ranked offense let them down. The Colts went

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs looked much like they have all season for the first three quarters against Indianapolis on Sunday. Their offense was stuck in a rut, penalties were piling up, and the reigning AFC champions’ postseason hopes were growing ever dimmer. In the

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Four-time All-Pro tight end Travis Kelce plans to wait until after the season to make a decision on retirement, though he did say Friday that he wants to make that decision early enough that the Kansas City Chiefs have time to prepare for the

By The Associated Press Indianapolis (8-2) at Kansas City (5-5) Sunday, 1 p.m. EST, CBS BetMGM NFL odds: Chiefs by 3 1/2 Against the spread: Colts 6-3-1, Chiefs 5-5 Series record: Colts lead 18-10 Last meeting: Colts beat Chiefs 20-17 on Sept. 25, 2022, in Indianapolis Last week: Colts off, Chiefs lost to Broncos 22-19

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs special teams coach Dave Toub doesn’t care a whole lot about what President Donald Trump thinks of new kickoff rules that were implemented by the NFL in an attempt to make the play safer and more exciting. Trump became the first