Derrick Johnson News

December 21, 2011; Florham Park, NJ, USA; New York Jets linebackers coach Bob Sutton watches during practice.

The Kansas City Chiefs are in their second week of OTAs and team leader Derrick Johnson is already beginning to see the benefits that Qb Alex Smith will bring to the 2013 team.

For the first time since they traded Jared Allen in 2008, someone other than Tamba Hali led the Chiefs in sacks last season.

The Kansas City Chiefs have a solid group of linebackers already, but does the addition of Alabama linebacker Nico Johnson give them another talented starter? Johnson was drafted in the fourth round as the 99th overall pick.

University of Toledo football player T.J. Fatinikun, a Perrysburg High School graduate, performs the 40-yard dash during Pro Day in March.

There aren't many head coaches who get a second chance that eerily resembles their first chance 14 years earlier.

No position boasts more talent on the Chiefs roster, but can it lift the rest of the defense to new levels? In the second edition of our series in breaking down each position on the Kansas City Chiefs roster, we go to the defensive side of the ball and take a look at the linebackers.

Pro Football Focus released their top 101 players of 2012 and KC Chiefs running back Jamaal Charles was nowhere on the list.

A Providence man whom the police said was driving a car that killed a 6-year-old boy in Providence Sunday is being held on an immigration detainer.

October 07, 2012; Kansas City, MO, USA; Baltimore Ravens tight end Ed Dickson runs the ball as Kansas City Chiefs inside linebacker Derrick Johnson attempts the tackle in the second half of the game at Arrowhead Stadium.

The 2013 NFL draft surprised a lot of football fans around the league. The Kansas City Chiefs had a couple of surprises of their own and hope that it will help better the franchise moving forward.

They say you can't properly evaluate a draft class until three or four year have passed.

I would have gone with Eric Fisher over Joeckel myself. Both are solid prospects, but Fisher has that mean streak in him that you want out of your Offensive Linemen.

The 2013 NFL Draft is over and done with. Fanbases of teams all across the country are abuzz with renewed optimism because of the new pieces that will help their team make a leap to the next level.

The Kansas City Chiefs have five picks in the four rounds of the NFL Draft on Saturday and used their fourth-round pick on inside linebacker Nico Johnson of Alabama, and their fifth-round pick on cornerback/safety Sanders Commings from the University of Georgia.

The Polishness of Polish Hill has all but disappeared as the descendents of Polish immigrants have moved away or died off.

According to Mike Mayock of NFL Network, the Kansas City Chiefs had no interest in drafting USC QB Matt Barkley with the 99th pick in the 2013 NFL Draft.

Until they trade away Branden Albert and get a pick in the second round, the Kansas City Chiefs will wait for a long time Friday night until it is their turn to pick.

In selecting left tackle Eric Fisher with the first pick in the draft -- his first as coach of the Kansas City Chiefs -- Reid showed he will always be an offensive lineman at heart.