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Getty Images Chiefs coach Andy Reid may have set the tone for the Chiefs’ entire season with a call in the first quarter of Thursday night’s win over the Texans that showed he’s getting even more aggressive about using his elite offense. The Chiefs faced a fourth-and-1 at their own 34-yard...

Getty Images The NFL has loaded several great games into the first week of the 2020 regular season. Texans-Chiefs, a rematch of a 51-31 postseason blowout, was not one of those great games. Lack of kickoff-game sizzle notwithstanding, the game delivered because pro football always delivers...

Getty Images The Chiefs Defense ended the 2019 season allowing 11.5 points per game over their final six contests and safety Tyrann Mathieu said in August that he expected the unit to pick up where they left off last season. For most of Thursday night’s opener against the Texans, it looked...

Getty Images Last year, the Chiefs on average called 37.56 pass plays per game (attempts plus sacks), and they ran the ball 23.43 times per game. Last night, it was a far difference ratio. The Chiefs ran the ball 34 times in their 34-20 win over the Texans, with 33 pass plays called (32...

Getty Images Chiefs cornerback Charvarius Ward needs surgery for his broken hand but may not miss any playing time. Ward’s injury is such that it wouldn’t be unprecedented for him to wear a protective cast and play through it, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports. A starter last night and for...

Getty Images Chiefs head coach Andy Reid’s look for Thursday night’s game against the Texans won’t be copied by one of his former assistants with the Eagles. Reid wore a face shield on the sideline during Kansas City’s win, but it fogged up throughout the night to make it more useful as fodder...

Getty Images The Broncos weren’t supposed to have fans in the stands for their season opener Monday night against the Titans. Now, they will. Colorado governor Jared Polis is allowing roughly 500 family and friends of Broncos players and coaches to attend the game. “It will be an intimate...

Getty Images Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid gave a rundown of some of the injuries sustained by his players in the Chiefs’ 34-20 win over the Houston Texans on Thursday night. Defensive tackle Khalen Saunders left the game in the first quarter due to a dislocated elbow. “It looks...

Getty Images The Texans seemed determined to try to keep the Chiefs from going deep. So Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes did what they have proven to be able to do so well — they adjusted. Content to work underneath passes and chip away a little at a time, the Chiefs managed an efficient 34-20...

Getty Images The Chiefs have lost another defensive lineman. Defensive end Alex Okafor is out with a hamstring injury, the team announced. Chiefs defensive tackle Khalen Saunders left in the first quarter with an elbow injury. Before the game, Okafor was the only player from either team to...

Getty Images Stop if you’ve heard this before: The Texans took a first quarter lead on the Chiefs, shutting them out in the first 15 minutes. And then, it was all Chiefs, all night. Kansas City fell behind 7-0 in the first quarter before scoring 31 unanswered points. The Texans tacked on two...

Getty Images Before Thursday night’s NFL season opener, and after the national anthem played, the two teams gathered at midfield for a “moment of unity.” Audible booing could be heard from the crowd at Arrowhead Stadium. Texans defensive end J.J. Watt expressed confusion over the reaction...

Getty Images The Chiefs kick off the 2020 NFL season tonight, and they’ll do so in front of around 17,000 fans at Arrowhead Stadium. That may sound alarming to some amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, but Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas says it’s safe. Lucas told Yahoo that he believes attending a...

Getty Images Brandin Cooks will make his Texans debut tonight. Cooks, the wide receiver who arrived in Houston this offseason, is officially active tonight in Kansas City. He had been listed as questionable with a quadriceps injury. The Texans are Cooks’ fourth NFL team. He has had 1,000-yard...

Getty Images The Texans promoted running back Scottie Phillips from the practice squad on Thursday evening. Phillips is a rookie who had a strong camp, drawing praise from Bill O’Brien. “You can see on tape; you can look at their vision; you can look at their cutting ability; you can look at...

USA TODAY Sports The Texans stayed inside for both Lift Every Voice and Sing, known as the black national anthem, and the national anthem. NBC’s sideline reporter Michele Tafoya reports that the players made the decision so there would be “no misinterpretation” of celebrating one song and not...

Getty Images The Chiefs scored the first touchdown. And then they didn’t. After the Texans opened the game by going three-and-out, Patrick Mahomes led the Chiefs right down the field. He hit Demarcus Robinson for what initially was called a 36-yard touchdown. Replay, though, showed Robinson...

Getty Images The Texans listed wide receiver Brandin Cooks as questionable for tonight’s opener against the Chiefs with a quad injury, which by definition makes it a 50-50 proposition that he plays. That number might be creeping in a certain direction. According to Tom Pelissero of NFL...

Getty Images Laurent Duvernay-Tardif won’t be on the field tonight when the Chiefs begin their quest to win another Super Bowl. Duvernay-Tardif, a starting guard for the Chiefs last year who also happens to be a medical doctor, is instead using his medical training back home in Quebec, where...

Getty Images It’s now officially football season, as we have our first player whose status we don’t really know thanks to the official injury report. Per the Texans, wide receiver Brandin Cooks is questionable for Thursday’s opener against the Chiefs after taking a hypothetically limited part...