those are two organizations the people in charge know the most about… Not only that but those are the players who will most be familiar with the system run in KC…

Its similar to the Royals only going after former Mariners and Braves, of course the Braves thing makes sense being their GM is from Atlanta, the Mariners thing doesn’t make as much sense… Actually all the parallels between the way the 2 franchises in KC are ran really is worrying me… For ease of mind I would really like for Haley to stop talking about a process.

seeing that little clip of pope he will deffinitly help us in giving cassel another target and he sounds like a work horse

Pioli found a young less expensive tackle at a position of need. He knows the player so why not take a chance. Granted I would love to see some more help on the line and at receiver, but no one is grabbing the players that are available.

… is that when Pioli and Haley were hired, they chose to retain the current scouting staff through the draft.

Following the draft, several were let go, and a new staff has been hired.

I think it’s important to note that as the new staff builds their knowledge base and understands what works with their GM and Coach, it would be understandable that the players brought in early in the rebuilding process are those who are most familiar to the two men highest on the totem pole.

We’ll see more variety emerge as we move past this initial season and into the draft/free agent market.

Until then, don’t be surprised if the trend continues.

TD

P.S.- On a personal note, I’m OK with the new players coming in from two well coached organizations. I’d be furious if we were plucking the remnants of the Lions, Texans, or Raiders.

would be if they were on a win streak. And of the players out there to make SOME change with, these are guys with which the organization is more familiar. Not a huge deal, and we probably won’t see nearly as much of this in the future.

But this sort of thing will be something of a theme, anyway, because I personally think they have good relationships with AZ and NE. I think there’s a certain “straight-shooter” aspect to this, too.

I think he was a good pickup, New England or not. A star at RT? Probably no…but he’s likely better than what else was available.

As for their other nepotistic acquisitions this offseason, I’m not real impressed (although Zach Thomas can’t really be included in that since he never played for Parcells…Parcells cut him and he played for Dallas). Lance Long looks for all the world like the Jeff Webb of the Cardinals…all “potential”, no payoff. Beisel can accurately be summed up as a bust of a signing since he got cut (whether he wanted out or whether the Chiefs wanted him gone). Ndukwe and Alleman haven’t helped the team much at o-line. Pope is a marginal player. Richardson and Herron may or may not be useful, but the fact that they’re new here doesn’t make me think they’re somehow an upgrade over what’s already here.

I think it’s a valid question that’s been raised…can Pioli recruit from outside of players he and Haley have known? I’m willing to give them a bit of a mulligan on it this year, but if they’re still grabbing scraps from the Patriots and Cardinals this coming offseason it’s fair to ask whether they have any clue on how to rebuild this team.

The big unknown in this is we don’t know who the Chiefs might have made offers to who declined in the end to sign with the team.

It’s VERY possible the reason we’re seeing so many New England and Arizona players sign with KC is because the PLAYERS know the coaches and GM and are more willing to sign with KC because of those prior relationships than players from other teams.

The only guy they’ve had in I really would have liked to see the sign is Taucher. And that could still happen.

OAKLAND REDSKINS

False starts
Holding
Pass Interference
Delay of Game
Off sides

In the last 2 games, KC is really raising the level of penalties. To me, these penalties has everything to do with bad coaching (Todd Haley) getting all the players riled up and up tight. The guys are so frustrated when outmatched + they are afraid to loose their jobs to 2nd stringers when making a small mistake THUS they aren’t able to play the game because instead of focusing on the play at-hand, they worry about Haley screaming and spitting in their face and benching them.