There will be a new, yet familiar, face on the Kansas City Chiefs’ sideline in the 2026 season. Former offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy has agreed to terms with the Chiefs to return to the role he held from 2018 to 2022 under head coach Andy Reid. Chiefs fans recall this period fondly, as it marked the most dominant offensive stretch during quarterback Patrick Mahomes’ tenure.

Bieniemy, a frequent rumored front-runner in head coaching circles during his time with the Chiefs, eventually departed as a Super Bowl champion following the 2022 season. Presumably, Bieniemy left the Chiefs at the time to...

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Chiefs’ Travis Kelce seemed to hint at future plans while talking about Eric Bieniemy | The Kansas City Star

“I love that,” Kelce said on Wednesday’s “New Heights” episode. “I think it’s great. I think it’s a marriage that’s gonna pick up right where it left off. E.B., he and who he is as a coach, you can see kind of his personality, what he brings to the table in that Chicago team. I know (Bears head coach) Ben Johnson has his own version of that. He’s a very tough guy. And what he did in...

There are over three months until the 2026 NFL Draft, but with the Kansas City Chiefs’ offseason underway, it’s time to consider what draft prospects the Chiefs could select with the ninth overall pick.

The most famous mock drafter of them all, ESPN’s Mel Kiper, released a first-round mock draft on Wednesday morning, with the season of college football officially concluded. Fresh off a 16-0 national championship season, Indiana’s quarterback has basically locked himself into the Las Vegas Raiders’ pick at the top of the draft.

With the third overall selection, the Arizona Cardinals were matched with Miami offensive tackle...

The Kansas City Chiefs have been the dominant team of this era. I understand this isn’t news to anyone, but it needs to be said up front. The two other AFC teams most prominent from 2019-2024 were the Baltimore Ravens and the Buffalo Bills. These three teams combined for nine of the 12 possible AFC Championship Game slots in these six years. They also had — by far — the best records among all AFC teams over this stretch, a combined 135 games over .500. The only other AFC teams to maintain a record above .500 from 2019-2024 were the...

For the first time since 2014, the Kansas City Chiefs didn’t make the playoffs and watched Wild Card weekend from home just like the rest of us. Hopefully, there are lessons to learn from this year’s postseason that the Chiefs can apply to their in-house philosophies.

Here are two takeaways I had from the second round of the NFL postseason.

1. Throwing the ball downfield mitigates turnover variance

Defenses have changed over the past few years. As the NFL has become more pass-happy, teams have countered by employing nickel or dime personnel against anything the offense offers. The best...

Remember the 2018 season? It was an entire calendar year that served as the coming-out party for Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, and put the entire NFL on notice that a changing of the guard was imminent— the old being the New England Patriots, the new being the Chiefs, led by head coach Andy Reid.

The Patriots did not go quietly into that good night; the dynasty raged, and thanks to an offside penalty courtesy of Chiefs edge rusher Dee Ford, New England went on to win one last Super Bowl, before the all-time run faded into the history...

On Monday, reports surfaced of the Kansas City Chiefs’ plan to fill the vacant offensive coordinator position with a coach who has held that title in Kansas City before: Eric Bieniemy. After one year as the running backs coach with the Chicago Bears, he will return to the Chiefs for the 2026 season. Bieniemy will reprise the role he held from 2018 to 2022, when he won two Super Bowls as the right-hand man to head coach Andy Reid.

Between his departure from the Chiefs and working under Bears’ head coach Ben Johnson, Bieniemy coordinated the offenses of the [Washington...

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Three former Chiefs players rave about Eric Bieniemy coming back to the team | Kansas City Star

Schwartz wasn’t the only former Chiefs player to rave about Bieniemy’s return.

Jeff Allen, an offensive lineman who spent six seasons with the Chiefs during his NFL career from 2012-2019, also spoke highly of Bieniemy.

“The organization, which includes players and coaches, is fully aware of the value EB brings to the team!” Allen wrote on X. “The stats speak for themselves. Just look at what he accomplished as the offensive coordinator in KC.” ...

The Kansas City Chiefs continue to reveal more about the new staff being built around offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy. Sam McDowell of the Kansas City Star reported the initial departures of four assistant coaches last week, then added two more to the list on Tuesday evening.

Assistant running backs coach Mark DeLeone and offensive assistant Kevin Saxton will not return to the Chiefs’ staff in 2026, confirmed by McDowell. With these two vacanies added, there will be at least five new faces among Kansas City’s offensive coaches next season: Bieniemy, wide receivers coach Chad O’Shea, and the eventual hire to...

The Kansas City Chiefs’ underachieving 2025 season resulted in less recognition at the end of the season than the three-time defending AFC champions are used to. The Associated Press’ All-Pro team featured one Chiefs player on the first or second team: center Creed Humphrey. Kansas City had been represented by at least three players in each of the previous seven seasons.

The Professional Football Writers of America’s 2025 All-NFL team also selected Humphrey as the only Chiefs player; the All-Pro center was one of only seven individuals who were recognized on the 2024 team as well.

The PFWA breaks the...

The Kansas City Chiefs are reuniting with former offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy after a disappointing 2025 season that resulted in a major shakeup in the coaching staff.

Bieniemy’s 2025 season was the opposite: he was hired to coach the running backs for the Chicago Bears and first-year head coach Ben Johnson, who was the hottest name among offensive-minded candidates in last year’s coaching carousel. Chicago won the NFC North and beat the division-rival Green Bay Packers in the playoffs by leaning heavily on a top-10 offense.

While quarterback Caleb Williams proved capable of leading a high-powered unit, it was the...

The Kansas City Chiefs’ decision on Monday to hire Chicago Bears running backs coach Eric Bieniemy for a second stint as the team’s offensive coordinator was largely met with fanbase skepticism. After missing the playoffs for the first time in over a decade, many observers hoped for a coordinator from outside of head coach Andy Reid’s inner circle.

Bieniemy will replace Matt Nagy, who was a finalist to be named head coach of the Tennessee Titans before the job was awarded to former San Francisco 49ers’ defensive coordinator Robert Saleh.

While Bieniemy returning to a post he held from 2018-22...