I have been a die-hard member of Raider Nation since 1998. We even crossed paths at Rickey’s when Jon Gruden returned in 2018. For decades, I watched this organization struggle until I eventually entered sports journalism myself, hoping to understand why the “Commitment to Excellence” has fallen so far short.
The Kansas City Chiefs' quarterback carousel continued ahead of Christmas after the team lost starting QB Patrick Mahomes and backup QB Gardner Minshew to season-ending knee injuries in back-to-back weeks.
Patrick Mahomes' season with the Kansas City Chiefs was cut short due to a torn ACL. After Mahomes has surgery to repair his knee injury, the Chiefs turned to Gardner Minshew to be the starter in Kansas City.
How many of the quarterbacks in NFL history to win a Conference Championship game before turning 27 years old can you name in five minutes?
The best teams do not always win the Super Bowl. Sometimes, great NFL squads have failed to win a playoff game. Here are the best ones since the AFL-NFL merger to fall short of advancing in a postseason bracket.
The Kansas City Chiefs signed quarterback Shane Buechele from the Buffalo Bills practice squad and quarterback Gardner Minshew was placed on season-ending injured reserve, according to multiple reports Monday.
The Kansas City Chiefs announced they have placed QB Gardner Minshew on injured reserve. While he avoided a torn ACL, his knee injury is still major enough to end his season with two games left to play. Minshew, 29, is a former sixth-round pick of the Jaguars out of Washington State back in 2019.
According to Ian Rapoport, Chiefs QB Gardner Minshew avoided tearing his ACL on Sunday despite the initial diagnosis. Rapoport says the MRI showed Minshew’s ACL is fine, though he still will miss the rest of the season with the knee injury.
For years, Thanksgiving belonged to the NFL, but Christmas belonged to the NBA. Occasionally, an NFL game would fall on Christmas, but it was anomalous, even avoided if possible.
With most of the NFL Week 16 schedule complete, it is time to take a look at some of the biggest winners and losers from Sunday's games.
Broncos QB Bo Nix said he has the utmost confidence in WR Courtland Sutton and trusted him in multiple big spots to deliver the win. “It wasn’t like we just hit it for the first time in the game today,” Nix said, via Albert Breer.
A drab slate of NFL games on Christmas was made worse Sunday with the news that the Kansas City Chiefs will likely be down to their third-string quarterback. A week after Patrick Mahomes suffered a torn ACL, his backup, Gardner Minshew, is also reportedly feared to have sustained a torn ACL in Sunday's 26-9 loss to the Tennessee Titans.
Sunday’s action represented the second straight game in which a Chiefs quarterback exited due to a knee injury. Gardner Minshew was unable to finish Kansas City’s Week 16 contest, and he will not be expected to return this season.
The Kansas City Chiefs are losing quarterbacks left and right as their season winds down. One week after Patrick Mahomes tore his ACL, quarterback Gardner Minshew suffered the same injury in Sunday’s loss to the Tennessee Titans at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tenn.
Update: Matt Derrick reports that the Chiefs believe Minshew suffered a torn left ACL, the same injury that Mahomes suffered last week. Minshew will undergo
New Kansas City Chiefs starting quarterback Gardner Minshew left Sunday's game against the Tennessee Titans in Nashville in the second quarter with a left knee injury.
After losing Patrick Mahomes to a torn ACL, the Kansas City Chiefs' quarterback situation has gotten even worse.
How Minshew plays through Week 18 could determine whether or not he is Kansas City's QB1 when springtime workouts get underway.
The Kansas City Chiefs lost their chance at making the playoffs and lost their starting quarterback all in the same game. Losing to the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 15, the Chiefs will play out the remaining three games of the season knowing they'll be watching the playoffs from the comfort of their homes.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Think of Brad Pitt as Sonny Hayes in F1, not Tyler Durden in Fight Club. To finish their 2025 season, the Chiefs are getting a more experienced and mature version of Gardner Minshew.
Each week of the NFL season, Yardbarker monitors players who have suffered notable injuries. Here are five we're tracking after Week 15.
The Kansas City Chiefs have a new backup quarterback for the fourth straight year and this time it's Gardner Minshew. The former sixth-round pick in the 2019 NFL Draft has made a name for himself as a backup quarterback in the NFL, spending time with the Eagles, Colts, and Raiders in the role.
Carson Wentz appears to be a Chiefs one-and-done. Kansas City will bring in a recent AFC West rival to replace him.
The Raiders will officially release the former Pro Bowl QB.
Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that the Raiders have informed QB Gardner Minshew they’ll release him when the new league year begins next Wednesday.
As the new Raiders regime looks to retool their quarterbacks depth chart, some of the team’s incumbent signal callers may be pushed off the roster.
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