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When the Steelers lost their first two games, and lost Ben Roethlisberger for the season, it appeared hopeless. It wasn’t.
In fact, if the playoffs started today, the Steelers would be in.
Here’s how the AFC playoff race looks through Week 10:
LEADERS
1. Patriots (8-1) The clear...
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Frank Clark was back on the field yesterday, but he said he’s been playing hurt all year.
The Chiefs pass-rusher said after yesterday’s loss to the Titans that he’s been dealing with a pinched nerve since training camp.
“I’ve been playing kind of timid this whole season,” Clark...
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Patrick Mahomes threw for 446 yards and three touchdowns in his return to the Chiefs lineup, but it wasn’t enough to get the Chiefs their seventh win of the season.
Ryan Tannehill took the Titans 61 yards in four plays in less than a minute and hit Adam Humphries for a 23-yard...
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The Titans clinched their upset of the Chiefs today by blocking a field goal on the last play, and they timed that block perfectly.
The man who blocked the kick, defensive back Joshua Kalu, said after the game that he was figuring out the Chiefs’ cadence on field goals throughout...
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For all the interest paid to their quarterback, the Chiefs had to deal with an injury Sunday that snapped a monumental run of good fortune and toughness.
Right tackle Mitchell Schwartz left the game in the second quarter to get a knee injury checked out, which snapped a streak of...
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The Chiefs lost to the Titans on Sunday and they also lost a key piece of their defensive front.
Head coach Andy Reid said after the game that defensive end Emmanuel Ogbah tore his pectoral muscle during the 35-32 loss. Ogbah will likely miss the rest of the season as a result of...
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The Chiefs got quarterback Patrick Mahomes back in the lineup on Sunday and he certainly didn’t look like he was having any issues with his knee during the game.
Mahomes missed two games after dislocating his kneecap in Week Seven and returned to action by completing 36-of-50...
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Running back LeSean McCoy wasn’t on the Chiefs’ injury report at any point this week, but he is on the team’s inactive list.
McCoy was scratched for Sunday’s game against the Titans. James Palmer of NFL Network reported that McCoy didn’t want to talk about why he’s out this week...
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The Chiefs gave Patrick Mahomes the chance to throw the ball on their first offensive play of Sunday’s game and it almost turned out to be a disastrous outcome for the offense.
Mahomes rolled out and threw the ball deep down the middle for Tyreek Hill, but Titans safety Kenny...
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The first quarter of Sunday’s game did not go well for the Titans, but they are back within three points with just over 10 minutes to play in the first half.
Tennessee ran nine plays, gained 21 yards, allowed two sacks and lost a fumble while the Chiefs were building an early 10-0...
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The Chiefs came into Sunday’s game against the Titans missing two of their starting offensive linemen and they lost two more in the final minutes of the first half.
Right tackle Mitchell Schwartz left with a knee injury and the team moved Martinas Rankin out from guard to replace...
The Chiefs and Titans have been going back and forth for much of the afternoon, but the Chiefs have moved back in front by a couple of scores early in the fourth quarter.
Rookie wide receiver Mecole Hardman deserves a round of applause for getting them there. Patrick Mahomes jumped to clear the...
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It’s a common refrain from NFL fans: If we lose our starting quarterback, we’re screwed.
But that isn’t the case, at all. In fact, NFL teams actually have a winning record this season when forced to go to a backup because of an injury to their starter.
So far this season, 35...
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Not long ago, Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was the odds-on favorite to win the league MVP award. Now, after missing two games and more than half of a third, his candidacy faces an uphill climb.
But he’ll be back on Sunday at Tennessee, and despite the time he has missed...
If the NFL coach of the year award went to the best coach in the NFL, Bill Belichick would win it every year. But the prize is determined, as a practical matter, by the extent to which a coach pushes him team over and above its loose, general expectations when the season began.
When the season...
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The Chiefs will have their starting quarterback back in the lineup on Sunday.
Patrick Mahomes missed two games after dislocating his kneecap in a Week Seven win over the Broncos, but he was able to practice in limited fashion the last two weeks before moving up to full...
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After the Chiefs announced that Patrick Mahomes will start on Sunday, Mahomes said he has felt good in practice this week.
Mahomes said he and Andy Reid are in agreement that he has looked ready to go on the practice field.
“I knew I had a chance once I talked to the doctors and...
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The Chiefs will have quarterback Patrick Mahomes in the lineup for Sunday’s game against the Titans, but the Titans probably won’t have wide receiver Corey Davis helping their cause.
Davis was the only one of four players to miss practice on Friday who was not ruled out for...
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Week 10 of the 2019 NFL season kicked off on Thursday with a win by the 49ers and it continues with 11 more games on Sunday, which means that the 22 teams in those games submitted their final injury reports of the week on Friday.
The teams playing on Monday night won’t release...
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The Titans practiced without four players on Wednesday and they continued their preparations for Sunday’s game against the Chiefs without that quartet on Thursday.
Wide receiver Corey Davis is dealing with a hip injury that may leave him at risk of missing a game for the first...