• Gotta love headlines like this- Broncos might not be fixable. Don't forget that the Broncos play the Browns tonight.


• Great point from Jonathan Rand at the mothership- "Without a strong pass rush, there’s no place for a cornerback to hide."


• Arrowhead Addict has a mid-season review posted.


• Michael Ash at WPI talks about the issues surrounding the Chiefs after last week's game.


• This headline actually made me feel bad for Lion fans.


• Jared Allen could be out 2 to 4 weeks with a severe shoulder sprain.


• Christian Okoye is not impressed with the offensive wrinkles he's seen this year.


• I hate reading stuff like this about KC's sports woes- "But what about Kansas City, where fans have faithfully supported the Chiefs despite no playoff wins since 1993 and just a single Super Bowl win almost 39 years ago? The Royals, meanwhile, last won a World Series in 1985 and have had just one winning season in the last 15 years. Efforts by the city to lure an NHL or NBA franchise with a new downtown arena have flopped. "

via ESPN.com

I have a confession- I would rather watch election returns than the Super Bowl. Yeah, I said it. This presidential stuff only comes around every four years. All media coverage today will be election related so make sure you check out AP throughout the day to escape. More on the Chiefs offensive explosion in a bit...

• Quick injury notes- The Chiefs might have CB Brandon Flowers (hamstring) and P Dustin Colquitt (groin) but LB Derrick Johnson (hamstring) and CB Pat Surtain (quad) are less likely to play.


• Rick Dean of the Topeka-Capital Journal talks about Tyler Thigpen starting again for the Kansas City Chiefs in 2009.


• The joys of rebuilding- Rookie CB Brandon Carr was the most experienced secondary player at one point last weekend.


• For some reason, I like this mentality from WR Mark Bradley about his TD pass to Thigpen- "Actually, I didn’t think about nothing. I just went back and threw it. It just happened to drop in his arms."


• Jon at MVN says don't blame Chan Gailey for Sunday's loss.


• One more from MVN- Am I Talking Myself Into Tyler Thigpen?


• A mock draft? Why not?


• Cleveland Browns QB Brady Quinn will start this Thursday. Read more at Dawgs by Nature.


• Geez...I know it's played out to criticize the traditional sports media but they can't see enough improvement in this team to write about it?


• Rams WR Dante Hall will be put on injured reserve after suffering a high-ankle sprain.


• It's election day! Check out RCS' 10 most un-athletic presidents.

I'm still working on today's game recap so DJ's post is going to sit up top until just a bit later this morning. -Chris

I'm sure by now we have all heard the report from Jay Glazer that the Chiefs have been in talks with the Cleveland Browns to acquire Brady Quinn, who was expected to be a top 5 pick in the 2007 draft and surprisingly dropped clear to #22 where the Browns traded in right in front of the Chiefs.

Though Glazer said the Browns had declined our offer, which apparently involved multiple draft picks, Warpaint Illustrated is reporting that the talks are not dead and should heat up following the latest addition to the longest losing streak in Chiefs history.

According to WPI:

Brodie Croyle will remain sidelined for what amounts to roughly eight weeks before he’s ready to practice and take any hits on his right shoulder.

Chiefs nation simply will not survive another six weeks of Tyler Thigpen.

I have been a staunch Croyle supporter since he was drafted in the 3rd round of 2006, but the injury issue simply cannot be passed over anymore.  Three injuries causing missing game time in seven starts is too much and no matter how good he has the potential to be, if he's not available, he does the team no good and part of rebuilding is thinking of the team long term first over individual players.

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Reportedly the Browns are asking for our 1st round pick in 2009 for Quinn, which quite likely will be a top 5 pick and very possibly could be #1 overall.  Here are the reasons I think we need to fork it over immediately:

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It's all need to know info, right?

• One of the unverified rumors circling KC this week has been that Damon Huard asked to be taken out of the Raiders game, or that he had gotten on Herm's bad side and coach got fed up with him. Not sure if either of those is true but I wanted to throw them out there.


• Brodie Croyle and Pat Surtain are the only Kansas City Chiefs not practicing according to the injury report. Looks like Nap Harris and Will Franklin are a go this weekend but I'm unsure of how much they'll play, if at all.


• Harm Edwards? It could stick.


• Within two weeks, Tony Gonzalez should surpass Shannon Sharpe on the all-time receiving yards for a tight end list. He needs 85 yards to do it.That would give TG the most touchdowns by a tight end; the most receptions by a tight end; and the most receiving yards by a tight end. Greatest. Ever.


• Eh, why not? Early Look: NFL Draft Top 100 Prospects from Rivals.com.


• I suppose it's about time to start using this phrase - "The Nextel portion of Sprint Nextel has been losing subscribers even faster than the Kansas City Chiefs have been losing starting quarterbacks lately."


• Jeffrey Flanagan says: "Be patient. It will get better."



• One more item of note from the Comment of the Day on Flanagan's blog - "My family has had season tickets for 35+ years. I would like a partial credit towards next year, please."

  No. No you should not get a freakin' partial refund. Do you know how exchanging money for a product works? You paid to see a football season. Not a winning football season. A season. You did not pay for a specific football strategy. No team can guarantee wins. It was your decision to buy the season tickets. The Chiefs did not make you do that. Maybe if you paid an ounce of attention to the team you would know that the expectations for this year were zero. At least for the educated fans they were.

  You wouldn't demand a refund on your wedding because you and your wife got in a fight, would you?

  The reader comment ends like this: "How great would it be if all the fans boycotted and stayed in the parking lot for a whole game?" Seriously dude? You just lost your Chiefs' fan privileges. Give your tickets to someone who actually wants to watch football and stay the hell away from me.




• Speaking of wives and the Chiefs...



• More Quinn talk: Brady Quinn Will Not Be A Member of the Kansas City Chiefs.


• No TV blackout in Atlanta. Get used to hearing about Chiefs blackouts this year. It's the lazy story to file on Wednesday for reporters because the sell-by date for the NFL is Thursdays at 1 PM for Sunday games.


• I forgot where I read it but someone compared Damon Huard to a few of the guys in the cart in this clip.


• styg50 from MHR picked the Chiefs to win this weekend!


• Finally, and I'm stretching a bit here, does it bother you that Tyler Thigpen's alma mater's football program is only five years old? It has no bearing on his play in the NFL today but I'm just saying. That's a young program.

Wooh..that's a lot of links. Come back throughout the day if you don't get to read them all this morning. Enjoy those and we'll have this week's Know Thy Enemy coming up shortly. Also, please take part in our demographic poll below. Thanks!