During Weeks 13 and 14, NFL players — including the Kansas City Chiefs — are wearing customized cleats in honor of the causes they have chosen to support through My Cause My Cleats.

Speaking via Zoom on Monday, the right guard weighed in on several matters.

Kansas City Chiefs right guard Trey Smith offered candid insights after the team’s narrow victory over the Carolina Panthers, addressing offensive line struggles, praising tight end Noah Gray’s rise and previewing Friday’s divisional clash with the Las Vegas Raiders.

Issues along the offensive line

Despite the win, the Chiefs’ offensive line allowed five sacks, a glaring issue Smith acknowledged.

“It’s just better recognition and being a better athlete in the moment,” Smith said. “Some of those plays came down to us needing to understand the situation...

Chiefs’ linebacker Nick Bolton pointed to allowing big plays as a point for improvement.

The Kansas City Chiefs advanced to 10-1 in Week 12 with a narrow 30-27 victory over the Carolina Panthers. But, as the old saying goes, “You’d rather win ugly than lose pretty.”

A win is a win, and the Chiefs’ veteran coaching staff will still highlight the ugly victory. The defense allowed the Panthers’ offense to work up and down the field but didn’t make it easy. The run defense was still solid, but the unit still forced long downs.

Linebacker Nick Bolton pointed out the...

Kansas City is hosting Las Vegas in its first-ever Black Friday game.

When the (10-1) Kansas City Chiefs return home for Week 13, they’ll be trying something new: hosting an NFL game on Black Friday — the post-Thanksgiving shopping day that is dreaded by millions, but is a day off from work for millions more. And what better team to face than the league’s Men in Black: the (2-9) Las Vegas Raiders?

When these teams last met at Allegiant Stadium during Week 8, the Chiefs dealt the Raiders a 27-20 defeat (their fourth straight loss) while extending their own record...

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Let’s see how Kansas City’s postseason possibilities line up following Week 12’s NFL action.

The Kansas City Chiefs now stand 10-1 after collecting a 30-77 victory over the Carolina Panthers.

Six weeks remain in the 2024 NFL season, in which Kansas City will return home for their second division games versus the Las Vegas Raiders and Los Angeles Chargers, play the Cleveland Browns in Ohio, face the Houston Texans at home and finish the season on the road against the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Broncos.

Let’s take a look at the team’s current playoff picture. As we always do, we’ll...

How did Kansas City use its players in Sunday’s game against Carolina?

In Week 12. the Kansas City Chiefs collected a last-second 30-27 victory over the Carolina Panthers to extend their record to 10-1.

Let’s see how Kansas City used its players in Sunday’s victory.

Starters (offensive): WR DeAndre Hopkins, WR JuJu Smith-Schuster, TE Travis Kelce, LT Wanya Morris, LG Joe Thuney, C Creed Humphrey, RG Trey Smith, RT Jawaan Taylor, TE Noah Gray, QB Patrick Mahomes and RB Kareem Hunt

Starters (defensive): DE Michael Danna, DT Chris Jones, DT Tershawn Wharton, DE George Karlaftis, LB Nick Bolton, LB...

Chiefs headlines for Tuesday, November 26

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NFL Week 12 takeaways: Missteps could cost Texans, other contenders | USA Today

17. Chiefs QB Patrick Patrick Mahomes is heating up, matching his season high with three TD passes in Charlotte – and giving him 10 over the past four games. However the two-time league MVP was also sacked a season-high five times.

18. At least newly signed K Spencer Shrader was up to his tasks, converting all three of his PATs and all three of his field goals in his Chiefs debut, including the game-winning three-pointer...

This week’s NFL action concludes with the Ravens against the Chargers on MNF.

The NFL’s Week 12 action concludes with a big AFC matchup: the (7-4) Baltimore Ravens against the (7-3) Los Angeles Chargers from So-Fi Stadium in Inglewood, California for “Monday Night Football*.”* Kickoff is set for 7:15 p.m. (Arrowhead Time) on ESPN and ABC affiliates nationwide — including KMBC/9 in Kansas City.

According to FanDuel Sportsbook, the Ravens are favored by 2.5 points.

The Ravens arrive in California after a rough four-game stretch in which they beat the Denver Broncos and Cincinnati Bengals, but lost to the [Cleveland...

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The Chiefs improve to 10-1

BY PETE SWEENEY

Heading into Sunday, the expectation was clear: the 9-1 Kansas City Chiefs, fresh off their first loss, would rebound with a dominant performance against the struggling 3-7 Carolina Panthers.

The matchup proved anything but that, with Kansas City blowing an 11-point fourth-quarter lead before Patrick Mahomes delivered yet another clutch scramble to secure the...

You won’t believe what we heard while Kansas City was defeating Carolina.

On Sunday, the Kansas City Chiefs handed the Carolina Panthers a last-second, 30-27 defeat in the NFL’s Week 12. Here’s some of what Tom Ruprecht overheard at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina.

1. “It’s so embarrassing to play during the early window. Who are we? The New England Patriots?”
2. “Isn’t ‘Chuba Hubbard’ a Ben & Jerry’s flavor?”
3. “Look... we didn’t put a defender on Adam Thielen because we thought he had retired.”
4. “Must be humbling for Patrick Mahomes to step on...

It was supposed to be a get-right game for Kansas City, but we have been left with more questions than answers.

While it took a couple of quarterback Patrick Mahomes’ magic moments to make it happen, the Kansas City Chiefs drove down the field with less than two minutes remaining to pull out a 30-27 victory over the Carolina Panthers with rookie placekicker Spencer Shrader’s last-second field goal. It was far from Kansas City’s best performance of the season — but a win is a win. The Chiefs now stand at 10-1.

Here are five things we learned.

**1. The...