Getting to Know the Chiefs 2009 Coaching Staff: Ronnie Bradford

by Joel Thorman on Mar 3, 2009 12:59 PM CST in 2009 Kansas City Chiefs Offseason

Ronnie Bradford comes to Kansas City after a five year stint as a coaching assistant with the Denver Broncos and an 11 year playing career as a defensive back in the NFL. At only 38 years old, he's relatively fresh out of the league as a player and continues his journey as a coaching assistant.

Bradford will be an assistant secondary coach along with helping out on special teams, two positions he's previously held with the Broncos.

Playing Career

Bradford was originally drafted in the 4th round of the 1993 draft by the Miami Dolphins but was released during training camp. Throughout his career he played for Denver Broncos (1993-1995), Arizona Cardinals (1996), Atlanta Falcons (1997-2001) and Minnesota Vikings (2002).

Coaching Career

In February of 2003, the Broncos hired Bradford as a special teams assistant. A year later he was named special teams coach, a position he held from 2004-2006. The Broncos had the ever-consistent Jason Elam as a kicker during that span and were on or near par with the rest of the league on kick/punt returns.

By 2007 he was named an assistant defensive backs coach with the Broncos. The unit he coached did well in total passing yards surrendered (7th) but that can be contributed to the low number of attempts (3rd) because teams found it much easier to run against the porous Bronco defensive line.

The following year, he was promoted to defensive backs coach. Under his tutelage, the defensive backs fell to 11th in the league in passing attempts and a putrid 26th in passing yards given up. They ran middle of the pack in passing touchdowns given up (14th) and ranked second to last in the NFL in interceptions.

No Chiefs Connection

Surprisingly, I haven't found a connection to Pioli/Haley/Parcells with this hire. I imagined with such an unimpressive resume he would be a "who you know, not what you know" sorta hire.

Coming From a Division Rival

Bradford didn't survive the McDaniels hiring in Denver so the Chiefs did what any smart division rival would do - they hired him to gather information. That's my guess anyway. I'm hard pressed to believe that Bradford would be hired if he wasn't coming off a five year stint with the Chiefs division rival.

If that is the reason, so be it. We'll take all the help we can get against the division.

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I agree

Based solely on the division rival part. He’s gotta have some value if he’s spent 5 years in Denver.

by Joel Thorman on Mar 3, 2009 1:00 PM CST reply actions

niice

FOUR F'S FIND UM FEEL UM FUGUM FORGET UM.

by sexassassin on Mar 3, 2009 1:23 PM CST up reply actions

Whats next?

Are we going to trade 2 of our good players to the Broncos for a second round draft pick because of “ASSGATE”

by Grand Master A on Mar 3, 2009 1:28 PM CST up reply actions

some how someway we are going to trade like tony g

for a second round pick we will get that pick back

FOUR F'S FIND UM FEEL UM FUGUM FORGET UM.

by sexassassin on Mar 3, 2009 1:36 PM CST up reply actions

i hope not

I hope t.g stays what a target he would make for cassel we just cant get rid of him now.

by CPT.Caveman on Mar 3, 2009 3:50 PM CST up reply actions

me either i love the guy but we doesnt want to be here

FOUR F'S FIND UM FEEL UM FUGUM FORGET UM.

by sexassassin on Mar 3, 2009 4:05 PM CST up reply actions

unless you hooked him up with his own "movie" stars!

"But what do I know, I'm AP's new assclown and I’m like an empty room with a large ECHO"

by Lanier63 on Mar 3, 2009 5:54 PM CST up reply actions

+1 Funny

Not exactly points for subtlety but we like it.

by Official Arrowhead Pride Parade on Mar 3, 2009 2:03 PM CST up reply actions

any time you can hire within the division

sounds great to me they always have the upperhand when it comes to game planning

FOUR F'S FIND UM FEEL UM FUGUM FORGET UM.

by sexassassin on Mar 3, 2009 1:20 PM CST reply actions

Another great defesnive signing!!!

I hope you picked up on the sarcasm. Has our front office completely decided that defense doesn’t matter? So far our coaching staff has become even worse and the only legit help our d has gotten is the signing of an old LB at the end of his career. We might be picking up some capable players through FA and/or the draft but someone still has to coach these guys. I wish I was Haley’s friend, I’d have a job and not have to worry about being good at it.

by Chiefs4Life on Mar 3, 2009 4:30 PM CST reply actions

the cardinals made it to the super bowl with a crappy offense.

haley is our coach now, and I want a super bowl.

the performance enhancing drugs argument begins with lassic eye surgery

by nayjevin on Mar 4, 2009 2:35 AM CST up reply actions

i mean crappy defense

the performance enhancing drugs argument begins with lassic eye surgery

by nayjevin on Mar 4, 2009 2:35 AM CST up reply actions

And they lost.

The Cards making it to the SB was pretty miraculous. The only reason they did is because the defense was able to pull it together and be mediocre during the playoffs. That defense is also the reason they lost the SB. I like the move s we’ve made on offense, but I feel like we will be in big trouble if we don’t vastly improve our last-ranked defense.

by Chiefs4Life on Mar 4, 2009 9:50 AM CST up reply actions