Romanowski played for the Raiders so his ability to manage people is unmatched by any other former player still alive today.   Photo via api.ning.com

As if the AFC West weren't bad enough, former Bronco Bill "Your Face Is About To Meet My Fist" Romanowski recently came out with this goldmine:

"For [Broncos owner] Pat [Bowlen] to do something like this, it would take him being a visionary, thinking outside the box," said Romanowski, whose coaching experience includes helping with his son's football team. "Him hiring me, it's a long shot. I understand that. I know that."

Seriously?

"This may be a complete fantasy and that's all right ... At the end of the day, nothing may happen from it."

He may want the job but he doesn't actually believe he's a better coach than guys that have dedicated their lives to coaching.  Wait, does he think he's the best candidate out there?

"I truly believe that I'd be the best person in the country for the job. That's me being confident in my abilities," Romanowski said.

He included a 7 page Power Point presentation detailing why he should be included in the candidates.

After I read this and got up off the floor and back into my chair from laughing so hard, I thought I could think of plenty of former Chiefs players that are future coaches.  The first one that pops into my mind is Trent Green.

I think making the transition from QB to coach is more seamless than any other position on the field considering how much information you need to pile (and process) into your brain.  Herm is a former defensive back coach and it shows in his drafting/coaching.

What former (or current) Chiefs player is going to be the next coach in the NFL?

For more information on Romanowski's coaching career, check out his blog.

Emmitt Thomas, a Kansas City Chief from 1966 to 1979, is going to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame this evening. Thomas is the eighth Kansas City Chief be inducted into the Hall of Fame. He joins Bobby Bell, Buck Buchanan, Len Dawson, Lamar Hunt, Willie Lanier, Jan Stenurud and Hank Stram. Here is a great article and set of video clips from NFL.com.

Thomas led the AFL with nine interceptions in 1969 and added three more in the playoffs -- including two in the AFL title game against rival Oakland and an interception in Super Bowl IV. The Chiefs were the last AFL champion.

Congratulations, Emmitt Smith Thomas. Leave your comments on the Hall of Famer's career below.

Arrowhead Pride turns two today...

Back in April of 2006, while I was living in Washington, DC, I started the now-defunct Tomahawk Blog. Since I wasn't living in Kansas City anymore, I needed motivation to keep up with the Chiefs, since I wouldn't be getting my info through all of the easily accessible local coverage. And, I didn't want to go back home to KC to visit and have my friends call me out for not paying enough attention to the Chiefs. I figured they'd think I was all East Coast, which they did anyway.

About a month after doing daily posts on the Tomahawk Blog, BBS from Stampede Blue shot me an email saying SB Nation needed a Chiefs blogger and wondered if I was interested. I of course said yes and Arrowhead Pride was born a short time later.

As I've often mentioned here, the first year or so of the blog's existence was total crap. My writing was terrible and I had no idea what I was doing. Don't even go back and read the archives. I'm talking one line posts and stuff. It was embarrassing.

Somewhere along the line, I became more comfortable and got better command of the site. I'm not sure when it happened. It just sort of did.

The last two years have seen a steady increase in quality, quantity and traffic for Arrowhead Pride. We have some truly great contributors that come here. And that's what it's really all about - you, out there reading, commenting and writing your own stuff. Without you guys, I'm just another guy with a sports blog.

There are a few people I want to thank for helping this blog get to where it is. First and foremost, I need to give a big THANK YOU to Primetime, who is a long time contributor and main man behind the scenes. He writes, he edits, he comments. He does it all. Thanks Primetime. I feel like this is as much your site as it is mine.

I also need to say thanks to ALL of our commenters and contributors. Like I said above, it's all of us, pulling seats up to the proverbial bar and talking Chiefs that make this thing run like it does.

The Chiefs blogosphere needs a shout out too. Arrowhead Addict, Home of the Chiefs, Warpaint Illustrated and KC Chiefs Fanatic to name a few have been around for a long time and I often took inspiration from you. Thanks.

For you stat guys out there, here are a couple interesting facts:

Total number of visits: 498,771 (How cool would it be if we hit 500,000 visits today?)

Best month for traffic: That will be this month. We'll go over 50,000 visits this month. Our previous best was October 2007 (48,943), when we got a front page link on SI.com. We had over 21,000 visitors in one day.

Total number of comments: 20,561

Total number of front page posts: 1,456

Total number of FanPosts: 848

Total number of FanShots: 342

Well, I'm going to leave it at that. I'm glad you guys enjoy your time here. Because I really love doing this. Everyone keep up the good work.

Thanks!

If you're an avid sports blog reader, you've probably noticed banners all around the blogosphere promoting the FanHouse Leagues. It's a new fantasy league backed by AOL and the FanHouse. And we're lucky enough to have a league especially for Arrowhead Pride readers.

Click here to get started. Find the Arrowhead Pride logo, which should be right at the top. Click it, then click Register on the left, then add your name and email to finishing the process.

Once registered, you need only to wait until on or around 7/31/08 to see if you were chosen to be in the official League of 12. Think of it as a random drawing, with you "winning" an entry into the League.

Don't worry about not getting a spot in the first AP league. I can make more if need be.

For the record, as many of you know, I can be that lazy fantasy football player that doesn't update his roster. That will change this year (crosses fingers). In fact, I still have some stray money in a PayPal account from last year because I couldn't get everyone to respond to a money collection email. To the winner of last year's league, I will get that money to you this week. I just need to go back and find out who to send it to.

So, please register for a spot. It should be a lot of fun. Maybe we can get some prize going for the winners of the leagues. Don't hold me to that though.

I can answer your questions in the comment section. Also, if you do register, please let us know in the comment section. First time commenters, this is a good time to introduce yourself.

The Kansas City Chiefs third game of the season will definitely be the least watched NFL contest of the week. The Chiefs travel to the Georgia Dome to play the Atlanta Falcons, a team that may actually be worse on paper than the Chiefs are right now. If you've seen any sort of power rankings this off season, nearly every one has the Chiefs and Falcons ranked at some combination of 32nd and 31st.

I'll confess I don't know much about the Falcons' off season. Dave from The Falcoholic could you tell you a lot more. There was the whole Michael Vick deal. We laughed at them when they drafted Matt Ryan. What else is there?

With both teams in shambles after the 2007 season, there aren't many talented positions on the Falcons, making it difficult to point to a particular match up and say that's a challenge. Instead this game will be more about the development of Brodie Croyle. Week 3 will be his ninth NFL start. The Falcons traded away Pro Bowl corner back Deangelo Hall to the Raiders during the off season, meaning Croyle should have a good opportunity to swing the ball around and attack the defense.

If Brodie Croyle hasn't shown substantial improvement against the Atlanta Falcons, I wouldn't be getting nervous quite yet but I would be a tad concerned. A lot of this is dependent on other factors as well - the offensive line, the running game. But if Croyle gets a fair shot at a pass defense that was ranked 23rd with Deangelo Hall and doesn't produce, the Croyle critics will multiply and become much louder.

Thoughts on the Chiefs and Falcons?

Smells like...training camp!

The Kansas City Chiefs currently have 86 players on their roster, meaning they'll have to cut six by the time training camp starts on Thursday. Until this season, the minimum used to be higher than 80 players but with the folding of NFL Europe, teams now have on average eight players less to take to camp. Before, teams could take those extra eight players and ship them off to NFL Europe before the regular season roster deadlines would hit.

By August 26th, teams will have to trim their roster to 75 players and by August 30th the roster has to be down to the regular season maximum of 53 players.

So, six need to go. Who are they? Who knows, really. Here's a rundown by position, using a blogger's best friend - a list! I've also put the number of cuts next to each position. Predicting cuts is a terribly inexact science, so I'm hoping for a lively debate. In fact, you can make solid arguments against some of my choices below.

Quarterback (0) - The Chiefs only have three quarterbacks on the roster now, which means they're almost assuredly taking all three currently on the roster to camp with them. You'd even like to have four QBs but it doesn't appear that's going to happen before camp. No cuts from this group.

Potential pre-training camp cuts: None

Fullback (0) - I think the Chiefs will take all four fullbacks to camp but only one will be on the regular season starting roster. They're all safe for now.

Potential pre-training camp cuts: None

Offensive line (1) - Of the fourteen offensive linemen on the roster, five of them will be starters and we know who they are - McIntosh, Albert, Jones, Niswanger and Waters. That leaves nine and we'll need at least one backup in each spot for the regular season. That leaves four guys out and here's a guess on who they are - Tre Stallings, Ken Shackleford, Travis Leffew and LJ Anderson. Stallings has been on a couple of practice squads before so maybe he has a chance to make it but I don't think so. The Chiefs probably take almost all of these guys to camp but four will likely have to go for the regular season. One possible cut here but I doubt it.

Potential pre-training camp cuts: Travis Leffew, Ken Shackleford, Tre Stallings, Edwin Harrison, L.J. Anderson or Rob Smith.

Tight End (0) - Of the five tight ends on the roster, Tony Gonzalez is a definite yes, followed by Brad Cottam and maybe Michael Allan to make the final roster. The Chiefs will have at least two tight ends on the active roster and may keep another one on the practice squad. In fact, we'll likely end up with three on the final roster, with the last spot going to a big time blocking tight end. For now, I think all of them make it to training camp because of the uncertainty surrounding who will be our blocking tight end.

Potential pre-training camp cuts: None

Wide Receiver (2) - We have a glut of wide receivers now (nine total) and I think two of these guys are definitely gone. This is an expendable position because of the preference of defensive players over offensive ones to play on special teams. A couple of these guys won't be able to hang on as a special teamer. I think Kevin McMahan and Jabari Arthur bite it from this group because of their "Who the hell am I?" status. You can also throw Bobby Sippio in there as well. The guy didn't catch a pass last year and sat on the practice squad for a little over a week with no interest from other NFL teams who were allowed to sign him at any point during that time.

Potential pre-training camp cuts: Jabari Arthur, Kevin McMahan or Bobby Sippio.

Running back (0) - Johnson, Battle, Smith, Charles, Savage and McCrae all make the training camp squad but only three make it to the regular season. Savage, Battle and McCrae will be the odd men out come September. The Chiefs have solid #1 and #2 backs with Charles and Johnson but I think they're unsure beyond that. That explains the glut of solid backups.

Potential pre-training camp cuts: None but leaning toward one of these guys being let go this week. That's a lot of running backs.

Corner back (1) - There are nine CBs on the squad now and a lot of uncertainty after Surtain, Flowers and Carr on the depth chart. Herm and co. will probably take all but one of these guys to River Falls, with a few others being cut by September. Expect some to stick around strictly as special teamers.

Potential pre-training camp cuts: Will Poole, Jason Horton or Maurice Legget.

Linebacker (1) - There are ten linebackers on the roster and two tiers have clearly developed. The top tier is Derrick Johnson, Donnie Edwards, Demorrio Williams and Nap Harris. Below that are a half dozen special teams/backup types, almost all of whom will be on the practice squad or strictly special teams. The numbers don't require the Chiefs to cut many here, so just one probably goes from this group.

Potential pre-training camp cuts: Steve Octavien, E.J. Kuale, Nate Harris, Weston Dacus or LeRue Rumph.

Defensive Ends (1) - The Chiefs haven't settled on their Jared Allen replacement because they have seven defensive ends currently on the roster. Because of the large number of players at this position, I think one of these guys doesn't make it to River Falls. Turk McBride, Tamba Hali and Alfonso Boone are locks to make the team, with UDFAs rounding out the rest of the crop.

Potential pre-training camp cuts: Trevor Johnson, Johnny Dingle or Jason Parker.

Defensive Tackles (0) - All six d-tackles will be going to River Falls, considering that six isn't really that many to have on the roster at this point. The rotational nature of the position means you'll always have a few extra around, making it easier to slip into camp as an UDFA. Dorsey, Edwards and Tank likely make up the starting three.

Potential pre-training camp cuts: None

Kicker (0) - Do you think Herm Edwards will ever go into camp with less than two kickers after the disappointment Justin Medlock was last year? Novak and Barth both go and I'm not sure which one makes it out as the starter.

Potential pre-training camp cuts: None

Safety (0) - Safety is another good position for filling special teams. Page and Pollard are the starters and Herm's boy John McGraw is also a lock to make the team. DaJuan Morgan is another lock and a future starting contender.

Potential pre-training camp cuts: None

Those are my general positions that I think the cuts will come from. They're based on a mixture of number at that position, stability of the starters and historical precedent.

Your thoughts on who stays and who goes this week before camp starts?

"Well, obviously...."

Herm doesn't seem like a good pitchman, which I think is sort of what he's doing in this video. Nevertheless, it's a short clip filled with Hermisms. Gotta love 'em. It doesn't get more Herm than his closing line:

"And whatever you can do with the message that you know is gonna help, you need to do that."

Enjoy your Sunday. The players arrive in River Falls on the Thursday the 24th and they start practice this Friday. Get excited!

Former Chief Johnnie Morton goes on a blind date. And for some reason, John Salley shows up halfway through. I still haven't watched the whole thing. It's from a show called Date the Pros. H/T to KC Chiefs Football.

The word on the street and in the FanPost section is that the Kansas City Chiefs have finally released safety Greg Wesley. Back in May, it was made clear Wesley would be released and just before training camp, it's become "official". I put quotes around official because Wesley is still listed on the roster and no official word has come down.

A quick note about the Brett Favre business. There is no way he is coming to KC and lazy sportswriters are just saying that to make a few waves. Anyone who has paid a smidgen of attention to the Chiefs in the last year knows Brett Favre is the opposite type of player Herm wants.

Arrowhead Addict has a piece about Carl Peterson and the upcoming Dark Knight Batman movie. They're running the Dark Knight at the IMAX here, but it's already sold out this weekend. Anyone ever seen a movie in an IMAX theater? I think I'm going to hold off and wait to see it there. Sounds like it would be worth it.

Just wanted to mention that I think Jeffrey Flanagan is doing a great job at Over the Top. It's pretty cool to see a newspaper embrace sports blogs and embrace them well. Keep up the good work Jeffrey.

Mr. Jon Yoon at says its about time the Chiefs took on a corporate sponsor. I'm sure Jon is fully prepared for the deluge of comments opposed to his stance. But as usual, he makes good points and it's tough to argue with him.

That's it for this morning. Jibber jabber away here if you're bored on this final bastion of work before the summer weekend.