News about Chad Henne

Chad Henne, the two-time Super Bowl champion backup quarterback, has announced his retirement just hours after his Kansas City Chiefs team defeated the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LVII. After 12 seasons in the NFL with the Miami Dolphins and the Jacksonville Jaguars, Henne has decided to end his career on a high note. In what may be one of the more subtle and blunt ways for an athlete to announce that he will not be playing anymore, the former Michigan Wolverines quarterback declared his decision on Instagram.

Patrick Mahomes says he has continued to recover from the high-ankle sprain he suffered against the Jaguars last weekend, despite being concerned about his chances against the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday. In a NFL playoff victory over Jacksonville on Saturday, the Chiefs quarterback was briefly forced off the field after suffering awkwardly under a tackle from Arden Key in the first quarter. Backup Chad Henne drove Kansas City 98 yards on 12 plays for a touchdown before the Mahomes returned in the second half and went 4 of 8 for 61 yards in the fourth as he returned to the locker room for an examination.

Early in the game, NFL Network cameras caught a man (right) who seemed to be the doppelganger of the coach (left), sporting a similar headset, hat, pullover, glasses, and moustache as the Super Bowl champion. The fan went so far as to print and laminate a similar play sheet as the one that the coaching staff was using. In their preseason finale on Thursday night, the Chiefs and Packers rested the majority of their starters, with Kansas City beating 17-10 behind two touchdown passes from Shane Buechele.