This weekend we get the NFC Championship between the Buccaneers and Packers and the NFC Championship between the Bills and Chiefs. Home teams are 10-4 ATS in conference championship games since 2013. Teams that did not have a bye in the wild-card round are 1-5 ATS in conference championship games since 2013. Six of the […]
Continue readingKANSAS CITY, Mo. — Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes practiced in a limited capacity Wednesday, taking another step to possibly clearing the concussion protocol in time for Sunday’s AFC Championship Game against the Buffalo Bills. “He’s done well up to this point,” coach Andy Reid said of Mahomes, who remains in the NFL’s concussion protocol after […]
Continue readingWhile backup quarterback Chad Henne inspired hashtags on social media in helping the Kansas City Chiefs hold off the Cleveland Browns in the divisional playoff round this past Sunday, all eyes in K.C. (and the NFL, for that matter) have been watching the Chiefs’ injury reports, wondering if All-Pro quarterback Patrick Mahomes will be available […]
Continue readingKansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes remains in the NFL’s concussion protocol, and it’s too early to say that he definitely will play in Sunday’s AFC Championship Game against the Buffalo Bills, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Mahomes cleared certain steps Monday, “some big steps,” sources told Schefter, but the reigning Super Bowl MVP still […]
Continue readingKANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Chiefs players Tyrann Mathieu and Chad Henne generally arrive early for work each day. During some of those mornings, the veteran defensive back got to know the backup quarterback well enough to come to the opinion that the Chiefs would be OK if they ever needed Henne’s help to […]
Continue readingThe Chiefs begin the week as 3-point favorites over the Buffalo Bills in the AFC Championship Game on Sunday in Kansas City. The line reflects oddsmakers’ expectations that Mahomes will play this week and be ready to go if Kansas City reaches the Super Bowl against either the Green Bay Packers or Tampa Bay Buccaneers. […]
Continue readingKANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid said Monday he didn’t know whether Patrick Mahomes would clear the NFL’s concussion protocol in time to play in Sunday’s AFC Championship Game. But Reid indicated Mahomes might have felt well enough to have returned to Sunday’s divisional-round game against the Cleveland Browns. After taking […]
Continue readingWith starting quarterback Patrick Mahomes out of the game because of a concussion, the Kansas City Chiefs edged past the Cleveland Browns thanks to a gutsy call by coach Andy Reid and solid execution from … Chad Henne? Yes, that Chad Henne. Prior to playing in place of Mahomes in Week 17 of this season, […]
Continue readingOddsmakers had been contemplating what the line would be on an AFC Championship Game between the Buffalo Bills and the Kansas City Chiefs for days. Yet, on Sunday afternoon, after the matchup was set, the opening line ranged wildly, from Chiefs -4 to Bills -2.5, at sportsbooks around the globe. That’s what the injury to […]
Continue readingKANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs got two big plays from their quarterback near game’s end to preserve Sunday’s 22-17 divisional-round playoff victory over the Cleveland Browns, but that player wasn’t Patrick Mahomes. With Mahomes in the locker room after suffering a concussion and being knocked out of the game, Chad Henne made […]
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