4 Free Agents The Chiefs Would Be Smart To Pursue

IMHO

It just wont work. he’s strictly a 4-3 DE. Far too light to even remotely be considered a 3-4 DE. We’d have no use for him as a OLB as we already have a rush OLB in Hali.

I’m sure everyone knows all the “usual objections” so I won’t list them here

I know a couple of the sites listing Free Agents has stated that but none of them are that reputable. There’s a reason why Bell is going to be available and really would a team as needy as Buffalo let a great run and pass blocker go if that was the case? Bell is the opposite of Barry Richardson. He can pass block but can’t run block all that well.

We already have a beastly LT in Albert and Demetrius is solely a pass-blocker (he’s strictly and LT, not and RT).
Ryan Grant gets hurt too much for being the workhorse half of our running tandem, and is a fumbling machine. Besides, he doesn’t run physically enough to really wear down a defense. I’m ok with Battle for now, or a RB in draft, or possibly a guy like Jason Snelling, Peyton Hillis, or Brandon Jacobs. I’d be down with using Le’Ron as a runner more, as well.
Cliff Avril doesn’t fit here. Not fast enough as a OLB in our system (besides, we already have a Top 3 Pass-rusher in Hali and a rising star in Justin Houston), and too small and weak for DE. Not a good fit.
Manning costs a LOT. I realize he would obviously help, he’s probably got a year or two left for a team that really only needs an elite QB to lead them to a Super Bowl and he could help develop Stanzi, but he is SOOOOOO expensive!

Leron McClain
John Carlson
Cory Redding
Kareem McKenzie

One of the Chiefs big advantages of maybe getting Manning, is that he will want to go somewhere where he can win. In my opinion, these are the teams who have a chance at Manning.
Chiefs, Dolphins, Cardinals, Redskins, Browns, and the Bucs. I would include the Raiders or Broncos, but the Raiders are now committed to Palmer, and I don’t see the Broncos getting him because Manning wouldnt want to be in the Tebow drama.
Since Manning wants to go somewhere to win, he wouldn’t want to go to Miami, because he’d be playing Tom Brady and the patriots twice, and he’d have to beat them to get in the playoffs most likely. The Cardinals in the NFC North are convincing, but Manning would have to beat out the 49ers to have a better chance at the Super Bowl, and that’s unlikely for the Cards. The Browns have no running game or receiving weapons, and they also have the steelers bengals and ravens in the division. For the Redskins, he’d have an older receiving corp and only a decent running game, in a tough division with the Eagles Giants and Cowboys. Then again it would be interesting to play his brother twice a year! Then, the Bucs. They play in warm weather, and have a good running game with Legarrete Blount, the only thing keeping him from going there would be a bad receiving corp, and he’d be playing in the same division as the Saints. Manning wants to win. So he wouldn’t play in the same division as Brady, Brees, Rothlesburger and the good Ravnes Defense, and the 49ers defense.
Ahhhhhh! Then comes the Chiefs. The Chiefs have a young, good defense, a great receiving group with Bowe, Baldwin, Breaston, and Moeaki. And a great running game, assuming Jamaal Charles comes back healthy, which he is supposed to. Also, they may add another Running back, or maybe anther WR who’s familiar with Manning in Pierre Garçon or Reggie Wayne if Bowe isn’t re-signed. And most importantly, the Chiefs play in the worst division inthe Nfl by far. There is not
a team to be afraid of in the AFC west, and there’s not a team that the Chiefs can’t beat with ease.
That’s why I think Peyton Manning would have some interest in coming to Kansas City

won’t get Nicks so, Bush it is. Can never get enuff Bush