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Chiefs blend today and tomorrow on roster; their offense is run rich, pass poor; Matt Cassel has yet to prove himself.

Coach Todd Haley wouldn’t say much about his staff’s strategy for filling out the 53-man roster, but it appeared after the weekend’s mandatory cut period that coaches put an emphasis not only on players who could make an impact this seas…

Out with the old, Chiefs hope, and in with the new

Ambulance at practice; Derrick Johnson to start; Demorrio Williams shows moves outside.

Derrick Johnson’s career in Kansas City hasn’t yet been what he or the Chiefs hoped. But the inside linebacker and former first-round draft pick, buoyed by the news he will start Monday night’s season opener against San Diego at Arrowhea…

Just got off the field from media access portion (meaning only the first few minutes) of the first regular season practice. Only saw a handful of team snaps but Derrick Johnson and Jovan Belcher were the starting inside linebackers and Casey Wiegmann the …

The Chiefs are keeping Tyler Palko close in case they need an emergency quarterback. They signed Palko to the eight-player practice squad they established. The other seven members of the practice squad are also players recently released by the Chiefs. The…

The Chiefs claimed nose tackle Anthony Toribio off waivers from Green Bay. They will have to make a corresponding roster move to clear roster space for Toribio.

The Chiefs announced their intentions with regard to Jarrad Page months ago when they drafted Eric Berry and Kendrick Lewis to take his place at safety. The only thing left to be determined was a destination for Page. They found one for him Saturday when …

The rookie free safety sits in the Chiefs’ locker room, looking at his hands and remembering where they’ve been. He thinks of where they’ve taken him, and where they might go from here. Kendrick Lewis points to a fleur-de-lis tattoo on h…

The Chiefs wound up the exhibition season as the second-best rushing team in the NFL. Their passing game, meanwhile, looked much of the time as if it could use more work.

Among them is reserve offensive lineman Ikechuku Ndukwe, who started three games for the Chiefs last season. Also out: offensive linemen Dan Santucci and Lemuel Jeanpierre, tight end Leroy Banks, wide receiver Rich Gunnell, linebacker John Russell and cor…

Chiefs coach Todd Haley said that QB Matt Cassel is better off not paying attention to the thinking or beliefs of anyone who is not employed by the Chiefs.

Arrowhead Stadium was mostly empty by the second half, most of the starters barely made an appearance, and both teams appeared to be looking more toward their regular-season openers.

There was an unexpected constant in the Chiefs’ two touchdowns in Thursday night’s 17-13 victory over Green Bay in the preseason finale. Not Matt Cassel, not Dwayne Bowe, not Jamaal Charles, not Dexter McCluster, not Brian Waters.

First quarter KC: Pope 2 pass from Cassel (Succop kick), 2:46.

The Chiefs led the Green Bay Packers 14-3 at halftime on Thursday night at Arrowhead Stadium in a preseason game that illustrated why the NFL wants to eliminate the last two exhibition games in favor of two more regular-season games.

1Stay healthy. That’s the biggest goal for all NFL teams in the final preseason game. The Chiefs have been fortunate in staying away from anything major to this point and will only be pressing that luck if they leave their starters in for more than …

If there was one play that showed Brodie Croyle was indeed back on the Chiefs’ practice field this week, it was the last one from a 2-minute drill.