Our Franchise

I think we as Chief fans take our team for granted sometimes.  I know that we haven't been winning the last couple of years but things are looking better for us.  We have a young team that are ready to succeed.  We have one of the most beloved and proud franchise in NFL history.  There has been a lot of talk about how some of our key positions need to be upgraded.  I think that maybe a couple upgrades would be nice but a chance to our younger players to develop would be even nicer.  I was wondering how far our players are off from the main franchise records.  My findings are posted after the jump.

Quarterback

Len Dawson owns our franchise passing records with 28,507 yards and 237 touchdowns in 183 games.  Although, with the touchdown record comes the interception record with 178.  After only 15 games Matt Cassel has a long way to go.  Cassel is ranked 15th in yards with 2924 and 16th in touchdowns with 16.  In contrast Tyler Thigpen had the same amount of games and about 300 yards less than Cassel but 2 more touchdowns.  Trent Green owns our completion percentage record with 61.9% (based on at least 15 games played).  Do you think Matt Casselhas a shot at any of our QB franchise records?  I think that he started with us too late in his career to even have a shot.  He has talent just won't have enough time.

Fun Fact:  Bill Kenney has our franchise sack record with 191.ve an

Runningback

Priest Holmes was a beast with a franchise record 6070 yards and 76 touchdowns.  The amazing thing is that he only did that in 65 games played.  Larry Johnson couldn't beat either with 75 games played.  Jamaal Charles is ranked 21st with 1477 yards.  He does own the rushing yards per carry though with 5.7.  Do you think Jamaal Charles has a shot at the rushing yards or rushing touchdown franchise records?  I think he stands a shot for both records especially with how many yards per carry he gets.  Can he last over that many seasons?  We will see!

Fun Fact:  Marcus Allen had 15 fumbles in 932 carries for us.

Receiving

Tony Gonzalez owns our receiving yards and touchdown record with 10,940 yards and 76 touchdowns.  Dwayne Bowe ranks 16th in reception yards with 2606 yards.  Does Bowe have a shot at beating receiving records for our franchise?  I think he needs to work on the drops to even stand a chance.  Tony Gonzalez is one of the best to catch the ball period.  It will be hard for even the most elite to beat his records.

Fun Fact:  Dante Hall had 9 reception touchdowns and 14 fumbles.

Those are the 3 main areas that are comparable.  After looking at those stats do you feel more confident or worst?  I think our bright spot right now is at the running back position when it comes to these 3 areas.  I will continue to say that I'm very confident in our young team.  You've seen the progress we made at the end of last year.  You seen how much progress we made this off-season.  I think that most of you don't realize we can't fix every problem in one off-season especially when you have a million problems to fix.  We just need to develop our young players and I do believe that our coaching staff will push them in the right direction.