Few Leaks in the Chiefs Contract Negotiations

by Joel Thorman on Jul 1, 2009 4:20 PM CDT in 2009 Kansas City Chiefs Offseason

I was perusing Pro Football Talk yesterday (Nice new digs, Florio) and came across an item regarding the Chiefs official announcement of the Colin Brown signing. If you read Arrowhead Pride regularly, you knew about this signing on June 23rd. But the Chiefs didn't make it official until June 30th. A bit strange, no?

Florio suggested that this might be the next move in the new regime's chess game with the media in the dissemination of any and all information coming from the team.

Our best guess is that this is simply another example of the Chiefs, under new G.M. Scott Pioli, believing that no news is good news for the team's overall interests, and that every announcement and other disclosure should be delayed as long as possible.

By the looks of the first reported and official signing dates given in this morning's post, Florio's statement appears to be accurate. News broke of the pending contractual agreement of 7th round pick Ryan Succop and 5th round pick Colin Brown about a week before any sort of official announcement from the Chiefs.

But...

These two instances appear to be the exception, not the rule. In large part thus far this offseason, the Chiefs have announced free acquisitions themselves or the same day other media outlets reported it.

Take a look at this chart after the jump. I've compiled a list of the official announcements of player signings from the mothership and compared it to the first time it was reported by other media outlets. The result? The Chiefs sure can keep these signings quiet.

Player	First Reported	Official Announcement	Difference
Mike Vrabel	February 27th	February 28th	1
Matt Cassel	February 28th	February 28th	0
C.J. Jones	March 5th*	March 5th	0
Jon McGraw	March 6th*	March 6th	0
Darrell Robertson	March 6th*	March 6th	0
Travis Daniels	March 10th*	March 10th	0
Corey Mays	March 13th*	March 13th	0
Engram/Beisel/Copper	March 17th*	March 17th	0
Mike Goff	March 25th	March 26th	1
Rodney Wright	April 7th*	April 7th	0
Tanner Purdum	April 7th*	April 7th	0
Zach Thomas	April 11th	April 13th	2
Sean Ryan	April 21st*	April 21st	0
Tony Curtis	April 24th*	April 24th	0
Rudy Niswanger	April 24th*	April 24th	0
Eric Ghiaciuc	April 30th*	April 30th	0
Mike Brown	June 24th	June 25th	1

* Denotes first reports came from the team

Pretty much nothing is leaking out of One Arrowhead Drive nowadays. Agents and players are obviously keeping their mouths shut.

Surprised? We're not.

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Some, Haha were reported here a week or more before!

Let's Kick some ASS in 09 or Die trying

by Steve_Chiefs on Jul 1, 2009 6:02 PM CDT reply actions

Nice to have someone on the inside

AP is Always the first and last place I look to for my Chiefs news, I can’t honesty say we have someone on the inside but Damn it sure seems that way at times, and I’m happy for it. Yes the mother ship has the official news and that’s fine but AP’s members give note only the official news but also what they are thinking and all matters Chiefs. I look to the membership to see more than just whats said or doing, but each of you giving your thought’s and opinions I not only feel like I know you better but I know my Chiefs better, thus making me a better more improved fan overall.
We get not only what is happening with the team today, but we get the rich history of the team and the possibilities of what may be. We also get some humor, poetry, the rumor mill, One Killer T-Shirt, and most importantly the feeling that we belong to something bigger than we are. We Are ArrowHead Pride, and we are proud.

is it me? or isn't about time the Lamar Hunt trophy belonged to His team?

by KC Fanatic on Jul 1, 2009 6:46 PM CDT reply actions 5 recs