The Chiefs lastly departed from Kansas Metropolis Worldwide Airport for his or her sport in Denver on Saturday after spending about 4 hours stranded on the tarmac amid an ice storm that blanketed the area forward of an impending blizzard.
The Chiefs tried to maneuver up the flight because the climate, which had been predicted all week, bared down on them. However the aircraft they had been anticipated to make use of was delayed in arriving, so the staff needed to persist with its mid-afternoon departure, and simply earlier than it took off, airport officers introduced that every one flight operations had been suspended resulting from “fast ice accumulation”.
There was a short break between the road of ice that had glazed Kansas Metropolis and the arrival of heavy snow, which was anticipated to final all of Sunday. That offered sufficient time to de-ice the aircraft, clear the runway and get the Chiefs off the bottom.
Their chartered jet was the primary to depart as soon as airport operations resumed. The staff’s X put up, displaying gamers exiting the aircraft, was timestamped at 8.25pm CT.
The Chiefs (15-1) have clinched the No 1 seed within the playoffs and a first-round bye, rendering their regular-season finale moot for them. However the sport has vital that means for Denver, which might clinch their very own playoff berth with a win.
Earlier this week, Chiefs coach Andy Reid mentioned he deliberate to relaxation quarterback Patrick Mahomes, that means backup Carson Wentz will get the beginning. The Chiefs additionally declared proper sort out Jawaan Taylor (knee) and working again Isiah Pacheco (ribs) out, whereas stars reminiscent of defensive sort out Chris Jones and tight finish Travis Kelce had been anticipated to get the sport off.
The Chiefs should wait to search out out their playoff opponent. The earliest they might play within the divisional spherical is eighteen January.
