A Bobby Sippio Sighting

by Joel Thorman on May 20, 2010 11:22 AM CDT in 2010 Kansas City Chiefs Season

In the same week the Chiefs sign a player highly regarded in the CFL, we find out what a former Chief from the AFL is up to.

Yes, Bobby Sippio, 2007's training camp phenom. (Editor's Note: Phenom?)

You didn't think I'd let a Bobby Sippio sighting go by without mentioning it, did you?

The Orlando Predators are proud to announce today the signing of wide receiver Bobby Sippio. Sippio is widely considered the best Arena Football player in the game today having been named First Team All-Arena in his last season of Arena Football.

OK, so he didn't really re-surface in the NFL but he did bounce around the league for a while over the past couple years. Chiefs fans remember him because he came to Kansas City after catching -- get this -- 53 (!) touchdowns in 2007.

After the Sippio experiment, I think the expectations (in the fans' eyes) won't be as high for Cory Greenwood.

(H/T Arrowheadlines)

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Very good points Joel ! IMO Dexter M. is Sippio with SPEED !

by 65tosspowertrap on May 20, 2010 11:26 AM CDT reply actions

yeah, shows what you know, Sippio=best WR in NFL history

funny thing is, everyone pointed to bowe’s drops, and sippio being this amazing WR..unfortunately one of those 2 is still true…and that would be pointing to bowe’s drops

Team Pioli/Haley

by SDChief on May 20, 2010 11:35 AM CDT reply actions

After the Sippio experiment, I think the expectations (in the fans’ eyes) won’t be as high for Cory Greenwood

I dunno, I don’t really see the comparison. I don’t have huge expectations of Greenwood, but it really doesn’t have anything to with the Sippio experiment.

Happiness is a long walk with a putter in your hand.

by craig in calgary on May 20, 2010 11:38 AM CDT reply actions

Is it because he's Canadian Craig?

by cpa913 on May 20, 2010 11:48 AM CDT up reply actions

Greenwood is going to be a pro bowler

then again, I think all Chiefs should be pro bowlers and we should be winning the super bowl. I don’t think that’s asking for to much?

Insert witty yet thought provoking phrase here.

by Fozzyboyd on May 20, 2010 1:37 PM CDT up reply actions

SIP-PI-O! SIP-PI-O! Sip….Pi….OOOOOOOHHHHHHH!

My long, drawn-out predictions that no one cares about, nor will bother to remember:

1. Todd Haley will still be the Chiefs Head Coach up to the 2011 season.
2. Clancy Pendergast won't make it to the 2010 season and was never intended to. Last-minute hire for a position that needed to be filled.
3. Todd Haley will not be the OC at the start of the 2010 season.

by jbj8609 on May 20, 2010 11:43 AM CDT reply actions

Nice!

*My opinions are subject to change.

by CMatthews on May 20, 2010 11:54 AM CDT up reply actions

Bangorang!

Chiefs - back in the playoffs in 2011.

by TRSChief on May 20, 2010 11:57 AM CDT up reply actions

win!

Other Arenas wish they could be like Arrowhead Stadium as it prepares to turn a new Page on Chiefs legacy. Rivals think they are going to be fine on a island of Flowers, but when they get hit by what feels like a Carr, they'll never be able to eat a Berry ever again.

by worc on May 20, 2010 12:06 PM CDT up reply actions

We signed Greenwood? Good Lord!

by cpa913 on May 20, 2010 11:46 AM CDT reply actions

Teicher vs. Fans

I remember some fans getting angry at Teicher because they thought Sippio was a beast at WR

by xchiefsx on May 20, 2010 11:51 AM CDT via mobile reply actions

I have a lot higher hopes for C. Greenwood than I ever did for Sippio

Sippio was a product of Hard Knocks. C. Greenwood’s sounds like a hard worker, team captain, good size, speed, agility, etc. Something the Chiefs are looking for in their players

by Chiefs_KC on May 20, 2010 12:42 PM CDT reply actions

i agree

He also plays a position that doesn’t really lend itself to huge over exaggerated stats. A WR may looks amazing when he plays against inferior competition. Greenwood’s athleticism is on par with some top picks, and he played very well against mediocre competition. Whereas Bobby didn’t have any measureables and played against arena (not even real football) competition.

I expect Cory to contribute immediately on special teams.

"A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week."

by bigbe on May 20, 2010 1:46 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions