Kansas City beat Las Vegas 19-17 to nab playoff spot Raiders denied winning field goal on botched snap The Kansas City Chiefs have made a habit of winning games in the most improbable of ways. The way they beat the Raiders on Friday still had Patrick Mahomes and co shaking their heads in disbelief ..read more

Chiefs move to 10 wins for the season after late FG Austin Seibert misses two XPs in Commanders’ loss Patrick Mahomes threw for 269 yards and three touchdowns, Spencer Shrader kicked a 31-yard field goal as time expired and the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Carolina Panthers to reach double-digit wins for the 10th straight season. The Chiefs bounced back from last week’s 30-21 loss at Buffalo and won at the buzzer yet again in a season of narrow escapes. Noah Brown caught two TD passes and DeAndre Hopkins also had a touchdown catch. Bryce Young finished 21 of 35 for 262 yards and a touchdown f ..read more

Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes have been victims League warns players not to show valuables on social media The NFL issued a security alert to teams and the players’ union on Thursday after recent burglaries involving the homes of Chiefs stars Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce. In a memo obtained by the Associated Press, the league says homes of professional athletes across multiple sports have become “increasingly targeted for burglaries by organized and skilled groups ..read more

On an afternoon that saw Pittsburgh hold off Baltimore and Buffalo end Kansas City’s perfect season, the AFC’s top tier appears even more tightly packed than before There were two games on Sunday that allowed fans and analysts to get a good read on the AFC. In the early slate, there was the now 8-2 Pittsburgh Steelers v the now 7-4 Baltimore Ravens. In the late slate, it was the Kansas City Chiefs against the Buffalo Bills. Lamar Jackson has been great against most opponents as a passer, but the Steelers have had his number. In six previous career games against Baltimore’s most prominent divis ..read more

Chiefs stars’ homes broken into last month, police say Break-ins happened around team’s win over Saints The homes of Kansas City Chiefs’ quarterback Patrick Mahomes and tight end Travis Kelce were broken into within days of each other last month, law enforcement reports show. “Obviously it’s frustrating, disappointing,” Mahomes said before practice on Wednesday ..read more

As the business end of the season comes into view, we look at the weaknesses that could end the championship hopes of some of the league’s best teams As we career at high speed into the second half of the season, even the best NFL teams have issues they need to shore up before the playoffs. Because in the postseason every mistake is magnified, and every big play is bigger. So, here are five of the NFL’s most credible contenders, and the one potentially fatal flaw that could boot each one of those squads out of the race to Super Bowl LIX. The list is far from exhaustive – there are plenty of ot ..read more

It was a wild Sunday for kickers as their errors and heroics helped decide several games. Don’t let anyone tell you the position is dull The late, great coach Buddy Ryan once quipped, “Football kickers are like taxi cabs. You can always go out and hire another one.” If Ryan were alive today, he might think again. Kickers dominated Week 10 with a collection of horrors and heroics. A few examples of how they made their presence felt: • Denver’s Wil Lutz entered Sunday with a 95% success rate on field goals this season. So, when Bo Nix led the Broncos down the field and set Lutz up for a potentia ..read more

Dallas appear to have made another mistake in a crumbling season, while the Chargers should have reached out to the Dolphins about Tyreek Hill The deal: Washington Commanders get Lattimore and fifth round pick in 2025; Saints get third-, fourth- and sixth-round pick in 2025 ..read more

Tampa Bay Buccaneers 24–30 Kansas City Chiefs (OT) Kansas City move to 8-0; Tampa Bay fall to 4-5 Mahomes rolls ankle before helping team to victory Patrick Mahomes threw for 291 yards and three touchdowns, and Kareem Hunt pounded into the end zone from two yards out in overtime to give the unbeaten Kansas City Chiefs a 30-24 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday night. DeAndre Hopkins had two TD receptions for the Chiefs (8-0), who drove through the rain for two fourth-quarter scores to take a 24-17 lead with 4:17 left. But then Kansas City watched as Baker Mayfield led the Bucs the o ..read more

The quarterback has more interceptions than touchdowns this season. But his struggles speak more of a player adjusting to circumstances than one in decline Seven weeks into their bid for immortality, the Kansas City Chiefs are undefeated. They’ve ripped off wins against the likes of the Ravens, 49ers and Bengals on their way to a 6-0 start. On defense they’ve been elite, putting a succession of the game’s best quarterbacks through the blender. The back-to-back champs should have the feel of a runaway juggernaut, but something is amiss with KC’s offense. Given his body of work, Patrick Mahomes ..read more