Didn’t Rudy get a second round tender as a restricted free agent? If not a second, he was definitely tendered. I don’t know if they would have wasted that if they didn’t have him in their plans some how.

I really can’t argue with your list, even Rudy. I think the signing of Copper and Engram will up the competition come training camp. It’s a win win for the Chiefs and the fans.

He would push hard for keeping these guys.

You must not have been watching if you think for second they’re even considering moving Leggett – he was their best special teamer and has the athleticism to become a starting corner in the NFL – no chance they part with him. He showed flashes and he is still very young…he is exactly the type of piece you look for in a salary cap era.

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Rookie joined the Chiefs from the N.Y. Giants practice squad on November 5th … Finished his collegiate career at Alabama ranked second in school history with 60.5 tackles for loss, trailing only the late Chiefs Hall of Fame enshrine LB Derrick Thomas (74.0) … Saw action in 50 games (38 starts) at Alabama, recording 188 tackles (99 solo) with 60.5 stops for loss (-223.0 yards), 22.0 sacks (-135.0 yards), 38 QB pressures, four forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries and four passes defensed … Originally entered the NFL as a rookie free agent with the N.Y. Giants, but was released prior to the regular season … Spent the first nine weeks of the season on the Giants practice squad.

I think there is a lot of talent on this team. They just haven’t been put into the right system and coached properly. Haley will spot guys that he really likes and others that he doesn’t and I have the feeling that he will find guys that play his way and put them all in a system that will win. I like Rudy, Richardson, Taylor, Leggitt, Cox, Bradley and others but probably very few of us are as knowlegable as Pioli, Haley and the other coaches at picking talent. I have complete confidence in their abilities and if they need someone else, it’s pretty obvious that they are going to go out and find them. I’m still seeing 9-7.

I think we way over estimate a lot of these guys in their overall importance. I don’t think the new brass are impressed with this roster at all. 6 and 26 last two years, they can’t be but so good.

For the most part at least. These aren’t the guys who come in to the NFL and light things up, but teams like Indy and New England are built with this caliber of player that they end up coaching up.

Rudy is the perfect example of a low-ranked lineman who could all of the sudden help anchor a line in his 4th year in the league. Almost every good line has at least one guy who came from the bottom and stuck around in the league long enough for it to “turn on”. Brian Waters is one of these guys.

Bradley has the opportunity to be another Eddie Kennison. While he won’t have the #2 spot set in stone, I have HUGE doubts that we would cut him this year. Not after his production last year.

I’ve never been entirely convinced by Leggett, but he showed a lot towards the end of the season. While I could see him getting cut for some of these veterans we’ve brought in, he will end up in the league as somebody’s nickel or dime corner.

Barry Richardson? Well, a lot of people were high on him in the draft I guess. But I don’t know anybody who thinks that he’s “good”. He’s just a project pick coming off his rookie season. Definite possibility that if he doesnt come to camp in shape and ready to work he will be cut. But he will benefit from the same problem that Herb Taylor will benefit from…

Herb Taylor will stay on the team because we have no other decent backup tackles. Even if we get Eugene Monroe with the #3 pick, that leaves us with 3 decent tackles (we’ll count D-mac as decent) besides Herb. And he’s much younger, and more versatile than McIntosh. I don’t expect him to start any time soon, but last year he proved that he’s not somebody who is going to make you hold your breathe every time the ball is snapped.

None of these guys would be in the NFL if they weren’t good players. One mans trash is another mans treasure. I think every player that has been mentioned here has potential to be very good in the right scheme and with the right coaching. Herm’s shitty excuse for coaching could have ruined all of their careers if he had not been fired. Fortunately they are all still young and have the ability to be coached up.
Some of these cats may or may not end up playing for the Chiefs but, whatever they wind up doing I hope they wind up with a better HC than Herm Edwards so they can be put in a position to succeed.