Patriots West?

The recent hire of Brian Daboll has spewed out a recurring and common thought (or criticism) about Scott Pioli that he tends to rely heavily on former Patriots when building the Chiefs roster/coaching staff. With using the most current roster and coaches I could find via KcChiefs.com, I separated the coaches into two separate groups by former Patriots and other. I also listed all the players on the Chiefs roster and noted which ones were former Patriots.

The results post jump...

Current Chiefs coaches, former Patriots:

Romeo Crennel, Maurice Carthon, Brian Daboll, Anthony Pleasant, Otis Smith

Other current Chiefs coaches:

Richie Anderson, Mike Clark, Gary Gibbs, Steve Hoffman, Bernie Parmalee, Pat Perles, Brent Salazar, Nick Sirianni, Emmitt Thomas, Adam Zimmer, Jim Zorn

Current Players:

Out of 16 current coaches that I could gather, five were previously with the Patriots. For you math wizards, that equals around 31%. This is somewhat of a significant number, but not overwhelming by any manner. Out of the 68 players listed, 3 were former Pats (Cassel, O'Callaghan, and Maneri) resulting in a whopping 4.4%--note Maneri was not with the Pats while Pioli was there.

I researched these numbers out of pure curiosity. I am not standing behind them as being 100% accurate because I did the research fairly quickly. A more diligent researcher may look into all personnel moves by Pioli since his hire by the Chiefs. There have been other Patriots (Vrabel and Weis) that have come and gone, yet other non-former Patriots (Haley and Muir) that have also seen the entrance and exit doors at Arrowhead. I am under the opinion that Pioli has done what any other person would do in his situation. He has brought in people he is familiar with, but not to a fault. The idea that he constantly just milks the tree that is the Patriots is a misconception.