April 2018 - Kansas City Chiefs Wiretap

Breeland Speaks Admits Letting Tom Brady Go Thinking He Threw Ball

Oct 15, 2018 11:28 AM

Breeland Speaks was worried about being called for a roughing the passer penalty on Tom Brady when he let him go of his grasp on a key play that resulted in a rushing touchdown for Brady.

Brady scored on a four-yard scramble.

Speaks had his left arm around Brady's midsection behind the line of scrimmage, but he let him go thinking Brady threw the ball.

"I thought the ball was gone," Speaks said. "Because I thought the ball was gone, I didn't take him to the ground. It sucks, it sucks. You're supposed to finish plays like that."

NFL officials threw 53 penalty flags for roughing the passer over the first six weeks of the season, compared with 38 in 2017 and 32 in 2016 over the same stretch of games.

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Tags: Kansas City Chiefs, New England Patriots

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NBC Replaces 49ers-Rams With Chiefs-Bengals In Week 7

Oct 9, 2018 10:59 AM

NBC has replaced their scheduled Week 7 Sunday Night Football game between the Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco 49ers with a game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Cincinnati Bengals.

The Chiefs are undefeated while the Bengals have a 4-1 record.

Kansas City will also play on Sunday Night in Week 6 against the Patriots.

The 49ers lost Jimmy Garoppolo for the season in Week 3.

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Tags: Cincinnati Bengals, Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Rams, San Francisco 49ers

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Jalen Ramsey: Tyreek Hill More KR Than WR

Oct 5, 2018 8:17 AM

Jalen Ramsey doesn't view the chance to line up against Tyreek Hill in Sunday's game between the Jacksonville Jaguars and Kansas City Chiefs as anything special.

According to Ramsey, Hill is more accomplished as a return specialist.

"I don't like how whoever has made it a matchup me against Tyreek," Ramsey said. "He's good for what he does for their team. He made All-Pro as a return specialist -- let's get that right, as a return specialist -- his rookie year. He went to two Pro Bowls as a return specialist -- return specialist -- two years. I made All-Pro in my position as a corner. Went to the Pro Bowl as a corner. So it's not a wide receiver versus corner matchup, so we can get that out of the way off the bat."

On Wednesday, Hill said he was looking forward to the matchup with Ramsey at Arrowhead Stadium. He said Ramsey is "all right I guess" and hopes that Ramsey plays press coverage against him.

Hill also called Ramsey a great player and the top dog among corners in the NFL and said he can't wait to play against Ramsey.

"I just wish he would have picked a side, you know?" Ramsey said. "Either I'm just all right or I'm the top dog. Pick a side. If I'm the top dog but I'm just all right, that means he doesn't think that any corner in the league is good. And that's not true."

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Tags: Jacksonville Jaguars, Kansas City Chiefs, Misc Rumor

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Chiefs Eyed Earl Thomas Trade Before Injury

Oct 2, 2018 11:15 AM

The Kansas City Chiefs were poised to agree to a trade with the Seattle Seahawks for Earl Thomas before the safety suffered a broken leg.

Seattle lowered their price to a second-round pick and Kansas City was in the process of freeing up space for Thomas' $8.5 million salary.

The Chiefs currently have $6.6 million in space.

Kevin Patra/NFL.com

Tags: Kansas City Chiefs, Seattle Seahawks, Misc Rumor, Trade Rumor

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Broncos: Referees Admit Missed Play-Clock Call

Oct 2, 2018 8:44 AM

The Denver Broncos believe the Kansas City Chiefs should have been flagged on a pivotal play during the team's game-winning drive on Monday night.

The play clock appeared to expire on a play that resulted in Patrick Mahomes completing a 35-yard pass to Demetrius Harris on a third-and-7 just before the two-minute warning.

"It definitely was at zero. The replay showed that," Brandon Marshall said. "The ref told us that the ref that was supposed to be watching it just missed it. ... He told us that. The ref told us the guy that was supposed to be watching the clock just missed it.

"So maybe he got caught up in watching the game because it was a good game, but you've got to do your job. Come on, that was huge. That was big."

Replays seemed to show the play clock was at zero before the ball had been snapped.

"My opinion, the clock was on zero," Vance Joseph said. "But that's not my job. ... And he said he looked up and it was zero and the ball was gone. I disagree. I disagree."

Marshall said he and several other Broncos players, including several of the team's defensive linemen, were told by referee Craig Wrolstad that officials had missed the play.

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