The Kansas City Chiefs have released their list of inactive players for Sunday’s game against the Buffalo Bills.

Entering the contest, all eyes were on guard Trey Smith, who practiced all week after missing Kansas City’s Week 8 game against the Washington Commanders with a back injury. After being listed as questionable on this week’s final injury report, Smith will dress on Sunday.

Cornerback Kristian Fulton, wide receiver Jalen Royals, tight end Jared Wiley, running back Elijah Mitchell, and tackle Josh Simmons will also not play on Sunday. Simmons had already been ruled out on Friday as he continues to...

Before the Kansas City Chiefs’ Week 8 game against the Washington Commanders, every one of our Arrowhead Pride panelists picked Kansas City to win. Our aggregate prediction of a 34-16 win was among the closest of the season, carrying 18 points of error from the 28-7 final. Three-quarters of our contributors thought the Chiefs were on the way to a blowout — while just 36% of our readers thought so.

In Week 9, the Chiefs are on the road to face the Buffalo Bills at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, New York. According to FanDuel Sportsbook, *Kansas City is favored...

In what has been one of the NFL’s premier rivalries, the 5-3 Kansas City Chiefs are taking on the 5-2 Buffalo Bills at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, New York.

This AFC showdown (which will be available to the entire country on CBS) will feature two of the league’s best quarterbacks — Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen — in what is expected to be one of the regular season’s best games. Kansas City needs a win to keep pace in the AFC West and stay alive for the No. 1 seed. Buffalo needs a victory to keep up with the...

In the NFL’s Week 9, the Buffalo Bills are hosting the Kansas City Chiefs in a widely anticipated matchup. Over the past few years, Buffalo has been Kansas City’s regular-season nemesis. The Chiefs have now lost four straight to the Bills — but in the postseason, Kansas City has collected four consecutive victories over Buffalo. Any time these teams meet, it’s a hard-fought game that usually goes down to the wire; only one of the last six games was decided by more than one score.

As far as the Chiefs are concerned, breaking their regular-season losing streak against the Bills...

The Game

The Week 9 matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs (5-3) and the Buffalo Bills (5-2) will be the tenth installment between these two AFC contenders since quarterbacks Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen took the reins for their respective franchises. The contest will take place at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, New York. Kickoff is scheduled for 3:25 p.m. Arrowhead Time on CBS — locally on KCTV/5.

The latest episode in this epic series was the 2024 AFC championship game. The Chiefs defended the conference throne and earned a 32-29 victory that marked the fourth time the Bills...

In our “Let’s Argue” series, our Mark Gunnels considers the hot takes, wacky predictions, and unpopular opinions of Kansas City Chiefs fans from all over the world.

Jack Cochrane is an awesome special teams player

This is clearly sarcasm.

There’s no denying that linebacker Jack Cochrane has been a negative on special teams this year. It feels like he gets called for holding every time the Chiefs have a good return.

But whatever it’s worth, he did get an interception at the end of the win over the Washington Commanders.

Someone said, “They have only won playing...

The Kansas City Chiefs gave their defensive line a familiar face this week. On Wednesday, veteran defensive tackle Mike Pennel re-signed with the team after beginning the season with the Cincinnati Bengals.

This marks his third stint in Kansas City.

Defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo was happy to see him back with the team.

“The good thing about Mike is he was here before this season,” he said on Thursday. “So I think it’s probably an easier transition for him than going someplace else.”

Pennel first joined the Chiefs midway through the 2019 season and immediately made an impact, helping anchor...

In 2025, the Kansas City Chiefs’ assistant head coach and special teams coordinator Dave Toub has spent much of his time answering questions about the struggles of kicker Harrison Butker, who has missed a total of six field goals and extra points this season.

Over the last two games, however, there has been less focus on Butker — mostly because the team’s now-electric offense has been scoring touchdowns; it hasn’t needed to kick a field goal since Week 6.

But on Thursday, Toub found himself explaining another recurring special teams issue.

Three weeks after penalties in the return game were...

Following their third consecutive win — a 28-7 defeat of the Washington Commanders — the Kansas City Chiefs are taking their 5-3 record back on the road to face the Buffalo Bills in a critical AFC West showdown.

Here’s what I’ll be wondering as the Week 9 matchup gets underway.

1. How well can Kansas City run the ball against Buffalo?

The Bills’ biggest weakness is stopping the run. They rank 28th in defensive expected points added against the run and 24th in success rate. They’re also 31st in yards per carry at 5.5 yards allowed — and week...

The latest

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Kansas City Chiefs at Buffalo Bills (+2)

The market has really fallen in love with the Chiefs: They are now power rated as the clear best team in the NFL following their 28-7 win on Monday Night Football against the Commanders. Given Buffalo’s general defensive issues and the loss of Ed Oliver to an injury, it’s no surprise that the market has opened up the Chiefs as a favorite, even though the Bills rarely lose at home in the Josh Allen era. ...

The Kansas City Chiefs’ 28-7 win over the Washington Commanders on “Monday Night Football” featured two fourth-down conversions by running back Kareem Hunt. The first — during the Chiefs’ opening drive — was wasted by an interception a few plays later. The second, however, was a triumph: a third-quarter fourth-and-goal touchdown.

From two yards out, quarterback Patrick Mahomes dropped back, scrambled from the pocket and found Hunt leaking away from defenders in the end zone. The running back’s touchdown catch gave the Chiefs a 14-7 lead they would not surrender — and was yet another example of a Mahomes staple:...

Each practice day of the season, the Kansas City Chiefs release an official injury report leading up to the next game. In the NFL’s Week 9, Kansas City travels to Highmark Stadium to face the Buffalo Bills at 3:25 p.m. Arrowhead Time on Sunday.

Here is the Chiefs’ final official injury report of the week, including game designations:

Chiefs

Bills

Some notes

For the Chiefs, two players have been declared out for Sunday: left tackle Josh Simmons (personal) and running back Isiah Pacheco (MCL sprain) missed all three of this week’s practices.

• This will be the...