Poll: Most Surprising Cut by the Kansas City Chiefs?

I thought Turtle and Lelie were in a battle.
Alas….

this is soo unbelievable there has to be more to this the guy is young and has talent

No apparent injury but he clearly wasnt ready yet but also to release him wouldve been stupidity. Surprised how they kept him but happy they did.

and there were rumors of trades before. Plus you add in the scuffle with Pendergast. It was surprising but there was evidence there. Lelie? For a guy that played so well and you add in our need and lack of depth at wr did anyone really see that coming?

i was optimistic about the haley pioli scheme. not so any more. this just doesn’t make sense. mike brown??? lets see if he can even make it through half the season without being injured.

i don’t like it. nope. not at all.

No seriously, I’m as surprised as everyone else. But I’m not going to burn my jerseys because Pollard was released. It’s not like he is a Pro Bowler. He’s a good tackler that can stuff the run but routinely got burnt in pass coverage. I can’t say that we’re better now not having him on the team, but if you get in a fight with a coach these guys aren’t going to put up with it.

The reshaping of the roster is far from over. Deep-sixing Pollard doesn’t throw the train off the rails.

How about NAVY by the way? Proud of them today, gave those Buckeyes a scare :)

in the Star. It might rankle people to see Pollard go, and to see so many O lineman cut, but Pioli and Haley aren’t settling for the same ol’ crap. That alone satisfies me. Pollard’s cut was a surprise, but do you really think if he stayed he’d make the difference between a win and a loss for this team? I think it’s more likely that by cutting him they’ve moved us one step closer to being a better team. That is all that matters.

And I’ve never liked Lelie, even though he has looked good a few times this preseason those happened against 2nd and 3rd teamers.

because none are truly shocking. Even with Pollard, the writing was on the wall.

Seriously, if AP had a vote on “What color is the sky”, blue would get 89% of the votes

OK… so I knew they’d surprise me.
But, cutting Lelie and keeping Copper.
and cutting Pollard.

WTF?

I can’t wait to see who they can bring in. So help me, God, if they bring in a WR and DON’T cut Copper, I don’t know what I’ll do.

I am having trouble imagining how the WR or OL will come together.
I still stick to my point that they can bring in a FA to play on the team… but it’s tough to bring in a new starter at this point.

My guess is that the starters are on the team, and they will grab waiver wire for depth and future starters.

What the hell is going on in KC????

I’m telling myself Pioli has a big pickup/trade coming…cause i dont want to go into week 1 this confused.

Seriously, the WR issue still has NOT been addressed. Lelie was really the only solid compliment to Bowe. Toomer wasn’t even given a chance.
The right side of the O-Line is a joke, and tossing Pollard was probably the biggest mistake the defense made all year.

All I can say is WOW…its going to be a long ass season people.

I have no personal dislike for the guy. But his instincts and “football smarts” weren’t going to propel him to anything more than average at best.

His hard hitter style, with no real other outstanding abilities to compliment it, are akin to an NBA player who can leap and let fly some amazing dunks, but can’t really pass / shoot / make smart plays. It gets the crowd to “ooh” and “aah” sometimes, but at the expense of playing the game well over all.

We’re walking in the right direction with this move.

I’m a little fuzzy on the Lelie move, but my info there can’t be nearly as in depth as Pioli and Haley’s. I’ll trust their judgment on that one. The other moves all kind of make sense from the outside-in view that I, as a fan, have coupled with a general idea of what the front office has for a long term plan.

The main surprise to me is the amount of knee-jerk shock and “wtf” posts about Pollard.

(PS: and yes this is my first post, I’ve followed AP for a long time. Finally had to sub and chime in on this though.)

Ehhh – no i think the “wtf” posts regarding Pollard are pretty validated given his role with KC throughout his career, but we’ll see. If Brown stays healthy I’m content.