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The KC Chiefs beat the New Orleans Saints 10 to 9 last night, pushing the Chiefs final preseason record to 2-2 and the Saints to 1-3.  A small recap is here.

Here are all of the 2006 preseason stats.

From DodgeCity.com, we learn that the Chiefs have made cuts to trim the roster down to the league-mandated 75 players.  On Saturday, the roster will be cut to 53 players.

Who's out? Former KU player Nick Reid, former Seminole Craphonso Thorpe and recently signed backup QB Jeff Smoker, among others.  

Mr. Peterson, can I personally cut Casey Printers?

Here is the complete list of waived players.

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(Photo courtesy of Larry W. Smith and Getty Images).

From the official Chiefs site. This is what I've been waiting for. Checking out our backup runningback, our first-round draft pick and one of our star offensive linemen.

I was at FedEx field last night for the Washington Redskins v. the New York Jets.  I snapped some pictures and they are on one of Sports Blog Nation's newest sites, Hogs Haven.

As you loyal readers know, I am on record as saying I do not draw concrete conclusions from the preseason. After last night's game, I am still holding my ground. The preseason is about as real as this Chiefs Santa Claus from the Kansas City Store.

While I would have liked to at least seen a field goal last night, these are still exhibition games. I understand that sports writers need an angle and their current Chiefs angle seems to be:

Giants Improve by Leaps and Bounds

Eli Manning Shreds Chiefs' Secondary

Huddle up, its time for a reality check

It isn't tough to see that this team is soft (Wow. Whitlock is being cynical?)

Trouble Brewing in KC

Yes. The game was embarassing. But you know what? Going back to 2003, the Chiefs are 4-11 in preseason games. What really annoys me is that sports writers are MUCH more willing to write off a team that performs poorly in the preseason than to endorse a Super Bowl contender based on the preseason.

Why doesn't this go both ways? Because its easy to point out a loser-- if they succeed, no big deal. If you adamantly predict a winner, who loses, then your Nostradamus football skills are called into question.

Lets put it this way. Hypothetically speaking, in any regular season game this year, the Chiefs are missing Trent Green and LJ, or other players of significance. The Chiefs play a horrible game without their stars and the media chalks it up to not having our best talent in the game. We've all heard this story before right? No worries...they'll bounce back. The team wasn't playing at full capacity.

Exactly. The preseason is the same way. Casey "Calvin Klein" Printers was in for most of the Texans game. No wonder we lost. Will he even be on the team come September? Who knows. The point is this:

The preseason has veterans and stars who play only a few series; newbies and younger players are in the game simply so their coaches can get a good look at them; there is a lack of overall effort because of the fear of injury; and many experimental schemes being tried out.

I'm not saying the Chiefs looked good last night. They looked horrible. This isn't a pro-Chiefs post. Its an anti-the-preaseason-means-everything post.

If you are going to tell me those criteria above represent, in any capacity, a regular season game, you must be a Giants fan.

Tomorrow, on August 17th, the Kansas City Chiefs will play the New York Giants at Giants Stadium, at 7 pm (CT). The game will be televised nationally on Fox.

In the regular season series, the Giants lead the Chiefs 9-2, outscoring us 273 to 199 in those 11 games (Photo source here). In 2005, the Chiefs played the Giants in New York on December 17th, dropping to the other NY team 27-17.

Before Tiki Barber blew up for 220 yards rushing and two TDs in that game, the Chiefs had not allowed a 100 yard rusher in its previous 20 games. This game was all Tiki Barber. Anybody else having flashbacks to his run down the sideline last year, draped by Chiefs players who just could not tackle him?

It really was all about Tiki. Eli Manning, the Manning brother with the less significant forehead, was 17 of 32 for 186 yards. He also threw one TD and one pick. Last year's game against the Giants was one we really should have won. Trent threw one pick to go along with the game-sealing fumble by the Chiefs in the final minute. We allowed 14 points in the fourth quarter. LJ did his part- two TDs. Again, the defense let us down when we needed them the most.

Hopefully, that has changed this year. I am especially excited to watch Tamba Hali and Bernard Pollard, two rookies who, from what I can tell, are pretty damn close to being starters.

Also, will Herm Edwards please learn from what the Washington Redskins and Clinton Portis are going through right now? Portis is not an injury prone back yet he goes down in the preaseason. Its entirely possible he will not be 100% for Week 1 of the regular season.

We don't need Trent Green playing more than a couple series. We don't need LJ carrying the ball more than 5 or 6 times. I mention these two especially because if either one goes down, we are pretty much screwed. Michael Bennett and Damon Huard are not taking us to Miami on February 4th, 2007.

Prediction for the game? I'll go score only because its preseason- 20 to 10, with the Chiefs grabbing the win of course.

Unfortunately, because I was on the road this weekend, I wasn't able to get much live info on the Kansas City Chiefs v. the Houston Texans (photo courtesy of the AP) this past Saturday.  So, for your enjoyment, I've rounded up some articles and blog commentary on the game.  

Here is the AP article on the game, citing optimism in the Texans' ranks.

KSAT 12 in San Antonio feels about the same.

TheMagazine has a blurb and opportunity for comments on the game.

The Chiefs Report says that Casey Printers looked a little shaky in his debut.

Tavaries has a recap of the first quarter.

I think I'll have to catch the rebroadcast tonight at 11 pm on the NFL Network.

There is a full slate of (sigh) preseason games on this week.

Thursday

Cleveland at Philadelphia    7:30 pm
Indianapolis at St. Louis    8:00 pm

Friday

Denver at Detroit      7:30 pm
N.Y. Jets at Tampa Bay            7:30 pm
New England at Atlanta            8:00 pm
N.Y. Giants at Baltimore    8:00 pm
Chicago at San Francisco    10:00 pm

Saturday

Pittsburgh at Arizona            4:00 pm
Buffalo at Carolina            7:30 pm
Jacksonville at Miami            7:30 pm
Kansas City at Houston            8:00 pm
New Orleans at Tennessee    8:00 pm
Dallas at Seattle            10:00 pm
Green Bay at San Diego            10:00 pm

Sunday

Washington at Cincinnati    8:00 pm

Monday

Oakland at Minnesota            8:00 pm

Photo from Mack-Brown Texas Football

This Saturday, the Kansas City Chiefs will travel to Reliant Stadium to play the Houston Texans in the first preseason game for both teams (7 pm on CBS in KC).

The Chiefs and Texans have played three times in the regular season, and only once before in the preseason in 2002. The Chiefs lead the regular season series 2-1, with wins in 2003 and 2005. The Texans stole one in 2004, as they marched down the field in the final minutes to set up a game-winning field goal. The Chiefs have scored 108 points in the regular season series to the Texans 55.

The only other preseason game came on August 17th, 2002, which the Chiefs won 19-9.

Last year's meeting between these two teams resulted in a 45-17 Chiefs rout. At Houston on Sunday Night Football in November, Larry Johnson rushed for 211 yards and 2 TDs. Eric Warfield returned an interception 57 yards for the TD seconds before halftime. Trent Green was 19 of 29 for 220 yards and 3 TDs.

Basically, it was a romp. Houston's stats aren't even really worth mentioning- David Carr was 19 of 36 for 182 yards and 1 INT.

What does this game mean? Absolutely nothing. I'm a firm believer in not drawing conclusions from preseason games. We can speculate and wonder but there are so many different factors in a preseason game-out of shape players, 2nd and 3rd string players in the game, the lack of effort many veterans give to the games- that I really do believe that they are meaningless.

Of course there are exceptions to this rule. If Brodie Croyle comes in and throws 4 TDs, then that means something. If Casey Printers doesn't throw a pick, then that means something.

What I will be watching for during these games are how well certain players are simply just holding up. Namely Kyle Turley, Trent Green, Will Shields, Willie Roaf (???) and Tony Gonzalez.

I put the questions marks after Willie Roaf's name because I heard from a shaky source that Roaf was trying to avoid training camp by declaring his intent to retire. The papers aren't through yet so there is a tiny chance Roaf could be back. Call it a hunch but I'm still leaning toward Willie staying retired.