Bills Vs. Chiefs: Plenty Of Connections

by Joel Thorman on Sep 6, 2011 2:02 PM CDT

The Kansas City Chiefs game release has a list of all the connections between the Chiefs and Buffalo Bills for Sunday's season opening game.

With OC Chan Gailey leaving KC and heading to Buffalo, there are plenty of connections between these two teams. Most notably, that includes QB Tyler Thigpen.

With a hat tip to the Chiefs game release, here are all the connections this week:

Chiefs GM Scott Pioli (88-89) and assistant GM Joel Collier (88-89) were graduate assistant at Syracuse. Collier was born in Buffalo, NY.
Collier's father, Joe Collier, served as the Bills head coach (66-68), leading the club to the 1968 AFL Championship game vs. Kansas City.
Buffalo head coach Chan Gailey (2008), TEs coach Bob Bicknell (07-09), OL coach Joe D'Alessandris (08-09), offensive coordinator/RBs coach Curtis Modkins (2008) and offensive quality control coach Kevin Patullo (07-08) all coached with Kansas City.
Bills director of college scouting Chuck Cook held the same position for the Chiefs (97-09).
Buffalo QB Tyler Thigpen played for Kansas City (07-09).
Buffalo OL Colin Brown spent time with the Chiefs (08), played collegiately at Missouri and is a native of Braymer, Mo.
Kansas City offensive quality control coach Nick Sirianni is a native of Jamestown, NY.
Bills special teams coordinator Bruce DeHaven is a native of Trousdale, Kan. and coached at Kansas (79-91).
Buffalo ILB coach DeMontie Cross played (94-96) and coached (98-99) at Missouri.
Bills assistant to the head coach Daryl Daye coached at Missouri Southern (06-09).
Bills QB Brad Smith played collegiately at Missouri.
Bills P Brian Moorman is a native of Wichita, Kan. and played collegiately at Pittsburgh State.
Kansas City QB coach and Buffalo assistant special teams coach Stan Kwan coached together for the Detroit Lions (98-00).
KC pro personnel scout Mike Borgonzi had a tryout with Buffalo (2002).

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Brian Moorman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwfSh9P2PFY

by RamX21 on Sep 6, 2011 2:06 PM CDT reply actions

Missed Connection: Tyler Thigpen

should be starting QB for Chiefs

by ArrowDread on Sep 6, 2011 2:16 PM CDT reply actions

David Garrard released.

by CHIEFFAN82 on Sep 6, 2011 2:17 PM CDT reply actions

Wait, what?

I’m not seeing anything about that on ESPN.

"[Jamaal Charles] probably fights crime in his spare time while inhaling carbon emissions, exhaling oxygen, and crapping oil. That’s how awesome he is. Not just good for the Chiefs, but America."
- MNchiefsfan

by MtHammer on Sep 6, 2011 2:20 PM CDT up reply actions

Rosenthal has it up on PFT

by dbaty7 on Sep 6, 2011 2:20 PM CDT up reply actions

And SBNation has it now.

http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2011/9/6/2408357/david-garrard-released-jacksonville-jaguars

I can’t believe it. Why would they cut him? Just a cost cutting measure? Did he sleep with Del Rio’s wife?

by MtHammer on Sep 6, 2011 2:25 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

I saw this

I am kind of surprused by this move.

by dbaty7 on Sep 6, 2011 2:20 PM CDT up reply actions

Obligatory.

by MtHammer on Sep 6, 2011 2:18 PM CDT reply actions

he might be into doing dead people, be I miss him on the team,fun to watch him play...

by Alex Humphries on Sep 6, 2011 2:23 PM CDT up reply actions

Agreed.

The guy was a lot of fun to watch. I remember his TD catch against the Bucs. Still one of the sickest Chiefs plays I’ve ever seen.

*When we blitz, have the LB's do a KC Strip. Do this in remembrance of DT.
*Dear David Glass, as a lifelong Royals fan, I beg you to please sell the team. You have always been the problem; you will never be the solution.

by mistamic on Sep 6, 2011 4:31 PM CDT up reply actions