Zach Thomas, Aaron Curry and the Chiefs

He’s going to screw a team and trade down from the 3rd spot to beef up as many mid round picks as possible and maybe get a vet or two.

haha i thought that said screw THE team at first. almost made an ass out of myself

You could run LJ up that without blocking.

I mean he played in Miami all those years.

rec’d

agreed alot of depth at lb, now trade down get later round picks. Seems to be alot of quality line guys all over.

plus Pendergast’s 3-4 isn’t as harsh on size right?

He’s so big, strong, warm, and cuddley. I’ve seen pictures of some of the he-she’s Whitlock party’s with and I’d have to say Waters is a little easier on the eyes. Of all the choices, I’d think B Dubbs would be a great sugar daddy.

In all seriousness, I’d love to see us trade down and select Everette Brown. I think he would run better in our 3-4 and I’m suspecting Pioli see’s that too. If we could then go bargain bin crazy (great analogy +1) on late rounders and plug holes that would be sweet. I’m just believing what some of the experts are saying about talent 1-10 is no different than 10-20 in this class, which if thats the case lets continue to be conservative with our money and get more bang for our buck with 2nd day selections.

Fat kid hearts, another +1

NE gave up more sacks than KC last year so Cassel can take it. So even if we stand pat on the O-line Cassel should be fine.

then we should take the top rated C on the board in the 3rd. :)

We still got Casey Wiegmann

Presuming we draft Curry of course? Is this some new form of trash talk where one unobjectionably points out the current state of one’s opponent?

We also acquired Monty Beisel who many feel will play a situational role, and will likely retain some of players from last year that showed promise like Boiman, D. Williams and Babin?

There’s also a strong sentiment that we should trade down in the draft, and regardless will likely acquire at least another LB or DE later in the draft.

As for our run defense, we feel that Glen Dorsey for a rookie did a substantial job in absorbing the double team last year and hope that improved middle linebacker play should help stuff the gaps.

If you’re looking for some more effective outlets for your creative criticism might we suggest:
-Concern about our pass rushing ability
-Transitioning to 3-4 favoring scheme and it’s personnel complications
-The underachieving play of some of our 3rd and 4th year defensive draft picks
-The lack of overly impressive pedigree for our new defensive coaches and concern over what few were retained from last year’s poor performance

Hope that helps, and thanks for visiting Arrowhead Pride.

Vrabel and Thomas on the inside with Johnson and Curry on the outside.

Demorrio Williams, Boiman, Dacus, other fringe LB, all waiting on the bench. :)

We had one of 2 oldest teams in football, and 1/2 our vets were broken down shells that had trouble producing. We didn’t have any youth on the roster that was there to learn the wisdom of the vets and be prepard to step into the role and the older guys broken down. That’s indicitive of a team that is selling out the future for the present.

Herm decided it was the wrong way to build a team, and he was right about that. You build your team for the future through the draft. You get quality young players and coach them up. You really do want a team of guys that have been together long enough to build chemestry, and you want young depth at every position. Herm tried to keep some veteran’s on the field, guys he considered quality veterans, but the Chiefs just didn’t have very many quality veterans. Carl Peterson was not known for taking quality veterans. Carl was known for signing old guys on a serious slide that didn’t much left in the tank. The only real quality vets that were left we guys like Waters, TG, Boone etc.. There simply was not enough quality veteran talent on the team, and we were so old that we needed every draft pick we had to add youth to the roster. We couldn’t afford to trade picks for quality veterans, which left us with only being able to add vets some other team had discarded.

I think Herm is a bad football coach. I don’t think the man had the first clue how to call a play. I believe his clock management skills were probably the worst in the game as a HC. I think his “play it safe” mentality in every situation was too extreme. However, I truly believe that no matter what record he put up at the end of the year he did good for the team.

He opened Carl Peterson and Clark Hunts eyes to just how bad their system of building a team was. He presured until he was allowed to build through the draft. He even managed to get Carl Peterson on board (to the tune of 12 draft picks and $50m in cap room available to build the team from scratch).

Last year was year 1 of a rebuild. In year 1 you tear it down and start laying a foundation. There isn’t much to be gained from stacking the shiny bits on the ground until you build the foundation and erect the walls.

In year 2 you have a foundation layed and some of the walls built. It’s time to start filling the holes in the walls (adding youth AND veterans to fill gaps) and run the water and electrical throught the complex (Brains of the opperation aka O schmene, D scheme, QB, MLB). You start to connect the pieces so to speak.

In year 3, if you’ve done it right you should be in position to start hanging the shiny baubles on the building (big time FA’s) add in the neon lights (flashy plays to the basic schemes) and get the place open for business (playoffs baby).

The Chiefs are on pace for a year 2 rebuilding team. The future is bright, and in the end we WILL have to look back and give Herm the tiniest amount of credit for at least convincing the owner that it was time to bulldoze the property and build a new house.