Which UDFAs Will Make the Team?
by Chris
on Jun 12, 2008 1:28 PM CDT
in 2008 Off Season
| CB Jason Horton | DE Jason Parker | S Khayyam Burns | LB E.J. Kuale | K Conner Barth |
| CB Maurice Leggett | DE Johnny Dingle | S Ron Girault | LB Lerue Rumph | |
| CB Will Poole | DE Jonal Saint-Dic | LB Steve Octavien | ||
| DT Derek Lokey | LB Weston Dacus | |||
| DT Maurice Murray | ||||
| *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| G Chris McDuffie | RB Dantrell Savage | FB Mike Cox | T Ken Shackleford | WR Jabari Arthur |
| G Edwin Harrison | RB Kalvin McRae | FB Steven Jackson | WR Kevin McMahan | |
| G Ian-Yates Cunningham | ||||
| G L.J. Anderson | ||||
Above are the current undrafted free agents on the Kansas City Chiefs roster. There may be one or two guys in the waiver wire flux but we can manage for now.
I'm only going to say two of these players make it - FB Mike Cox and K Connor Barth. Cox because he's a former Georgia Tech Yellow Jacket and played under Chan Gailey. Barth, because, well, we don't have many other options at this point. We need to invest in a kicker and that investment will be mainly one of time. Barth seems to have that mental stability that Justin Medlock did not.
So, in my opinion, only two of these guys make it on to the roster. History says that number is about average when it comes to undrafted free agents.
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Warpaint's OTAs Coverage
by Direckshun
on May 28, 2008 2:27 PM CDT
in 2008 Off Season
OTAs are notoriously mysterious times for the Chiefs this year. Few reports emerge, even fewer pictures emerge, and forget about gleaning any substantial facts from the personnel themselves--Herm and Chan reinforced that notion yesterday.
All this makes Warpaint Illustrated's coverage of this year's OTAs a very welcome surprise. Warpaint's reporting from OTAs is more detailed and more frequent than any other source out there.
This morning they posted their review of yesterday's goings-on. Included in their report is a list of players whose stock are rising this week. Their opinion, of course, but it's better than nothing. It's a great read; I'll just list the players that Warpaint's getting excited about:
- LT Branden Albert
- CB Brandon Carr
- DE Brian Johnston
- DT T.J. Jackson
- MLB Napoleon Harris
- CB Will Poole
- K Connor Barth
Nap Harris, eh? Who knew? Here I was, circling every televised game USC plays this year so I could start scouting MLB Rey Maualuga. Perhaps I acted prematurely...
I continue to think Warpaint and you good folks here are getting my hopes too high for Brian Johnston. Call me crazy, but we just happen to acquire a white DE who's roughly the same size with dynamite speed in the late round of the draft in the same week Jared Allen leaves... Mefears there may be some wishful thinking afoot.
Most interesting tidbit from the article -- right now, Dimitri Patterson is starting across from Brandon Flowers at CB. Surtain's not currently participating; you'd have to think Surtain would be slated to take the other starting position. Wouldn't you?
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