Chiefs Open Season As Home Underdogs

The Kansas City Chiefs will open the 2012 regular season Sunday afternoon at Arrowhead Stadium against the Atlanta Falcons the way they spent most of the 2011 season: as underdogs. After the NFL schedule was originally released, the Falcons were favored by one point. That spread has since jumped to three points and could move [...]

Chiefs Open As Week 1 Underdogs

The 2012 NFL schedule was released on Tuesday and minutes later there were lines for each Week 1 game. The Kansas City Chiefs open up by hosting the Atlanta Falcons and like much of last season they are underdogs. With the uncertainty around the New Orleans Saints this season, the Falcons should be the favorites [...]

Gonzalez Wanted Chiefs To Trade Him To Giants

The Kansas City Chiefs traded TE Tony Gonzalez to the Atlanta Falcons after the 2008 season following an amazing 12-year stint with the franchise.  As it turns out, the future Hall of Famer was pushing for a trade to the New York Giants who had just won the Super Bowl. “I was pushing for that, [...]

Tony Gonzalez Won’t Be Returning To Kansas City

When the Kansas City Chiefs traded TE Tony Gonzalez to the Atlanta Falcons, I held out some hope that he could return to the team that drafted him to finish off his career.  It would appear that possibility is now out the window with the announcement that he would be returning to the Falcons for [...]

Former Chief Lands With Falcons

The talk around Sunday’s Detroit Lions matchup with the Atlanta Falcons surrounded Ndamukong Sun, Matt Ryan, dirty play and karma.  But while that was going on, the Falcons lost fullback Ovie Mughelli and guard Mike Johnson for the season. Mughelli made it to the Pro Bowl last season and will be replaced on the active [...]

Tony Gonzalez Is Coming Back In 2011

After suggesting he might call it quits following the Atlanta Falcons early postseason exit, Tony Gonzalez told Jim Rome on Friday that he “definitely” would be returning for at least one more season.  His PR rep Denise White confirmed the tight end will be back in Atlana in 2011. “He’s definitely coming back,” said White, [...]

After Playoff Loss, Gonzalez Ponders Future

Once again, the season has ended earlier than Tony Gonzalez had hoped.  He has yet to win a playoff game, but the great tight end told the AJC that he may have played his final game in the NFL. “It’s always a possibility,” Gonzalez said.  “Year 15 is a long time.” At game’s end, as [...]

Tony Gonzalez Wishes Falcons Fans Acted Like They Were From Kansas City

Former Kansas City Chiefs TE Tony Gonzalez, for all of his success in the NFL, has a record of 0-3 in the playoffs.  Now he has another chance to get a victory with the Atlanta Falcons.  Gonzalez talked to the Atlanta media this week about wanting to see the sort of excitement from Falcons fans [...]

Game Balls: Chiefs vs. Falcons

The Chiefs kicked off the preseason on the road in Atlanta and it looked a whole lot like the preseason games last season.  Little to nothing from the offense and a less than impressive performance on defense with the first team still getting pushed around in the running game. After a very “blah” performance, I [...]

Chiefs Ready To Start Winning

The Kansas City Chiefs are in Atlanta to take on the Falcons tonight to kick off the preseason.  Adam Teicher reports that while the team isn’t going to push the starters longer than normal for an exhibition victory, the players know how good it would feel to start things off with a win. “When you [...]

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