Linebacker Nick Bolton has been the leader of the Chiefs' defense over the past few years, and will continue to be for the foreseeable future. Kansas City gave Bolton a three-year, $45 million ...

Graham brings continuity to the defense but is happy to incorporate Carroll's input. “With his track record ... why wouldn't ...

A: Yeah, that’s a big one. I just enjoy the moments with the players, like on the sideline when Antonio Pierce when he would come over. You know, it’d be in the middle of a game, and Michael ...

Neither is Eli Manning. No defensive coordinator is more decorated than Steve Spagnuolo. He is the only coordinator in NFL history with four Super Bowl rings. He's the only coordinator who's won ...

who won’t throw a pass or make a tackle. Steve Spagnuolo is back on the Super Bowl stage, something very familiar for the Chiefs defensive coordinator. “Spags,” as he is known around the NFL ...

Kansas City Chiefs defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo thinks new Detroit Lions DC Kelvin ... four seasons of coaching linebackers in Detroit. “He was a lot like Antonio Pierce I had there in New ...

NEW ORLEANS – Like clockwork, the Italian meatballs are coming this week. This, too, is part of the Super Bowl preparation for members of the Kansas City Chiefs defense. It’s no wonder that ...

NEW ORLEANS – Two reporters had just finished asking Kansas City Chiefs defensive coordinator Steve ... Spagnuolo said. “He was a lot like (former Las Vegas Raiders coach) Antonio Pierce ...

“He is one of the top, most cerebral players I’ve ever coached,” says Steve Spagnuolo ... just like Antonio Pierce when I was with the Giants in [2007]. They’re that glue that holds ...

McDaniels spent the 2011 season as a Rams assistant under head coach Steve Spagnuolo and was back ... and replaced by interim head coach Antonio Pierce. Pierce became full-time head coach in ...