A win today is all it will take to propel us forward

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Hello everyone!

I figured that i would give you all something nice to wake up to, and something to hopefully get you a little pumped before this Steelers game. 

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I know I'm going to be fried by some of you for this, but I have a migraine and I can't sleep.  This has kept me from going off of the deep end tonight.

FA's -
RB - Chester Taylor, LenDale White, Justin Griffith (FB)
WR - Brandon Marshall, Antonio Bryant, Chris Henry, Chris Chambers, Mark Clayton, Matt Jones, Miles Austin
TE - Alge Crumpler, Ben Watson
C - Justin Hartwig
G - Logan Mankins, Richie Incognito

NT - Vince Wilfork, Casey Hampton, Jason Ferguson, Ryan Pickett
DE - Richard Seymour
OLB - Shawne Merriman
ILB - Kirk Morrison, Larry Foote,
CB - Carlos Rogers, Dunta Robinson,
S - O.J. Atogwe, Nick Collins, Darren Sharper, Dawan Landry

OK Lets start with the O-Line.  

Justin Hartwig (C) is a FA this year, 6' 5" 312 lbs. but he's 31 years old, might just be a stopgap for us.  Kind of a hometown guy, he's from Iowa, played college ball at Kansas, might not be hard to pick him up if he thinks we're making strides in the right direction.

Is Colin Brown our answer at right guard?  Alleman doesn't seem to be the man for the position, there seems to be some biased (by the coaching staff) against Ndukwe Playing right guard if anyone else has a pulse.  But Indukwe is our starting RG against Pitt this weekend isn't he?

Logan Mankins (LG) 6' 4" 310 lbs. 27 yrs old.  Logan's name has been brought up, but doing a little research he plays left guard.  We have Brian Waters and we have Branden Albert to play left guard.  Do we bring in Mankins and leave Albert at LT?

Richie Incognito (RG) 6' 3" 324 lbs. 26 yrs old.  Another name being tossed around, this time we might have hit the nail on the head.  Richie is a RG, one of our positions of need, a "dirty" player.  Could be someone worth checking out.

A project LT and a starting RT can be addressed in the draft along with a starting C, I highly doubt we put this much effort into rebuilding our O-Line this year, but there's a few options.

Moving on
TE, our Holy Shit we gave away Gonzo for these guys?!?!?!?! position

Alge Crumpler (TE) Height: 6-2 Weight: 262, 32 yrs old  Has Algernon Crumpler's clock been winding down?  Is he done?  He's a nine year vet, 32 years old.  A Haley training camp might save his career.  He's 3 yrs removed from the pro-bowl and was considered one of the best TE's in football when Tennessee signed him, with Jared Cook taking away playing time he might be ready to move on to a new team.  This is from TitanRob of the Music City Miracles "Let’s not forget that Algae proved to be a great blocker last season and his good blocking will allow Rookie TE Jared Cook to run patterns consistently and even line up in the slot."  Most of Alge's knocks come from a fumbled ball in the playoffs and coming into this season out of shape, kind of sounds like some of our guys doesn't it?

Ben Watson (TE) Height: 6-3 Weight: 255 Age: 28.   An outlet tight end, a flight of stairs up from who we have and a flight of stairs down from Gonzo but he's fairly young, but what I can find on him he's not a natural blocker, but I did find this.  "However, a source close to the team tells us that starting TE Ben Watson improved his blocking considerably during his injury-shortened 2007 campaign."  I don't remember where I got that tidbit but I'm not going back to look it up.

Moving on

Chester Taylor (RB) Height: 5-11 Weight: 213 Age: 30, an older guy gotta give you that.  I've heard reports that he's a younger Kevin Faulk.  Maybe, maybe not, and is he needed with Jamaal Charles on the roster?  But I've heard people calling for Faulk so I looked around and Taylor popped out at me.

LenDale White (RB) Height: 6-1 Weight: 235 Age: 25 by the time it counts  Here's that bruising downhill runner some want us to have.  He's seeing a diminished role in tennessee, might be ready to move on.

Justin Griffith (FB) Height: 6-0   Weight: 230   Age: 29  Has experience in a zone blocking scheme.  Trying to find a decent scouting report on this guys is a pain.  Seattles fans seem to like him better than Schmitt at FB, the way they talk Griffith finds the hole and makes the correct blocks, what I can find a lot of on him is a quote saying you had to block longer for Mike Vick than any other QB he'd ever played with.

Moving on

WR and I expect to get fried here

Chris Chambers.......we have the skinny on him, is he worth resigning?  Will he resign with us?

Mark Clayton Height: 5-10 Weight: 190 Age: 27  A hot and cold player it seems so far in his career in the league, a yo-yo guy?  Or does gameday and gameplan in Baltimore dictate the type of numbers he puts up?

Antonio Bryant Height: 6-1 Weight: 205 Age: 28  He's shown the talent to be a #1 WR, but his career seems to be a good year then a bad year, followed by a good year.  This season might be due to erratic play at the QB position in Tampa.

Matt Jones Height: 6-6 Weight: 218 Age: 26  We've all heard the good and the bad and the ugly is he worth taking a chance on at the Vet minimum for a season if he can pass the drug test?

Chris Henry Height: 6-4 Weight: 200 Age: 26  This is taken from Wikipedia, I'm getting tired here, it's late.  Henry has been involved in a string of legal troubles during his professional career, which include several arrests for such offenses as driving under the influence, marijuana possession, assault, and criminal damaging. He was suspended for the first four games of the 2008 season. He had trouble free 2009 season where he has been deep threat for the Bengals. He suffered broken forearm while making a 20 yards reception against Baltimore Ravens. He appears to be out for rest of the 2009 season.

Miles Austin Height: 6-3 Weight: 214 Age: 25   We've seen what he can do first hand, can he make a career out of doing that to people?

Brandon Marshall Height: 6-4 Weight: 230 Age: 25, again someone else we're familiar with, is his talent worth his off the field problems and what he'd bring to the locker room?

I don't want LJ junior or some of the other WR's mentioned due to off the field issues, I didn't even list TO, but to be fair I had to list most of the WR's that might be able to come in and contribute.

There's 15 possibilities on offense, holes that might be able to be filled in FA, some guys are role players, some guys that will want to own the organization.

Moving on to Defense

D-Line
NT -

Vince Wilfork Height: 6-2 Weight: 325 Age: 28  We are all familiar with this guy, with Ron Brace being brought in last season, is Wilfork out?

Casey Hampton Height: 6-1 Weight: 325 Age: 32, Pitts' NT we'll all get to see him in action sunday and draw our own conclusions.

Jason Ferguson Height: 6-3 Weight: 310 Age: 34  Is he any better than Ron Edwards?  Just went on the IR, for a knee injury, he is getting a little long in the tooth.

Ryan Pickett Height: 6-2 Weight: 340 Age: 30  Reports are that he's holding down the NT position in GB well with a rotation of BJ Raji.  

DE -

Richard Seymour  Height: 6-6 Weight: 310 Age: 30  Another guy we all know the skinny on, but will he come here?  Is pioli our ticket to him?

Moving on

OLB
Shawne Merriman - Height: 6-4 Weight: 265 Age: 25  Again someone we're familiar with, is he worth it?

ILB

Kirk Morrison Height: 6-2 Weight: 240 Age: 27  Will he fit into our 3-4?  I know he's a raider but he puts in some solid performances year in and year out.

Larry Foote Height: 6-1 Weight: 239 Age: 29  A 2 down ILB in Pitt, who was released last year and signed and played for his hometown team this year.  He stayed in on first and second down in Pitt and went out on passing downs.  Is he an upgrade?  Can we get him?

Moving on

CB -

Carlos Rogers Height: 6-0 Weight: 190 Age: 28 A step up over Brandon Carr, a scouting report from Football's future.  Rogers is a good cover corner in the league, but not having the greatest season this year, which could cost him a little. DeAngelo Hall is arguably playing the best football in that secondary right now. Still Rogers does a nice job of contesting passes and is not one of the bigger areas of problem in Washington. He, like many other players on the team, have voiced concern with ownership and could easily be on his way out if allowed to become an unrestricted free agent......  Does he physically fit the mold of what Haley wants in his CB's though?

Dunta Robinson Height: 5-10 Weight: 184 Age: 27  A small corner,  possibly undersized for what haley wants.  Still I'm sure he's a step up in coverage over Carr.  another scouting report from football's future.  After holding out for nearly the entire offseason, Dunta Robinson has stepped in and played pretty badly this year for a lousy secondary. With an entire offseason of workouts, Robinson can return to form and be one of the better corners in the league, but it’ll be interesting to see how the situation plays out next offseason after the saga of last year. His cries for more money have disappeared in recent weeks, but he may still demand top money, which the Texans will once again be reluctant to cave in to. Hopefully he won’t miss valuable workouts and play at a high level wherever he winds up playing.

S

O.J. Atogwe Height: 5-11 Weight: 205 Age: 28 (FS)  Reports are he's having a down year as far as big plays are concerned, but he's a very steady tackler, on pace to set career highs in tackles.

other possiblilities at safety
Nick Collins GB (26)
Antoine Bethea, Indianapolis Colts (25)
Darren Sharper, New Orleans Saints (33)

I know there's more but you can fill in the blanks for me, I'm getting tired.

Welcome all. It is a wondrous week it is. Our Beloved Chiefs tied last years pathetic record and as such will not be any worse, no matter what all the haters around AP say, then last year's team. Leafdamus ahs been told that this week they face the defending world champs from Pittsburgh. Leafdamus is not scared of these Penguins and their fancy tuxedo suits. And how good can this Sidney Crosby guy be? He looks like he stopped wearing pull-ups only last week. Intimidating he is not. Fortunately for the Chiefs the game is in Arrowhead on grass, and these guys can't even tie their shoes off the ice.  Thi......what do you mean....they are the defending world champs from Pittsburgh...they didn't win the championship, they stole it....very well. Leafdamus must apologize. The gods just informed him that it's not the Penguins that the Chiefs are facing but the Stealers. Leafdamus is still not scared. Even though the Chiefs have yet to win at Arrowhead this year, the Stealers can't hope to win as our refs are the most moralistic, fair refs in the league. Regardless Leafdamus knows the winner of this game and if you have not the patients to wait till tomorrow, or you need a tip for the betting lines, you have come to the right place.

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  Alexander had 11 catches for 173 yards and a 63-yard score, breaking records for single-season and career yardage set by Jeremy Maclin last season. In his last three games, Alexander has 34 catches for 578 yards and five touchdowns.

 from CBSSports

 Danario Alexander, Missouri
Height: 6-5. Weight: 215.
Projected 40 Time: 4.57.
Projected Round (2010): 5-6.
10/10/09: Danario Alexander will be a good fit for a team that doesn't require its receivers to run routes. Alexander has 35 receptions for 447 yards and four touchdowns in five games. 

from Walterfootball.com

Stats and video here

Geaux Chiefs

From the FanPosts. You got a link for this breaking news story? -Chris

First of all, big “up yours” to Primetime for not putting this on the front page and relegating such breaking news to the lowly Fan Posts. 

According to my inside sources the Chiefs will have scouts at this weekend’s colossal Oregon Ducks vs Arizona Wildcats game in beautiful Tucson, Arizona.  But who will the scouts be scouting?  This game, and this conference, is bursting at the seams with NFL talent.  As few of you know the best football is played out west.  They don’t call it the Conference of Champions for nothing. 

This game will feature some money o-linemen and some worthy defenders, but for now lets focus on the skill players.

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I'm not confident the Chiefs can best the Steelers this Sunday. I hope the Chiefs can have a good game and keep this close. Before everyone crowns the Steelers with a victory, Lets go over some stats and what the Chiefs will have to do to beat the Steelers.

1. Run the Ball- I know They have a good run D. I think Ive heard people say it is number 1 in the league. From what I can find they are the 11thranked run D. They allow 95 yards a game on the ground. If the Chiefs can get 70 yards on the ground with an average of at least 4 yards a play, That gives us a better chance. This alone will not assure us a win, but if the are held to 3 rushing yards, it means the Steelers are winning the game by a couple TDS. The Chiefs have to get Charles going.

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Hello everybody heres another addition of my mock draft. 

Round 1 Ndamukong Suh NT/DE This kid is meant for the 3-4 he gets past triple teams. I was watching some

game tape and I saw a play where the center and guard and the running back where all blocking and he just

bulldozed through and demolished the quarterback. He has no negatives he dosent need to gain any weight and

Scott and his scouts have been sending somebody out there like every 2 weeks. This kid has the work ethic and

mindset to probably be the best D lineman in KC history with his ability to just burst off the line and wreck havoc.

And if we bring in a new Defensive line coach and Defensive Coordinator we are a force on defense. 

Round 2 Jonathan Dwyer RB Georgia Tech This kid is legit I am defiantly. Am sure Charles is not a starting tail back he needs support and Kolby cant do that so you add another playmaker.  sounds like a solid 1-2 punch with Charles and Dwyer and I don't think we go to free agency because really theres no solid running back in free agency this year besides Ronnie Brown who will want a pay day because of his play in the wildcat. 

Round 2 Jason Fox OT Miami At 6-7 310 pounds he is an ideal fit in this zone blocking scheme. I would have him compete against Ryan and Brandon for a starting gig. He reminds me of old Willie Anderson who retired from the ravens last year.  NO VIDEO 

Round 3 Jerome Murphy USF CB/SS This kid is amazing gives us that shutdown corners like Al Harris and Charles Woodson in Green Bay. We would be fortunate to have his amazing athletics and awareness his main skills are his speed and his tall build at 6-1.  

Round 4 Eric Olsen Notre Dame C/RG At 6-4 310 pounds he gives us a brusier up front and has only given up 3 sacks in his carrer at Notre Dame. He would fill one of the voids where we strugle most RG/C. To Many times does the pass rush come from up the middle. NO VIDEO 

Round 5 Brandon Banks WR/KR/PR His this just me or does his speed and 5 kick return touchdowns this season remind you of this special man ________ Hall the man who gave glory to the name the Kansas City Chiefs. Hes basically his clone super speed and quickness and an average receiver
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Round 5 Colin Peek N/A Tight end Alabama 

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Round 5 Rahim Alem DE/Linebacker If you can get him to lose 10-15 pounds he will be a late round gem and is already a force a LSU. 

WHAT DO YOU THINK? 

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Welcome to week 11 of our AP NFL Power Rankings. Can it be week 11 already? There has certainly been no shortage of drama in Chiefs Nation the last couple of weeks with the jettisoning of Larry Johnson and suspension of Dwayne Bowe for using a diuretic during the preseason. If things weren’t bad enough the defending NFL Champion Pittsburgh Steelers are coming to town this Sunday. What a way to celebrate a win, eh? Seriously. You have to think that if any of us went to Arrowhead and asked for a tryout at WR they would have to at least give us a look, wouldn't they? Heck, I look more like a receiver than Lance Long.

There are good teams in the NFL and they sit atop our Power Rankings. The Saints hold on to the top spot though the #2 Colts gained some momentum after their comeback win against the Patriots. The Vikings hold steady at #3 and the Begals got some major street cred when they straight up smacked the Steelers for the second time this season. The once hapless Bungles are now in total control over the AFC North and a win over the Browns later this season will ensure Cinci’s first sweep of the division since…well, ever.

Biggest jump this week was the Cardinals moving up 4 spots from #11 to #7. Epic Fail Award goes to the NY Jets who fell 4 spots from #16 to #20.

Be sure to check out our "Pittsburgh Pirates Division" which features the 10 worst teams in football. Consider it a sort of mini goal for the Chiefs to climb their way our of the Pirates Division by the seasons end. Last week they were ranked #6 in the Pirates division.

Enjoy week 11, try to enjoy the Chiefs game and see you next week.

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Please get somebody....that can tackle, catch, throw, run, block and play football.

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