THE KANSAS CITY Chiefs' latest Super Bowl run began in earnest from the conference room of a Denver hotel. It was hours after a Week 18 loss to the Broncos -- a defeat that was all but expected after the Chiefs played mostly backups in the effort to rest starters -- and the team was stuck in town overnight due to heavy snow in the Kansas City area.
Chiefs coach Andy Reid laid out the No. 1 seed's bye week schedule, which came with a twist: The team would be off Monday through Wednesday and practice later in the week, a departure from the Chiefs' normal in-season bye week procedure.