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Charles Goldman

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Charles Goldman @goldmctnfl.bsky.social · Nov 13

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Charles Goldman @goldmctnfl.bsky.social · 7h

The Chiefs have chosen their drum honoree for Week 6 against the Lions on Sunday night.

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Charles Goldman @goldmctnfl.bsky.social · 9h

Hopeful that this day off is just maintenance for Chiefs WR Xavier Worthy, who is about as banged up as one could be right now between the shoulder and ankle. Injury report musings from @Nicolas_Roesch:

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Charles Goldman @goldmctnfl.bsky.social · 12h

Chiefs DT Chris Jones set the record straight on his costly mistake vs. the Jaguars in Week 5 and vows to be better moving forward.

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Charles Goldman @goldmctnfl.bsky.social · 13h

Chiefs DT Chris Jones: "I take social media breaks... I go through periods where I don't need any social media. It's not beneficial for me when I don't have any brand deals..."

Charles Goldman @goldmctnfl.bsky.social · 13h

Chiefs DT Chris Jones on the pass rush: "We're getting better."

Charles Goldman @goldmctnfl.bsky.social · 13h

Chiefs DT Chris Jones: "You can't hold your head on one play, one game... You take the good with the bad and you keep pushing."

Charles Goldman @goldmctnfl.bsky.social · 13h

Chiefs DT Chris Jones says he deleted his social media days before the game, not afterward: "They figured that I deleted it for that, but it was deleted a couple of days before."

Charles Goldman @goldmctnfl.bsky.social · 13h

Chiefs DT Chris Jones on the last play: "It's a teaching point for me... I can't think the play is over. I thought it was over, we had him down... The teaching lesson for me is don't stop."

He says, "I didn't quit. It was one of those instances where I thought he was down."

Charles Goldman @goldmctnfl.bsky.social · 13h

Chiefs OC Matt Nagy on Josh Simmons: "I like where he's at... as a young guy, rookie, you want to have someone who is growing... This last game here was one of his better games."

Charles Goldman @goldmctnfl.bsky.social · 13h

Chiefs OC Matt Nagy: "You go back to the middle of that game, we had two three-and-outs at the end of the half and the start of the third... there's good within there, but it's the situational stuff in a game like that."

Charles Goldman @goldmctnfl.bsky.social · 13h

Chiefs DC Steve Spagnuolo says that they just went a different way with the personnel packages in Week 5, which led to fewer snaps for Nohl Williams.

Charles Goldman @goldmctnfl.bsky.social · 13h

Chiefs DC Steve Spagnuolo on the bobbled non-interception: "When it is bobbling like that, someone has to go and attack it... When you're going after a football, you have to go after it, attack it, and grab it."

Charles Goldman @goldmctnfl.bsky.social · 13h

Chiefs DC Steve Spagnuolo on Lions DC Kelvin Sheppard: "I think the world of Kelvin Sheppard... when he played for us in New York, he was our Nick Bolton."

He says there were times they'd talked about Sheppard to try and get him on the coaching staff in Kansas City.

Charles Goldman @goldmctnfl.bsky.social · 13h

Chiefs DC Steve Spagnuolo on the Lions: "This is the No. 1 scoring offense in the NFL... our thing always is to limit points allowed... with all the weapons they have, we'll have to pick and choose who we try to take away."

Charles Goldman @goldmctnfl.bsky.social · 13h

Chiefs DC Steve Spagnuolo on Trevor Lawrence's TD run: "We always talk about never assume... I think we'll all learn from it. We've moved on; hopefully, it won't happen again."

Adds: "There are a lot of things on that play that could've gone a little bit better."

Charles Goldman @goldmctnfl.bsky.social · 13h

Chiefs STC Dave Toub says the Lions have a top-10 special teams unit: "These guys play hard, I mean, really hard... They're a tough unit. We're going to have to step it up this week."

Charles Goldman @goldmctnfl.bsky.social · 13h

Chiefs STC Dave Toub on Brashard Smith: "He's getting better each and every week... It was a great return and we're going to build on that."

Charles Goldman @goldmctnfl.bsky.social · 13h

Chiefs STC Dave Toub on K Harrison Butker: "His field goals are better. I think he's on an uptrend with his field goals... On the kickoffs, we had a special return on... he went a little too far right, honestly."

He said they were trying to pin them inside the 30-yard line.

Charles Goldman @goldmctnfl.bsky.social · 14h

Chiefs STC Dave Toub on special teams' performance in Week 5: "The penalties hurt us. Upsetting. But there were a lot of good things, though, at the same time."

He mentioned Araiza, Brashard Smith, and Butker making all his field goals as the good things.

Charles Goldman @goldmctnfl.bsky.social · 1d

It's Wednesday AKA the best day of the week because I'll join @RobCollinsTV on FOX 4 Sports Night at 11:00 p.m. CT on @fox4kc. We'll discuss the Chiefs' loss to the Jags, K.C.'s pass rush problem, Week 6 against the Lions, and more! Stream it here: buff.ly/qdfXiK3

Charles Goldman @goldmctnfl.bsky.social · 1d

Chiefs HC Andy Reid dismissed the kicking issues plaguing Harrison Butker this season by sharing a golf analogy.

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Charles Goldman @goldmctnfl.bsky.social · 1d

Chiefs RB Isiah Pacheco on the short week coming off MNF: "You've got a shorter week, quick turnaround, not as many padded practices... you only get so many of those. We've got to execute."

Charles Goldman @goldmctnfl.bsky.social · 1d

Chiefs RB Isiah Pacheco, on his involvement in the passing game, says he's the "last line of defense" a lot of times, whether it's in pass pro or as a dump-off pass. He takes pride in that.

Charles Goldman @goldmctnfl.bsky.social · 1d

Chiefs RB Isiah Pacheco says that he's been working on his patience and further detailing his work, knowing that they're getting everyone's best shot each week.

Charles Goldman @goldmctnfl.bsky.social · 1d

Chiefs RB Isiah Pacheco on the Week 5 loss: "You build on the good and you learn from the bad. That's the mentality."