8 HRS AGO - Photo by Robin Alam/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images We speculated on Wednesday that the NFL may decide to flex the matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and Chicago Bears out of Week 16’s edition of Sunday Night Football. The league was reportedly considering the game between the New Orleans Saints and Tennessee Titans to take its place. But that won’t be happening, according to NFL Network’s Andrew Siciliano. Bears - Chiefs will NOT be flexed next week.— Andrew Siciliano (@AndrewSiciliano) December 15, 2019 The Chiefs beat the Denver Broncos to improve to 10-4, while the Chicago Bears dropped to 7-7 with a loss to the Green Bay Packers. The Tennessee Titans fell to 8-6 with a loss to the Houston Texans. Even though one could argue the Titans are still in better playoff position than the Bears, the NFL opted to keep the easy storylines of Patrick Mahomes vs. Mitch Trubisky and Andy Reid vs. Matt Nagy in one of its premier time slots. Collapse

10 HRS AGO - Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Tight end Travis Kelce went off as Kansas City spoiled Drew Lock’s homecoming to Arrowhead Stadium. The Kansas City Chiefs set up for a two-point conversion in the third quarter, already up 21-3. With nobody initially open, Patrick Mahomes juked from his left, to his right, evading two Denver Broncos rushers. That was enough time for the Chiefs quarterback to find wide receiver Sammy Watkins for the two-point conversion and 23-3 dagger. The Chiefs never looked back, with Mahomes looking the best he has since his return game against the Tennessee Titans. He went 27 of 34 for 340 yards and two touchdowns and an interception. After stopping the Broncos on the game’s first series, the Chiefs scored their only touchdown of the first half. Amid pregame worries about his hand, Mahomes found wide receiver Hill deep on a corner route for a 41-yard touchdown. Hill had five catches for 67 yards and two touchdowns in the game. Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker Collapse

13 HRS AGO - Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The 9-4 Kansas City Chiefs take on the 5-8 Broncos at Arrowhead Stadium The Kansas City Chiefs face the Denver Broncos in a Week 15 matchup at Arrowhead Stadium. Keep checking back for live updates throughout the game! OFFENSE First half First drive: After a roughing the passer penalty on the first play of the game for the Chiefs, Patrick Mahomes completed a 10-yard pass to Sammy Watkins. After a short run from LeSean McCoy, Demarcus Robinson caught a pass for 13 yards. Mahomes completed a deep pass to Tyreek Hill for a 41-yard touchdown on the next play. Chiefs 6 Broncos 0 Second drive: McCoy ran for 10 yards on the first play of the drive. After a short run and an incomplete pass, the Chiefs faced their first third down of the game and convert with an 11-yard pass to Travis Kelce. Kelce gained his 1000th receiving yard for the fourth straight season. A defensive pass interference call put the Chiefs into field goal Collapse

1 DAY AGO - Photo by Adam Glanzman/Getty Images Outlining the case for the rookie. Pull up statistics for NFL-wide receiving yards, and many of the names appearing in the top 10 are no surprise. New Orleans’ Michael Thomas, Tampa Bay’s Mike Evans and Dallas’ Amari Cooper — just to name a few. Had he played a whole season, Tyreek Hill might be there, but he missed a quarter of it — Weeks 2 to 5 — with a clavicle injury. And though unplanned, that time off meant early opportunity for rookie Mecole Hardman. You won’t find Hardman among the top names in the NFL-wide receiving data. That is, unless you dig. With 20.8 yards per reception, Hardman is second in the league for production when he has the ball in his hands. Among 134 receivers in the NFL with more than 15 targets, Hardman ranks 30th in yards per route run (Byron Pringle ranks eighth, but we’ll save that article for another day). Of course, stats never tell the whole story. Our own in-house analytics guru, Ethan Douglas, would tell Collapse

1 DAY AGO - Photo by David Eulitt/Getty Images Chiefs headlines for Saturday, December 14 The latest Travis Kelce Is On The Brink Of NFL History | Forbes Often working the middle of the field, Kelce leads the team in receptions (75), targets (109) and yards (989). That receiving yardage mark ranks first among all NFL tight ends and it puts him on the verge of history. If he gets at least 11 receiving yards against the Denver Broncos on Sunday, he will become the first tight end in NFL history with four straight 1,000-yard seasons. Even former Chiefs tight end and 2019 Hall of Fame inductee Tony Gonzalez didn’t accomplish that. Kelce currently shares the record of three consecutive 1,000-yard receiving seasons with Carolina Panthers tight end Greg Olsen, who did it from 2014 to 2016. Do Chiefs face a trap against Broncos? Texans fell victim to Denver after beating Pats | Kansas City Star “It was a good win last week,” Chiefs defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo said. “At this time of the Collapse

2 DAYS AGO - Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images The Chiefs defensive end has continued to deal with illness. Each practice day, the Kansas City Chiefs will release an official injury report leading up to the next game. The Chiefs take on the Denver Broncos at Arrowhead Stadium Sunday at Noon Arrowhead Time. Here is the Chiefs’ second official injury report of the week: Broncos Some notes: DE Frank Clark (shoulder/illness) and RB Damien Williams (rib/illness) are officially questionable. CBs Rashad Fenton (hamstring) and Mo Claiborne (shoulder) have been ruled out. Andy Reid on Clark Friday: “Frank Clark did practice today and did most of the stuff. We’re heading in the right direction there. He did see a specialist and he has another meeting, or appointment with him. We’ll just see how it works out. He looked like he was moving around pretty good today.” LB Darron Lee was back at practice Friday after missing practice earlier in the week for non-injury Collapse