Kansas City Chiefs

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs knew they would have to buy some time until Rashee Rice returned from his suspension. Then they lost Xavier Worthy to a shoulder injury, and buying time before both wide receivers came back was a daunting prospect. Especially when the

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Standout left tackle Andrew Thomas made his season debut for the New York Giants on Sunday night against the Kansas City Chiefs, his first game in nearly a year, though his participation was limited by design. Thomas, 26, had not seen NFL action since

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Mistakes and penalties threatened to derail the Kansas City Chiefs again early in a season that had not been going their way. Patrick Mahomes made a couple himself. “I kept throwing the ball backwards,” Mahomes said. “That’s not good.” Mahomes recovered his backward pass,

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Dick Ebersol helped change comedy and late-night television when he teamed up with Lorne Michaels to create “Saturday Night Live” in 1975. When it comes to sports television, Ebersol’s creation of “Sunday Night Football” on NBC in 2006 also has had a significant impact. It is fitting then that

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Tom Brady was finished. Bill Belichick couldn’t coach anymore. The New England Patriots’ run of dominance had ended. Those were the premature headlines and hot takes after the “We’re on to Cincinnati” game 11 years ago. Now, it’s the Chiefs hearing similar questions. The Patriots were destroyed by

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer The NFL said in a training video to officials that the Philadelphia Eagles should have been penalized for at least one false start when they used the tush push against the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 2. Ramon George, the NFL’s vice president of officiating training and development,

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Starting a season 0-2 is not normal for Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs. Mahomes last did it in 2011 as a sophomore at Whitehouse High School in Texas. The Chiefs last did it in 2014, Andy Reid’s second year as their coach

By The Associated Press Kansas City (0-2) at N.Y. Giants (0-2) Sunday, 8:20 p.m. EDT, NBC. BetMGM line: Chiefs by 6 1/2. Against the spread: Chiefs 0-2; Giants 0-2. Series record: Giants lead 11-4. Last meeting: Chiefs beat the Giants 20-17 on Nov. 1, 2021, at Kansas City. Last week: Chiefs lost to Eagles 20-17;

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes celebrated his 30th birthday Wednesday by welcoming Xavier Worthy and Jalen Royals back to practice. The two wide receivers have hardly played after Worthy hurt his shoulder in a collision with Travis Kelce early in their season opener,

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Each year after the second week of the NFL season, the long odds that teams face to make the playoffs after losing their first two games get bandied about. The odds have hovered at just under 12% ever since the NFL expanded the season to 16 games and

By CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A man accused of breaking into the homes of Seattle-area celebrities, including baseball Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki and hip-hop artist Macklemore, and pepper-spraying people he encountered inside pleaded not guilty Monday to multiple charges. Patrick Maisonet, 29, was arrested at his home in on Aug. 21

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The fact that Patrick Mahomes has been the Kansas City Chiefs’ leading rusher each of the first two weeks is concerning. About as concerning as their 0-2 start. In fact, the best offense for Kansas City during a season-opening loss to the Chargers in

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer The Super Bowl rematch turned into bully ball highlighted by the NFL’s ugliest play. Jalen Hurts, Saquon Barkley and the Philadelphia Eagles pushed — literally — their way past Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs, 20-17, on Sunday. Hurts scored a touchdown on a tush push and

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes threw a pair of deep passes in the waning minutes of a 20-17 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles in their Super Bowl rematch Sunday. Both were intended for Tyquan Thornton, and together they told the story of the Kansas City Chiefs. The

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The goal for the Philadelphia Eagles is to be playing their best at the end of the season. Like they were in February, when they beat the Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl. They were far from perfect on Sunday, but they were

Philadelphia 7 3 3 7 — 20 Kansas City 0 10 0 7 — 17 First Quarter Phi_Barkley 13 run (Elliott kick), :46. Second Quarter KC_FG Butker 56, 11:42. KC_Mahomes 13 run (Butker kick), 2:44. Phi_FG Elliott 58, :00. Third Quarter Phi_FG Elliott 51, 11:28. Fourth Quarter Phi_Hurts 1 run (Elliott kick), 7:48. KC_Thornton 49

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes doesn’t know how many times he has watched video of the Philadelphia Eagles’ rout of his Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl. At least once after the game, the quarterback said, and probably a couple of times over the summer. A

By The Associated Press Philadelphia (1-0) at Kansas City (0-1) Sunday, 4:25 p.m. EDT, FOX BetMGM NFL Odds: Eagles by 1. Against the spread: Eagles 0-1; Chiefs 0-1. Series record: Tied 6-6. Last meeting: Eagles beat Chiefs 40-22 in the Super Bowl in New Orleans on Feb. 9, 2025. Last week: Eagles beat Cowboys 24-20;

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs are downplaying a pair of emotional on-field outbursts, including one that involved star tight end Travis Kelce, that marked their season-opening loss to the Los Angeles Chargers in Brazil last week. The first came when Kelce got into the face

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer The opening weekend of the NFL season was capped by a pair of unlikely comebacks led by the reigning MVP and a quarterback making his NFL debut. Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills overcame a 15-point deficit in the fourth quarter on Sunday night to beat Baltimore in

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs could be without Xavier Worthy and rookie Jalen Royals because of injuries in a depleted wide receiver group when they face the Philadelphia Eagles in a Super Bowl rematch on Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium. Worthy hurt his shoulder in the

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — There are two ways to look at the Kansas City Chiefs’ season-opening loss to the Los Angeles Chargers in Brazil. The pessimist will say that the Chiefs hardly looked like Super Bowl contenders. Their defense allowed Justin Herbert to throw for more than 300

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer Justin Herbert finished off the Los Angeles Chargers’ season-opening victory in style, sliding for a first down that effectively ended the game. The quarterback earned style points for his scramble and sideline slide that capped a 318-yard, three-touchdown performance in a 27-21 victory over the Patrick Mahomes and the

By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs’ red and white dominated in the stands at NeoQuimica Arena on Friday night during their season-opening game against the Los Angeles Chargers, though even some of the local supporters couldn’t hide their frustration that Taylor Swift was nowhere to be seen

FERNANDO LLANO and ANDRE PENNER Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs faced the Los Angeles Chargers in the first week of the NFL season in Sao Paulo. ___ This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors. AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nfl See AP Photos in AP Newsroom

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and Andy Reid’s Kansas City Chiefs face Justin Herbert and Jim Harbaugh’s Los Angeles Chargers in the most accessible game to viewers on Friday night in Brazil. It’s the first NFL game streamed on YouTube and there will be plenty of unique elements surrounding

By The Associated Press Kansas City (17-3) vs Los Angeles Chargers (11-7) in Sao Paulo, Brazil Friday 8 p.m. EDT, YouTube. BetMGM NFL Odds: Chiefs by 3. Series record: Chiefs lead 78-51-1. Last meeting: Chiefs beat Chargers 19-17 on Dec. 8, 2024, in Kansas City. Chiefs offense: overall (15th), rush (22), pass (14), scoring (15).

By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs tight end and three-time Super Bowl winner Travis Kelce made teammate Patrick Mahomes and reporters laugh on Thursday when asked what has changed in his life since announcing his engagement to pop superstar Taylor Swift last week. “I got one more ring