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Early games discussion

Early games discussion

For the NFL’s Week 2, the Kansas City Chiefs take on the Cincinnati Bengals on GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. That game begins at 3:25 p.m. Arrowhead Time.

Until then, let’s discuss the NFL’s early afternoon games.

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Kansas City Chiefs roster

Kansas City Chiefs roster

The up-to-date team roster, including contract and salary cap information.


Salary cap space


All information shown is current as of 10:29 a.m. on Sunday, September 15

Current space: $5.7 million.

This includes the estimated salary cap impacts of all known signings and releases. More information about our cap space calculation is available below the tables.

Please note: *All NFL teams must remain below the salary cap between the beginning of the new league year in mid-March and the end of each season. Suppose our estimate of the team’s cap space is a negative number. In that case,...

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Chiefs-Bengals 5 questions with the enemy: Another slow start... or Cincinnati panic?

Chiefs-Bengals 5 questions with the enemy: Another slow start... or Cincinnati panic?

We welcome Cincy Jungle for answers to five questions about the Bengals before Sunday’s Week 2 matchup

On Sunday, the Kansas City Chiefs face the Cincinnati Bengals. We welcome Anthony Cosenza of Cincy Jungle — our sister SBNation site covering the Bengals — for Five Questions with the Enemy.


1) The Bengals’ loss in New England was Week 1’s most surprising result. How much panic is there among the fan base? Is seen as a typical slow Cincinnati start or a sign of major problems?

A little bit of both. This has been an unfortunate trend for...

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3 player props to consider in Chiefs-Bengals matchup

3 player props to consider in Chiefs-Bengals matchup

A few ways that Kansas City fans can put their money where their mouth is on Sunday afternoon.

There’s always a chance for a high-point total when the Kansas City Chiefs and Cincinnati Bengals face off — especially with Bengals’ quarterback Joe Burrow and his offensive line in better health than they were the last two matchups.

If the box score fills up, these Chiefs’ player props from FanDuel Sportsbook could be opportunities to take advantage of that.

Isiah Pacheco alternate rushing yards: 70+ (-104)

In Week 1, Kansas City wanted to lean on its ground game more often...

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Test your NFL knowledge on Sunday with our new daily trivia game

Test your NFL knowledge on Sunday with our new daily trivia game

Your new daily word game obsession is here. Try out our new NFL player guessing game.

Welcome to the SB Nation in-5 daily trivia game! The game has been living at SBNation.com and we’ve been adding it to our layout, but we’re changing it up for the next five days. The game will live in a new article each day for you to play, chat about, and provide feedback. It will go live at 8 a.m. CT each day and will live in the third slot of the front page layout. An important note: this game includes a field of...

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Bengals-Chiefs: How to watch Week 2 matchup

Bengals-Chiefs: How to watch Week 2 matchup

Everything you need to know to watch Kansas City play Cincinnati on Sunday.

The Game

In the NFL’s Week 2, the Kansas City Chiefs host the Cincinnati Bengals on GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. Kickoff is set for 3:25 p.m. Arrowhead Time. The game will be broadcast on CBS — locally on KCTV/5.

Since the Bengals were originally an expansion franchise for the American Football League in 1968 — and both Kansas City and Cleveland became part of the AFC when their league merged with the NFL in 1970 — these two franchises have a history that stretches back...

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Hollywood Brown not expected to play in regular season, per report

Hollywood Brown not expected to play in regular season, per report

It’s still possible that Kansas City’s veteran wideout could be available in the postseason.

On Saturday, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported that Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Hollywood Brown — who had been expected to miss 4-6 weeks for the sternoclavicular joint dislocation he suffered in preseason Week 1 — is “not expected to play in the regular season.” Schefter said his sources have told him Brown was not expected to be back “any sooner than mid-January.”

On Friday, we learned that Brown was being placed on the team’s Reserve Injured (IR) list. That will allow him to undergo surgery not...

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Arrowheadlines: The Patriots showed that teams can run on the Bengals

Arrowheadlines: The Patriots showed that teams can run on the Bengals

Chiefs headlines for Saturday, August 14

The latest

Five Things to Watch on Sunday | Bengals vs. Chiefs | The Mothership

2. The Bengals allowed 170 rushing yards last week.

The Patriots upset Cincinnati last Sunday in one of the more surprising outcomes of Week 1, and a primary reason behind that result was the performance of New England’s rushing attack, which racked up 170 yards as a team.

Running back Rhamondre Stevenson led the way with 120 yards on 25 carries, averaging 4.8 yards-per-attempt. He also led the NFL in yards-after-contact (118) and...

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Test your NFL knowledge on Saturday with our new daily trivia game

Test your NFL knowledge on Saturday with our new daily trivia game

Your new daily word game obsession is here. Try out our new NFL player guessing game.

Welcome to the SB Nation in-5 daily trivia game! The game has been living at SBNation.com and we’ve been adding it to our layout, but we’re changing it up for the next five days. The game will live in a new article each day for you to play, chat about, and provide feedback. It will go live at 8 a.m. CT each day and will live in the third slot of the front page layout. An important note: this game includes a field of...

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Rashee Rice on his mentality for the Bengals matchup: ‘We’ll let our play do the talking’

Rashee Rice on his mentality for the Bengals matchup: ‘We’ll let our play do the talking’

Chiefs wide receivers Rashee Rice and JuJu Smith-Schuster remain focused ahead of their Week 2 AFC matchup vs. the Bengals.

The Kansas City Chiefs are set to face the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday in what has become one of the AFC’s most compelling rivalries. This Week 2 matchup will mark the sixth meeting between the two teams since 2022. The Chiefs have won the last two — including the 2022 AFC Championship at Arrowhead Stadium.

While the buildup has sparked its share of trash talk, Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice remains focused on the task at hand.

“I haven’t seen...

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3 Chiefs-Bengals props to consider after final injury report

3 Chiefs-Bengals props to consider after final injury report

The loss of veteran wide receivers on both teams opens the door for other players to step up.

It has now officially become a trend. The Cincinnati Bengals, notoriously slow out of the gate to begin seasons, are once again off to a disastrous start in the lead-up to the Week 2 matchup against the Kansas City Chiefs.

Since Zac Taylor became head coach in 2019, the Bengals have a 1-10 record in the first two games of each season. Seemingly — controversy, injuries, and uncertainty have plagued Bengals’ offseasons and carried over into each regular season.

The 2024 version...

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Chiefs’ head trainer explains timing of surgery decision for Hollywood Brown

Chiefs’ head trainer explains timing of surgery decision for Hollywood Brown

On Friday, the head of Kansas City’s medical staff discussed an unfortunate situation.

For weeks, the Kansas City Chiefs have insisted that wide receiver Hollywood Brown was close to returning from a shoulder injury suffered in the team’s preseason opener against the Jacksonville Jaguars.

He was kept on the active roster at the league’s cutdown deadline, suggesting the team expected him to be ready within the first four weeks, the minimum number of games he would miss if placed on injured reserve.

On Friday, the shocking news dropped that Brown would indeed have surgery to repair the injury and go...

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