babb’s piece is nice and I love the injection of leadership into the key position on the O-Line.

Certainly no QB has filled that role since then…we have so many what if’s on the team right now it is hard to pick who would be a team leader. Of course we brought in a bunch of veterans on defense, but it will be surprising to see how many of them stay more than 1 year and actually become CHIEFS.

I think Jared Allen was a good leader on defense. He had his issues off the field but he played with such passion and really enjoyed the game and has fun out there. i don’t know if he was a leader or not, but his personal issues aside, I believe he had the qualities of a leader on the field.

I would love for Albert to be a leader and play here for 10 plus years, that is something the Chiefs need to help build this new identity that doesn’t involve rotating veterans in and out in hopes of a playoff win.

He’s doing a hell of a job over there at the Star.

And an excellent post. Really nice to hear about a guy working so hard and trying to step up. And that is the essence of leadership…taking on the role and putting your money (or effort) where your mouth is. Pushing others to work as hard as you are.

On offense, it looks like Albert may become a leader this year, and I think Matt Cassel is going to emerge as well. In terms of hard work and team effort—-a lot of you will flame me for this—-but Larry Johnson so far this year seems to be setting a hard work example. I don’t know that he has the mental make-up to really be a leader, but so far he has made an impression on people this year.

On defense, it looks like Zach Thomas has already taken a big role there. By all accounts I think we can expect Vrabel to be one as well. And the new guy Mike Brown has the history in Chicago of being that guy. How many of those will last beyond this year who knows, and we will have to have other guys step up and become leaders through the year.

I’d like to see a little of Zach Thomas’ leadership rub off on Derrick Johnson, because Johnson would be a fine defensive leader.

But honestly, I could see Tyson Jackson stepping into that role

The best leaders IMO, are the ones that are not appointed, they just assume the role. Not through claims or by running others down to make themselves appear to be better, they just to the job and others start to look to them as the example. I’m retired Navy, and the best advice I was ever given when I was starting out was simple “Leadership Through Example”. As I looked around I noticed the true Leaderships were the ones that didn’t make excuses for mistakes, they owned up to them and learned from them. They didn’t settle for Half Assed efforts, they pushed themselves and their crews to be more and better than the rest. On the Chiefs one of the Best Leaders I have seen in recent years was Marcus Allen, I loved the way he played with Class, He would break a record with a TD and there was no celebration of himself, no touchdown dance just hand the ball over to the official and get ready for the next play. The term He used and taught tooth Chis was “Act like you have been there before, even if you haven’t” Trent Green was another good Leader for the team but in a lesser way in my opinion. I would love to see some class brought back to football, I’m sick of the spikes and the celebrations of a player doing his job even in a losing effort. How many times have we seen a tackle get a celebration like it was a game stopper in the final second of the super bowl only for it to be for a minor stop in the first quarter of a losing game. Just my thoughts on what Leadership is.

On defense I could see someone like Dorsey who comes from a winning organization and will be more comfortable in his second year. I hope DJ steps up, and I do believe that he will. Pollard would be my other thought.

I’d put him in the leader category, somewhat. I didn’t hear him whining or making excuses last year but he did step up and accept responsibility for the product on the field. Of course we don’t know anything about how he’s perceived in the locker room so really guessing who the leader is is just speculation on our part.

If you’re trying to drop weight what the hell are you doing in a bbq joint? Thats like an alchoholic hanging out at a bar.

I got some AB’s for lunch yesterday. Love that beef and pork combo.

I think those are the 4 guys that need to step it up and lead. At the very least, fire the team up and get them motivated when needed. If Albert wants to have a role in their, even better.

“I can’t preach what I don’t practice” – best line in that whole interview… and shows Albert is one of those rare young men coming into this league who “gets it”. Best draft pick of the last five drafts imho.

I would love to see that Glen Dorsey and Matt Cassell be the team leaders for no other reason than it means that both are clear-cut starters and we didn’t waste draft picks on them.