Kansas City Chiefs

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs will finally get to see what their offense looks like when Rashee Rice joins fellow wide receivers Xavier Worthy and Marquise Brown on the field for Sunday’s game against the Las Vegas Raiders. Rice returned to practice Wednesday after his

NEW YORK (AP) — Detroit Lions safety Brian Branch was suspended for one game without pay by the NFL on Monday for unsportsmanlike conduct following a loss at Kansas City. Branch punched Chiefs receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster on Sunday night, setting off a postgame melee. “Your aggressive, non-football act was entirely unwarranted, posed a serious risk

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — For the first five weeks of the season, everyone seemed to be asking what was wrong with the Kansas City Chiefs. Turned out the answer might have been nothing. Their first three losses? One came thousands of miles away in Brazil, another was a

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer All the talk about the decline of the Kansas City Chiefs was apparently premature. With Patrick Mahomes doing his magic and a stout defense, the Chiefs can beat anybody. A convincing 30-17 victory over the Detroit Lions in front of a national audience on Sunday night lifted the

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A long, frustrating night for the Detroit Lions inside Arrowhead Stadium ended with Brian Branch delivering a punch to Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster, setting off a brief fistfight among players from both teams. It was about as much fight as the

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs knew they were going to have a fight on their hands when the Detroit Lions, riding a four-game winning streak and a whole bunch of momentum, rolled into Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday night. They probably didn’t expect

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs were missing left tackle Josh Simmons for their Sunday night game against the Detroit Lions after the first-round pick had to travel home to California to deal with what the team called a family situation. Jaylon Moore slid into the

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs are accustomed to playing in high-profile games that could ultimately define their entire season. They aren’t used to playing them in Week 6. Yet the Chiefs find themselves in a precarious position after losing three of their first five games.

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chris Jones took ownership of his mistake on the decisive play in the Chiefs’ loss to Jacksonville last week, when the three-time All-Pro defensive tackle thought Trevor Lawrence was down and stopped on the play, only to watch the Jaguars quarterback scramble to his

By The Associated Press Detroit (4-1) at Kansas City (2-3) Sunday 8:20 p.m. EDT, NBC. BetMGM NFL Odds: Chiefs by 2 1/2. Against the spread: Lions 4-1; Chiefs 2-3. Series record: Chiefs lead 9-6. Last meeting: Lions beat Chiefs 21-20 on Sept. 7, 2023, at Kansas City. Last week: Lions beat Bengals 37-24; Chiefs lost

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer A Lions-Chiefs matchup was considered a potential Super Bowl preview when the schedule came out. It still could be considering the state of the AFC. Jared Goff leads a dynamic Lions offense against Patrick Mahomes and the inconsistent Chiefs on Sunday night in Kansas City in one of

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Three-time All-Pro defensive tackle Chris Jones decided to deactivate his social media accounts this week after the effort by the Kansas City Chiefs’ star pass rusher was called into question in the final seconds of last week’s loss in Jacksonville. The Chiefs had just

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs won 11 one-score games last season, a big reason why they wound up in the Super Bowl for a third straight year. They have lost all three of their one-score games this season. The margin between winning and losing in the NFL

By MARK LONG AP Pro Football Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Kansas City won’t have to dig deep to figure out where things were awry in Jacksonville on Monday night. Patrick Mahomes had an interception returned 99 yards for a touchdown and the Chiefs were flagged 13 times for 109 yards in a 31-28 loss

By MARK LONG AP Pro Football Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Trevor Lawrence tripped and fell to the ground, stumbled trying to get up, finally got back on his feet and then scrambled for a 1-yard touchdown with 23 seconds remaining — turning a comical miscue into an improbable score — and the Jacksonville Jaguars

Kansas City 7 7 0 14 — 28 Jacksonville 0 7 14 10 — 31 First Quarter KC_Kelce 2 pass from Mahomes (Butker kick), 4:02. Second Quarter KC_Mahomes 9 run (Butker kick), 10:44. Jac_Washington 3 pass from Lawrence (C.Little kick), 2:38. Third Quarter Jac_Lawrence 10 run (C.Little kick), 8:40. Jac_Lloyd 99 interception return (C.Little kick),

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Jacksonville Jaguars were without defensive end Travon Walker against Kansas City on Monday night. The Chiefs had receiver Xavier Worthy available. Worthy had a swollen ankle after the flight to Jacksonville on Sunday. The Chiefs added rookie left tackle Josh Simmons, a first-round draft pick, to the injury report a

By MARK LONG AP Pro Football Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — It’s a wonder the Jacksonville Jaguars won four games last season. Assistants bickering. Head coach Doug Pederson pointing fingers. Players privately questioning the direction of the franchise. The Jaguars had all sorts of behind-the-scenes dysfunction long before they reached double-digit losses for the fifth

By MARK LONG AP Pro Football Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — For Kansas City, it’s just another prime-time game. For Jacksonville, it’s a chance for a statement game. Although the Jaguars (3-1) have lost eight in a row in the series — their most recent victory came in 2009 — they are approaching their “Monday

By The Associated Press Kansas City (2-2) at Jacksonville (3-1) Monday, 8:15 p.m. EDT, ESPN BetMGM NFL odds: Chiefs by 3 1/2. Against the spread: Chiefs 2-2, Jaguars 3-1. Series record: Chiefs lead 10-6. Last meeting: Chiefs beat Jaguars 17-9 on Sept. 17, 2023, in Jacksonville. Last week: Chiefs beat Ravens 37-20; Jaguars beat 49ers

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Xavier Worthy admitted that he was winded after hauling in a 37-yard pass during the Kansas City Chiefs’ emphatic 37-20 victory over the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday. It wasn’t a total surprise, considering the fleet-footed wide receiver had been sidelined with a shoulder injury

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs are getting healthier, deeper and more dynamic as the season presses on. The Baltimore Ravens? Pretty much the opposite of all of that. Patrick Mahomes threw for 270 yards and four touchdowns in a turn-back-the-clock kind of performance, and the

Baltimore 7 3 3 7 — 20 Kansas City 3 17 10 7 — 37 First Quarter Bal_Hill 11 pass from L.Jackson (Loop kick), 9:35. KC_FG Butker 38, 5:40. Second Quarter KC_FG Butker 23, 10:00. KC_Smith-Schuster 4 pass from Mahomes (Butker kick), 3:59. KC_Pacheco 8 pass from Mahomes (Butker kick), 1:41. Bal_FG Loop 43, :00.

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson left with a right hamstring strain late in the third quarter against the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, adding to a wave of injuries that have decimated Baltimore on both sides of the ball. Left tackle Ronnie Stanley left Baltimore’s

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chris Jones walked into Arrowhead Stadium wearing a simple black suit that he had worn earlier in the day to his aunt’s funeral in Mississippi, then changed into his familiar red-and-white Chiefs uniform with the No. 95 across the chest. Nothing was going to

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs wide receiver Xavier Worthy is expected to play for the first time since Week 1 when Kansas City faces the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday in a matchup of AFC heavyweights desperate to avoid falling to 1-3 to start the season. Worthy hurt his

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — If anyone can commiserate with the Kansas City Chiefs on the difficult start they’ve endured this season, it just might be their opponent on Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium: the Baltimore Ravens. Two of the best teams in the AFC. Two teams accustomed to playing

By The Associated Press Baltimore (1-2) at Kansas City (1-2) Sunday, 4:25 p.m. EDT, CBS. BetMGM line: Ravens by 2 1/2. Against the spread: Ravens 1-2; Chiefs 1-2. Series record: Chiefs lead 9-5. Last meeting: Chiefs beat Ravens 27-20 on Sept. 5, 2024. Last week: Ravens lost to Lions 38-30; Chiefs beat Giants 22-9. Ravens

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice was back in the building and teammate Xavier Worthy back on the practice field Wednesday as the reigning AFC champions turned their attention toward a showdown with the Baltimore Ravens this weekend. Rice is serving a six-game

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer The Kansas City Chiefs and Baltimore Ravens entered the season with Super Bowl-or-bust goals. One of them will be 1-3, unless they tie this week. Coming off a 38-30 loss at home to Detroit on Monday night, Baltimore will travel to Kansas City to face the Chiefs on