News about Jerick McKinnon

Despite the wretched luck, there was still some good news, with wide receiver Rashee Rice and running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire seemingly pumped for action on Sunday night. Rice was a complete participant in practice on Friday after being delayed until the end of the previous day's workout, but Edwards-Helaire continued to exercised with a full schedule after dealing with an illness earlier this week. Running back Jerick McKinnon, who is still on injured reserve after returning from hospitalized for a core muscle strain in January, was the only one on the final injury report for the Chiefs.

Following a string of media appearances and press conferences earlier this week, both teams were photographed playing during their respective practices on Wednesday. At the Las Vegas Raiders' headquarters, Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce, and the Kansas City Chiefs all had their repeats. On the other hand, Brock Purdy, Christian McCaffrey, and the 49ers all trained at the Fertitta Football Complex. On Wednesday, the defending champions announced running back Jerick McKinnon and defensive end Charles Omenihu on injury reserve. Following a sports hernia surgery, McKinnon was limited during practice, but Omenihu dealt with knee pains.

Swarms of citizens of the Philadelphia Eagles flooded the streets just after the team's humiliating 38-35 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday night, swarms of police officers had been stationed around the city in fear of riots and unrest. Several arrests had been made by 10:30 p.m., with dissatisfied locals seen scaling lampposts, chanting 'f*** the Chiefs,' and hurling glass bottles throughout the city's downtown district. Several people were seen lighting fireworks on social media, while others were outraged on armed SWAT teams tasked with protecting the equipment. Even within the firing line, with angry shoppers seen dragging a marked car down a street. The loss is exacerbated by the fact that the Phillies, the city's baseball team, had just fallen out of the World Series just a few months ago.

In a huddle before a game against the Raiders on Saturday night, football fans were left befused and impressed in equal measure by the Chiefs spinning round. In the second quarter of Chiefs vs. the Raiders, it came late in the first half with 1:02 left on the clock. The Chiefs assembled in a circle after a timeout, before finally breaking and aligning in a new formation.

The Kansas City Chiefs clinch the AFC West championship for the seventh straight season, thanks to a 30-24 victory over the host Houston Texans. Jerick McKinnon's 26-yard touchdown run with 5:13 left in overtime on Sunday helped the Kansas City Chiefs clinch the AFC West championship for the seventh straight season. After Texans quarterback Davis Mills fumbled while scrambling on a 6-yard run, McKinnon's second touchdown of the day came on the first play. Willie Gay of Kansas City retrieved the ball to score the winning score. It was Houston's only mistake, which had a chance to win by playing a clean game, but the Chiefs (11-3) made one mistake after another. Kansas City made two turnovers that resulted in Texan touchdowns and tied the season's high with ten points for 102 yards.

Quarterback Patrick Mahomes praised rookie Jaylen Watson after the youngster completed an interceptions 99 yards for a touchdown to help the Kansas City Chiefs beat the visiting Los Angeles Chargers 27-24 on Thursday night. Watson finally led the Chiefs ahead after the Chargers (1-1), answering Matt Ammendola's tying field goal, marched to the Kansas City 3. As Watson, his first appearance, stepped forward to the pass at 10:29 to go and ran nearly untouched the other way to the end zone, Justin Herbert was staring tight end Gerald Everett. Watson, who played at a Wendy's junior year in college before finding somewhere to play football this year, was drafted as a seventh-round pick by Kansas City this year.