NFL Roster Cuts: Chiefs Make Toribio Signing Official, Release Quinten Lawrence

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Second, yes, after the "football" game (It’s doing the sport an injustice to pretend that was a real football team) us Jayhawks are begging for our fat, faithful leader to return.

I’m not. At least not if you’re referring to Mangino. There’s more to life than winning and losing, and the way it turned out he was running his program was a disgrace. I’m glad he’s gone.

As for Turner Gill – last night’s game was ugly, but give it more than 1 week before declaring him a bust. We lost a lot of talent on offense between this year and last. Reesing, Sharp, Meier, and Briscoe are all gone, and Opurum is now a linebacker (a move I’m still not sold on, but still). We’ve got a lot of inexperienced players adjusting to a totally new scheme. It will get better as the season goes on.

If you’re desperate for Mangino to return, that’s a totally valid opinion, but I wouldn’t speak for all Jayhawk fans. I don’t care if Mangino had been fired as the winning-est coach in history. I don’t care if he had brought 7 national titles to KU. The way he ran the program was not ok. We may not be a national powerhouse, but we’re still better than that.

Rock chalk.

What I liked most was going d-line right outta the gate. Giving props to the D trenches, and knowing how to use ’em (now that the Crennel piece is in place). I like the fact that the first biggest contract went to a franchise 3-4 DE and that the following biggest contract went to a franchise DB.

I harp ALL the friggin’ time about d-line and d-back (trenches and perimeter) coming first, and that’s just what Pioli did, so I’m definitely liking a lot of the things he’s done. His maddening lack of aggression on the LB front suits me just fine. You’re more likely to develop a great LB with great d-line and d-backs than you are to develop your own dark horse d-back or d-lineman, just by having a great LB. Team concept and smarts can get a LB a long way, but if a DB can’t cover or a DL can’t draw the doubleteam, there ain’t much the LB can do to make everything work, although that’s just what a lot of folks always seem to want.

If they were conservative, they would have kept Gailey last season, they would have gone after a safe retread for QB, someone like Leftwich and kept Thigpen around, and kowtowed to 2.7 to keep him happy and kept far away from Chambers.

I think Pioli and Haley have an idea of what kind of team they want and what kind of players. They aren’t conservative, they are just sticking to their playbook. That’s a strength, not a weakness.

He will be daring and take risks. How many times did he go for it on 4th last year. I think he did it quite often compared to most HCs. Now, there were a few instances where he probably shouldn’t have done so. But, that’s not conservative.

Get a stud for the future that actually has the opportunity to sit, watch, and learn. I feel sorry for these guys like Stafford and Bradford getting thrown to the wolves as rookies.

an COULD take a QB and not give him 50 mil guaranteed

would I have to fight off the insatiable urge to thank you? Do sharks have a week dedicated to you?

But QB’s one of those positions that I think are so hard to fill because nobody has the patience to build a team and end up throwing their new savior into the fire (We tend to be hard on our saviors.). A very few, like Tarkenton, Marino, or Smellway, could lift a team on their shoulders, but only Smellway won it all, and only after a mere 120 yards in the air was enough to seal the deal (Great team around him).

I don’t think Tom Brady would have EVER made it in the NFL if he’d been thrown into their situations or into situations like Donovan McNabb’s in Philly or Jason Campbell’s in Washington. The list goes on and on, but you have to be very lucky to hit on a McNabb, and you’ll still fall short 9 times out of 10, when a great QB is no substitute for a great team, and you WILL face a great team in the SB.

I will be in the stands watching. :)

Pioli’s pretty conservative with those high picks, avoiding downside as much as possible, and I had issues with virtually every NT who went in the first couple rounds. Sure, one or more of those guys will have very good or even great careers, but there are too many holes on this Chiefs team to risk taking a backward step in the first couple rounds.

Staying away from NT, it looks like they might’ve hit on 6 guys who will start or see significant playing time (if Sheffield’s gonna be AOK) out of this draft. This new kid they just brought in from GB at least looks like he can hold up at the point and get some push on passing plays. That’s about the minimum that this D really NEEDS from the nose, and that’s why Lokey, for all his activity, is no longer with the Chiefs.

Frankly, though, I think Crennel is going to do just fine with the guys he has. Sure, they want an all-pro NT, but my take on the preseason is they have the guys they need to get it done. I think that running up the gut against the Chiefs this year is going to be a totally different story than last year.