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‘Atlanta Falcons in Great Hands’: Kansas City Chiefs’ Andy Reid Touts Raheem Morris
Just 14 words into his postgame press conference Sunday night, Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid turned from his team’s 22-17 win and pivoted to the opposition — the Atlanta Falcons and head coach Raheem Morris, who fell just short against the twice-defending Super Bowl champions.
Reid, who has over 400 wins and three Super Bowl titles as a head coach, believes the Falcons have a strong future under the leadership of Morris.
“My hat goes off to Raheem, being a new coach here — the Atlanta Falcons are in great hands,” Reid said. “They played hard, aggressive, good football on both sides of the ball.”
Perhaps nothing better represents this identity than Atlanta’s decision to go for it on 4th and 5 from the Chiefs’ 6-yard line with four minutes to play. Trailing 22-17, Morris kept his offense on the field.
“I was in four-down territory for a while there,” Morris said postgame. “We were going out there to win this football game. We didn’t come here to tie. We didn’t come here to lose. We didn’t come here to hope we win. We didn’t come here to allow Patrick Mahomes to work his magic.
“We came here to win the football game on our terms, and I lost it, so I’ll take that medicine all day.”
The Falcons failed to convert, but Reid saw the decision in a different light.
“He stayed aggressive,” Reid said of Morris. “He’s got a team that he’s training with an aggressive attitude. So that’s what they did.”
Reid’s Falcons-centric praise was echoed throughout the Chiefs’ locker room Sunday night.
Quarterback Patrick Mahomes, a two-time MVP, noted the quality of Atlanta’s secondary and overall defense. The Falcons held the Chiefs to just three net yards in the second half, and Mahomes thinks Atlanta will be much improved as the year progresses.
“That’s a good football team,” Mahomes said postgame. “I expect them to get better and better because whenever you bring a lot of different pieces in, it takes a little bit to get it going throughout the season.
“But, yeah, that’s going to be a team that’s going to make a lot of noise as the season goes on.”
Kansas City’s defense was similarly complimentary of Atlanta’s offense. Chiefs defensive end George Karlaftis, who had a pair of tackles, spoke highly of Falcons running back Bijan Robinson and the rest of the unit.
“He’s a great player,” Karlaftis said about Robinson. “We had a lot of respect for him. Not just him, their O-line, their receivers, their quarterback. They’re a great team. They were tough to beat.”
Robinson had a difficult day on the ground, taking 16 carries for 31 yards, though he added a one-yard rushing score. He was dropped for a three-yard loss on the Falcons’ final offensive play, a sweep to the left on 4th and inches.
Atlanta’s ground game struggled as a whole, as Robinson and Tyler Allgeier combined for 63 yards on 23 attempts, an average of 2.7 yards per carry.
The Falcons had more success through the air, as quarterback Kirk Cousins went 20-of-29 for 230 yards, one touchdown and an interception. However, Cousins was sacked twice and hit 10 times — which Chiefs linebacker Leo Chenal said was important to Kansas City’s game plan.
“It’s huge,” Chenal said postgame. “He’s a great quarterback. He’s been a very consistent quarterback, and we want to pressure more. We feel like we haven’t pressured enough the first couple of games and get him off the spot a little bit.
“Any quarterback is going to struggle if you get him off his spot and make him uncomfortable.”
The Chiefs did that, though Cousins and the Falcons still had a chance at the end — and perhaps that, not the aggressive fourth down decision, best shows the tenacity and quality Reid sees in the Morris-led Dirty Birds.
Morris, however, wants wins to back it up.
“We’re 1-2,” Morris said when asked how he evaluates the team through three weeks. “It’s pretty easy. The record assesses it for you.”
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Kansas City, Kansas, becomes sister city to Concepción, Argentina, ahead of FIFA World Cup 2026
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Kansas City, Kansas, is now a sister city to Concepción, in the Tucumán province of Argentina.
The connection that carries deep personal meaning for members of the Kansas City area’s Argentinian community, with less than six weeks until Lionel Messi and their national team play at Kansas City Stadium (GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium).
Kansas City, Kansas, becomes sister city to Concepción, Argentina, ahead of World Cup
The official Sister Cities Agreement was signed Wednesday at Sporting Park, in a ceremony that also served as the kickoff of a broader cultural and economic initiative connecting Argentina and Kansas.
Federico Carmona has lived in the United States for more than two decades. He spent Wednesday afternoon cheering and smiling.
“This is my dream,” Carmona said.
For Carmona, the moment was personal — a merging of the two places he calls home.
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“This is a blessing,” Carmona said.
He continued, “Argentina is my heart. I was born in Argentina. I have so much passion for soccer. I used to play, my kids play. We never thought that Argentina was going to be in Kansas City. So that was a big, big surprise for us.”
Claudia Luna West, chair of the Sister Cities Association and a native of Concepción, Tucumán, was one of the driving forces behind the partnership.
“It means the world to me,” Luna West said.
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She described the pairing of the two cities as a natural collaboration — like the ingredients of a perfect recipe coming together.
“Everything collaborates to be this great thing,” Luna West said.
That recipe metaphor extended to food. The event featured the announcement of a partnership between Kansas BBQ Empanadas and Jack Stack BBQ — a culinary symbol of the two cultures meeting.
“Now, empanadas aren’t going to be just an ethnic food. They’re going to be a landmark of Kansas,” Luna West said.
Mayor/CEO of the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and KCK, Christal Watson, said the designation reflects the city’s diversity and its ability to connect with the world.
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“I think it’s important that we set a global stage on how diverse we are and how beautifully, wonderfully made we are with all the different cultures,” Watson said.
Watson said shared experiences — including food — are what bring communities together.
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“Food is a common link. Those are the things that get us engaged… those are the things that help us grow and be a better community overall,” Watson said. “We already have a flavor going on.”
Jake Reid, president and CEO of Sporting Kansas City, said the timing of the sister city announcement — with the FIFA World Cup 2026 approaching — felt right.
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“We’ve been planning this for so long. I think to have it on the doorstep now and be probably a month out is becoming very real and exciting,” Reid said. “They’re meant to be from… kind of everything we’ve got going on right now, for sure.”
For Carmona, the day was a long time coming.
“We can’t wait for all this to happen,” Carmona said.
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MANHATTAN — Kansas State will have a new kick returner come fall after Bryce Noernberg departed the team, and his dad used some colorful language in a Facebook post to announce it.
A K-State spokesperson confirmed that Noernberg left the team after the spring season. He returned 20 kicks over the last two seasons for an average of 27.8 yards per return. He scored one touchdown and also coughed up the ball multiple times.
In a Facebook post, Noernberg’s father, Scott, wrote that it had been an amazing few years in Manhattan, but then “Division I college football does what it does.”
“New head coach Colin (sic) Klein brought in all new coaches and players… paid them accordingly and (Noernberg) found himself at the bottom of the depth chart,” Scott Noernberg wrote. “Not wanting to start over again as a true walk-on freshman, he basically told them to kiss his ass!!
“Well done Bryce! I’m so proud that you stood up to the system! D1 athletics is in a very sad state, and it’s times like this that make you grow as a man!”
Also a wide receiver, Noernberg saw one offensive snap over his two seasons with the program. He was unlikely to find an offensive role for the Wildcats this year, considering the return of Jaron Tibbs and the additions of Josh Manning, Izaiah Williams, and Derrick Salley Jr. Other returning players, like Adonis Moise and Larry Porter IV, were also considered ahead of him.
His departure does leave a void at kick returner, which Noernberg wasn’t guaranteed to keep heading into the year.
Wyatt D. Wheeler covers Kansas State athletics for the USA TODAY Network and Topeka Capital-Journal. You can follow him on X at @WyattWheeler_, contact him at 417-371-6987 or email him at wwheeler@usatodayco.com
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