"You can say, ‘This team is a contender,’ or, ‘This team is a Super Bowl champ,’ (but) a lot of times when you slot a team like that early in the offseason, they don’t make it," Chiefs left tackle Brandon Albert recently told Chiefs media. "I know we have a good nucleus of guys that know the system and know the way of life around here. "Hopefully at the end of the day, we come together and we do something special." Flowers will be happy to know that time is coming soon enough.