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Chiefs headlines for Wednesday, November 27
Chiefs DL Praised for Heroically Catching Young Fan Who Fell Out of Stands | SI
Kansas City Chiefs defensive lineman Tershawn Wharton recorded two tackles in his team’s narrow victory over the Carolina Panthers on Sunday. But his most important play came as he was walking off the field.
As the players headed to the locker room, a young Chiefs fan leaned over the railing of the stands to greet them. He then suddenly went head over heels in a video captured by another bystander. Wharton apparently was standing right underneath him and managed to catch the child before he was seriously hurt. Wharton then lifted him back up to climb into the stands and return to his family.
Inside the growth of Noah Gray, the Chiefs’ best offensive role player | The Athletic
Running routes alongside Kelce, Gray led the Chiefs against the Panthers with two touchdown receptions, his second consecutive impressive performance after his two touchdown receptions the previous week against the Buffalo Bills. Including Sunday’s game, Gray has recorded 27 receptions on 30 targets this season for a career-high 315 yards and a career-high four touchdowns.
“He does everything the right way,” Mahomes said of Gray last week. “He’s learned a ton from Travis, so he knows how to kind of work within the rules of the offense and get himself open. He’s just a guy that’s going to be in the right spot.
“As a quarterback, you know if you’re going to give him the ball, he’s going to make the play happen. Those are the guys you want on your team because you know that he’s going to do whatever it takes to win.”
No. 2 Joe Thuney, Kansas City Chiefs (2021)
The Kansas City Chiefs have a chance to make history this year by becoming the first team in the Super Bowl era to win three consecutive championships.
They almost certainly would not be in this position had they not managed to sign Joe Thuney to a five-year, $80 million deal in the spring of 2021.
While the Chiefs had most of the pieces in place to become the league’s next great dynasty, they were lacking a solid offensive line to protect franchise centerpiece Patrick Mahomes.
The young quarterback had one of the best starts to a career imaginable—he had earned MVP honors and won a Super Bowl in addition to making three Pro Bowls during his first three seasons as Kansas City’s full-time starter—but he had just been humbled on the biggest stage.
The Chiefs failed to raise the Lombardi Trophy after Mahomes was terrorized by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ ferocious front. Tom Brady, the man whose many records Mahomes will be chasing throughout his career, ended up...
