I thought it would be fun to look back at the final 2008 roster, and see where they are now. There's been talk about how the talent was so bad when they left they didn't sign with other teams. While that appears to be mostly true, it was interesting to see how many backup/special teams type guys did play for other teams, or players who went elsewhere and got injured.
Anyway, heres where they are now, after the jump:
| Kansas City Chiefs 2008 final roster | ||
| Quarterbacks | Current Team | |
| 4 Tyler Thigpen | Miami Dolphins | Traded to the Miami Dolphins |
| 12 Brodie Croyle QB (IR) | Kansas City Chiefs | Current Backup |
| 8 Quinn Gray | None | Out of the NFL - played for the New York Sentinals - UFL |
| 11 Damon Huard QB (IR) | None | Released from the 49ers on 9/1/2009 |
| 15 Ingle Martin QB | None | Waived by Denver 9/4/2009 - played for the NY Sentinals - UFL |
| Running Backs | ||
| 27 Larry Johnson | Cincinnati Bengals | Released after 2.7 ypc & twitter incident |
| 25 Jamaal Charles | Kansas City Chiefs | Current Starter |
| 26 Jackie Battle | Kansas City Chiefs | IR |
| 42 Mike Cox FB | Kansas City Chiefs | Current Starter |
| 21 Kolby Smith RB (IR) | Kansas City Chiefs | IR |
| 29 Dantrell Savage RB | Kansas City Chiefs | IR |
| Wide Receivers | ||
| 82 Dwayne Bowe | Kansas City Chiefs | Current Starter |
| 83 Mark Bradley | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Released/Signed with Tampa Bay |
| 89 Devard Darling | Kansas City Chiefs | IR |
| 85 Will Franklin | None | Waived by Raiders 8/31/2009 |
| 14 Kevin Robinson KR/PR | None | CFL - Hamilton Tiger Cats |
| 80 Jeff Webb | None | Released |
| Tight Ends | ||
| 87 Brad Cottam | Kansas City Chiefs | IR |
| 88 Tony Gonzalez | Atlanta Falcons | Traded for a 2nd Round Draft Pick |
| 45 Michael Merritt | None | Released after arrest related to marijuana |
| Offensive Linemen | ||
| 76 Branden Albert T | Kansas City Chiefs | Current Starter |
| 71 Andrew Carnahan T | New York Giants | On IR since September 1, 2009 |
| 73 Adrian Jones G | Houston Texans | Started 10 games |
| 77 Damion McIntosh T | Seattle Seahawks | Started 2 games |
| 64 Rudy Niswanger C | Kansas City Chiefs | Current Starter |
| 67 Barry Richardson T | Kansas City Chiefs | Current Backup |
| 74 Wade Smith G/C | Kansas City Chiefs | Current Backup |
| 75 Herb Taylor T | Out of football | |
| 65 Tavares Washington G/T | None | UFL - Las Vegas Locomotives |
| 54 Brian Waters G | Kansas City Chiefs | Current Starter |
| 60 Brian De La Puente G | Carolina Panthers | No 2009 stats |
| 62 Edwin Harrison G | None | Out of football |
| Defensive Linemen | ||
| 94 Jason Babin DE | Philadelphia Eagles | 12 games, 16 total tackles, 2.5 sacks |
| 70 Alfonso Boone DE/DT | San Diego Chargers | 13 games, started 4, 15 tackles, 3 sacks |
| 72 Glenn Dorsey DT | Kansas City Chiefs | Current Starter |
| 95 Ron Edwards DT | Kansas City Chiefs | Current Starter |
| 92 Wallace Gilberry DE | Kansas City Chiefs | Current Backup |
| 91 Tamba Hali DE | Kansas City Chiefs | Current Starter |
| 69 Derek Lokey DT | Kansas City Chiefs | Current Backup |
| 96 Andy Studebaker DE | Kansas City Chiefs | Current Backup |
| 93 Tank Tyler DT | Carolina Panthers | 6 games, 8 tackles before going IR |
| 97 Brian Johnston DE (IR) | None | Released from Detroit after failing physical |
| 90 Turk McBride DE (IR) | Detroit Lions | 11 games, 4 started, 27 tackles, 1.5 sacks |
| 99 T. J. Jackson DT (Injured) | None | Out of football |
| Linebackers | ||
| 50 Rocky Boiman OLB/ILB | Pittsburgh Steelers | 6 games, 0 starts, 3 tackles |
| 57 Weston Dacus ILB | Kansas City Chiefs | IR ???? |
| 52 Curtis Gatewood OLB | Washington Redskins | No stats |
| 56 Derrick Johnson ILB | Kansas City Chiefs | Current Backup |
| 55 Pat Thomas ILB | Buffalo Bills | No stats - IR |
| 53 Demorrio Williams OLB | Kansas City Chiefs | Current Starter |
| 59 Donnie Edwards OLB (IR) | None | Retired |
| 66 Aden Durde LB Int'l | None | Out of football |
| 98 Kyle Shotwell OLB | None, but great story: | http://sloblogs.thetribunenews.com/collegebeat/2009/03/12/former-cal-poly-linebacker-kyle-shotwells-tales-from-the-nfl/ |
| Defensive Backs | ||
| 39 Brandon Carr CB | Kansas City Chiefs | Current Starter |
| 35 Oliver Celestin SS | None | Out of football |
| 30 Ricardo Colclough CB | None | Out of football |
| 24 Brandon Flowers CB | Kansas City Chiefs | Current Starter |
| 34 David Macklin CB | None | Out of football |
| 47 Jon McGraw FS | Kansas City Chiefs | Current Starter |
| 38 DaJuan Morgan SS | Kansas City Chiefs | IR |
| 44 Jarrad Page FS | Kansas City Chiefs | IR |
| 49 Bernard Pollard SS | Houston Texans | Started 13 gams for Houston, 102 tackles, 7 PD, 1.5 sacks, 4 INT, 70yd TD, 1 FF |
| 23 Patrick Surtain CB | None | Retired |
| 31 Maurice Leggett CB (IR) | Kansas City Chiefs | IR |
| Special Teams | ||
| 5 Connor Barth K | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 9 games, 14/19 73.7%, 12/12 PAT, 36 KO, Avg 64.3, 6 TB |
| 2 Dustin Colquitt P | Kansas City Chiefs | Current Starter |
| 48 Thomas Gafford LS | Kansas City Chiefs | Current Starter |
| 51 J. P. Darche LS (IR) | None | Out of football |
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