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The Greatest Kansas City Chiefs, By the Numbers: #9

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Slim pickings again for the #9 greatest Kansas City Chief. The current Chief to wear #9, undrafted free agent Taurus Johnson, has little chance of making a bigger impact than the player who made the biggest impact on this list - Bill Kenney.

  • P Jason Baker (2003-04)
  • K Scott Bentley (1999)
  • QB Dean Carlson (1972-74)
  • WR Reggie Jones (1997)
  • QB Bill Kenney (1979-1988)

Only one of these guys can be called Pro Bowler, Mr. Irrelevant and Mr. Senator. Click through to check it out.

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P Jason Baker (2003-04)

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All I'm going to say about Jason Baker is that he did a pretty good job punting for the #1 NFL offense both years he was in KC. How hard is that? Not very, IMO. He didn't even have to punt in the Chiefs '03 playoff game! No way he's getting the top honors for the #9.

K Scott Bentley (1999)

Bentley was on the Chiefs' roster for exactly two games in late 1999, as a barefoot kickoff specialist. Oh, what's that you say? He's the guy who blew the 1999 season by kicking the ball out of bounds in overtime? Yes, that is Scott Bentley. I think the Chiefs wasted literally twenty minutes cutting this guy. Of course, no pictures exist of him in a Chiefs uniform, or anywhere else for that matter.

Bentley is currently a customer care manager for a toy company in Colorado.

QB Dean Carlson (1972-74)

Carlson was drafted in the seventh round of the 1972 NFL draft (there were 17 total rounds) by the Chiefs and started one second half of one game in his short career in the NFL. He completed 7 of 15 passes.

WR Reggie Jones (1997)

Jones, a former Wyandotte County football star, was a practice squad/training camp/special teams type receiver who joined the Chiefs at training camp in 1997. After a serious case of the drops in training camp, Jones was bounced from the Chiefs and didn't really catch on anywhere else in the NFL.

QB Bill Kenney (1979-1988)

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Somebody had to be the quarterback during the dark ages of the 1980. And Bill Kenney did a pretty good job at that, despite the team's overall record during his tenure.

After being selected second to last in the 1978 NFL draft by the Miami Dolphins (Mr. Irrelevant never made the team, making Kenney the de facto Mr. Irrelevant), Kenney was cut during training camp. Two years later, he showed up in Kansas City and became the starting quarterback for basically the next ten years.

He had a solid career in KC for the times, making the Pro Bowl on a 6-10 Chiefs team in 1983. In the mid 1990s, he became a Missouri State Senator.

The only career starter on this list, Bill Kenney is the runaway favorite #9 Kansas City Chief. You older timers chime in with Kenney stories that us younger guys may not remember.

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We're heading back to Austin, TX, soon and if case you didn't know, Sulpher, LA, smells just like freakin' sulphur.

Poll
Who is the greatest Chief to wear #9?
P Jason Baker
67 votes
K Scott Bentley
5 votes
QB Dean Carlson
4 votes
WR Reggie Jones
19 votes
QB Bill Kenney
427 votes

522 votes | Poll has closed

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Bill Kenney without a doubt

Nice post, Chris.

Sulpher, LA? Can’t even find it on a map.

by Joel Thorman on Jun 16, 2009 8:11 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I found it

Just west of Lake Charles…pretty far south.

by Joel Thorman on Jun 16, 2009 8:11 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Had to vote for Kenney

he was the best of a bad group.

Herm is gone things are better with that one move!!

by bringbacktheglory on Jun 16, 2009 9:55 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Kenny

Kenny had talent but, couldn’t overcome the lack of talent around him. That includes coaches. Except Marv Levy.

David Logue

by dklogue1 on Jun 16, 2009 10:24 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

By the way

Did you call me old timer sonny?

David Logue

by dklogue1 on Jun 16, 2009 10:25 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Ha

I was waiting for someone to say that :)

by Joel Thorman on Jun 16, 2009 8:20 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Go ahead and call me an oldtimer

If I remember correctly,

  • Kenney made it to the Pro Bowl only after Kenny Anderson (Bengals) decided not to attend.
  • He didn’t have a lot of help on the offense, but he did have Carlos Carson, who might have been the fastest receiver the team ever had (that could actually catch a ball thrown to him).
  • He, along with the horrible draft choice also known as Todd Blackledge, seared the term Quarterback Controversy into the minds of all Chiefs fans. That Blackledge was a total bust goes without saying. That Kenney could barely keep his job in the fact of that stiff competition should be all you need to know about how effective Bill was.
  • After leaving the team, he was elected to the Missouri Senate from my community where the most notable thing he did was make it illegal for people to sell Chiefs tickets (and tickets to all other sporting events) for more than the face value of the tickets. Thankfully, that flawed law was overturned after he left.

I can’t vote for the guy even though his career with Chiefs obviously surpasses the others who also wore the number. It wouldn’t trouble me at all if there was no #9 on the list of greatest Chiefs.

by LennytheCool on Jun 16, 2009 11:58 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

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