KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The boxing adage says styles make fights, and if any heavyweight match up fits that adage in today’s NFL, it’s the defensive mind of the Patriots’ Bill Belichick versus the offensive creativity of the Chiefs’ Andy Reid. “He’s great man and a tremendous coach and a good friend,” Belichick said of Reid this week.” I’ll be …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – This coming Saturday’s meeting between the Chiefs and New England Patriots will not be the first time Andy Reid has gone head-to-head against Bill Belichick in the NFL postseason. Reid’s Eagles played Belichick’s Patriots in Super Bowl XXXIX, with New England beating Philadelphia 24-21 in Jacksonville on Feb. 6, 2005. It was the third of the …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Ruptured Achilles tendons have hammered the Chiefs since the start of the regular season. The Chiefs already placed inside linebacker Derrick Johnson and defensive end Mike DeVito on season-ending injured reserve when the pair suffered the injury in Week 1. And Kansas City will in all likelihood do the same with running back Joe McKnight, who …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick knows tight ends. Belichick has one of the NFL’s best in two-time Pro Bowl selection and All-Pro tight end Rob Gronkowski. And it was Belichick’s two-tight end sets featuring Gronkowski and Aaron Hernandez from 2010-12 that presented a blueprint for the league to emulate. Of course, the Chiefs have an …