Housh in KC?

by dkugler838 on May 7, 2008 9:40 AM CDT

With the offseason being difficult to dig up news worthy stories, I am interested to ask this question to the Chiefs faithful.

Next year, TJ Houshmanzadeh will not return to Cincinnati. He will hit the open market and require a large, large, contract (and rightfully so based on the last few years production). I think PKing said something like $10mil per year.

My question is, should KC use all of this cap room we've freed up, along with our savings towards next year to sign him? Imagine Bowe, Housh and Will Franklin manning the receiving corps. Who do you double? If you double one, who covers Franklin down the field?

Other questions include: Is it worth investing that much in a receiver? Was he a product of Chad Johnson being doubled and Carson Palmer being a great QB? TJ seems like a Herm guy and we will be gearing up for our Super Bowl run when he is peaking in KC. Thoughts?

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No way

He worked well as a complement to Chad Johnson I’m not willing to take the risk that he’s good because Chad takes double teams away.

This is Herm Edwards, remember. We are going to run the ball.

by primetime 07 on May 7, 2008 9:49 AM CDT 0 recs

I understand the running

approach – however for a SB push a veteran who commands attention in the secondary will be necessary I think.

by dkugler838 on May 7, 2008 10:12 AM CDT up 0 recs

Super Bowl push....

We are several years away from that (if all goes well).

by primetime 07 on May 7, 2008 11:49 AM CDT up 0 recs

A bit old for Herm's tastes I'd imagine

I was just thinking about this. Have the Chiefs ever signed a big name WR who was in their second/third contract?

by Chris on May 7, 2008 9:58 AM CDT 0 recs

Does Andre "Bad Moon" Rison count?

by letral on May 7, 2008 10:20 AM CDT up 0 recs

Sure,

And looking at Rison’s stats before he came to KC…wow. I forgot how good he was.

48 touchdowns receiving between 1990 and 1993.

by Chris on May 7, 2008 10:30 AM CDT up 0 recs

That's ridiculous

by PVChiefsfan on May 7, 2008 10:33 AM CDT up 0 recs

I don’t think so either, why would we pay a #2 31 year old that kind of money. There is no doubt that our recieving corp is shallow right now, but that should be the last thing you load up on for a superbowl run.

by chiefsfan1384 on May 7, 2008 10:24 AM CDT 0 recs

Agree

Bowe in his rookie season put up almost equivalent numbers (except for TD catches) as Burress did for the Super Bowl champs – and Burress just finished his 9th year! And our o-line (if you can call it that) hurt Bowe…he could have had an even more productive season if Huard and Croyle had actually had time to look down field for a WR. I guess if you thought Amani Toomer was a big part of the Giant’s success you could make the case for Housh, but I would disagree.

by PVChiefsfan on May 7, 2008 10:32 AM CDT up 0 recs

Agreed with Toomer

but we wouldn’t pay him $10M. He was the example I was thinking.

by dkugler838 on May 7, 2008 10:34 AM CDT up 0 recs

Probably Not

If that happened, we would have a similar corps to AZ last year (ala Boldin, Fitzgerald, B. Johnson) with a couple bigger receivers who like to own the middle. Not only that, but also Tony Gonazlez is still there as well (let’s not forget that!). However, due to his age and salary requirements, it is highly improbable that he lands in KC next year.

If everyone worked as hard as me, I would be out of a job.

-Steve Nash

by Red Shadow on May 7, 2008 11:22 AM CDT 0 recs

Herm doesn't want older players

This year he said he was only looking at free agents in their second contract, around age 27ish. I highly doubt he would change that philosophy next year.

by Vince D on May 7, 2008 12:50 PM CDT 0 recs

Housh reminds me of Kennison

Of course his early career has been stronger.

What I mean by the analogy is that I believe he will be released from Cincy and he will go be a productive starter for someone else. However, he won’t be a perennial pro-bowler, and he will need someone opposite him to keep the D honest. He will go put up some 1k yard seasons before eventually blowing his hammy running a reverse on the first play from scrimmage in 2012.

All in all, he won’t be a Chief. He will be too old for our “youth movement”. Hopefully Bowe will continue to show up and we can get some production out of some of our other prospects (Darling, Webb, & Franklin). If any of the three I just mentioned step it up, then we won’t even need to consider this scenario.

by Ochophosphate on May 7, 2008 1:36 PM CDT 0 recs

Those three

Darling – I have a hunch that we got a steal here…something about him impressed the coaches enough to grab him BEFORE seeing who we ended up with in the draft (we were going BPA, so who knew then that we wouldn’t end up with a WR at the beginning of the 2nd round instead of Flowers?)

Webb – Looked FANTASTIC in college…if we can give Croyle some protection, Webb could improve by leaps and bounds this season – towards the end of last year I thought he surpassed Parker.

Franklin – ridiculously fast for his size…he ran the 40 in what, like 0.15 seconds slower than Jackson from Cal, but is like 6 inches taller and 30+ pounds heavier? He may not adjust quickly enough to be one of our first 3 WR’s this season, but I expect very good performance from Franklin in the future.

by PVChiefsfan on May 7, 2008 2:15 PM CDT up 0 recs

zing

I hope you’re right about Darling. I know jack-bumble about him other than what his stat line tells me (which again ain’t much). I’m interested in seeing him on the field.

Webb beat Parker out in my book fo sho in my book. Looks to me like a good hands/posession guy. Someone who certainly hits the field in 3rd down passing packages as a potential mismatch against a reserve corner/safety. Kinda like Boerigter (sp) 2.0??

Franklin – the knock is hands. That’s not an easy thing to correct if it is true. He needs to spend some serious time with a jugs machine if it will improve his chances of being productive early. I believe he has the work ethic to get in there and make it work. With his size he should be able to play vs. the bump. With his speed he should be deadly in the slot. Unfortunately those are just “shoulds” at this point. Another wait-and-see.

Any one of these three could step it up. I would love nothing more than for a FA, 4th round or 6th round pick become a productive #2 receiver. That’s good value indeed.

by Ochophosphate on May 7, 2008 9:30 PM CDT up 0 recs

edit

excuse the grammar… Webb was beating Parker in my book twice.

by Ochophosphate on May 7, 2008 9:31 PM CDT up 0 recs

Devard seemed to progress at the end of last season

Nov. 18, 2007 against the Cleveland Browns with 4 catches for 107 yards and his first NFL touchdown. Baltimore didn’t exactly have consistant quarterbacking, I think Darling could definitly be a factor come the opener.

by chiefsfan1384 on May 7, 2008 11:24 PM CDT 0 recs

Now I'm really excited

I’ve been looking at his stats closely for the first time and these never even saw the field until the end of last season.(week 10) In that time spand he racked up the same yards Webb got in the entire season. I think we just picked up a guy who is going to break out.

by chiefsfan1384 on May 7, 2008 11:40 PM CDT 0 recs