The Kansas City Chiefs Free Agency Weekend Round Up

by Chris Thorman on Mar 3, 2008 7:36 AM CST in 2008 Off Season Comment 5 comments

Isn't it thrilling to be a Chiefs' fan during free agency? No? Yeah I know what you mean. But keep in mind that huge mistakes are made in free agency so it's not always the best move to rush out and sign the next big time guy. And this year was not the year to sign the next big guy.

Some notable signings around the league include Michael Turner going to Atlanta, CB Randall Gay was signed by the Saints and Lance Briggs re-signed with the Bears. Alan Faneca got $21 million guaranteed to go play for the New York Jets.

As expected, the Kansas City Chiefs made few waves in the free agency pool over the weekend. After Chiefs’ free agent DE Jimmy Wilkerson signed with the Bucs, the Chiefs signed LB Demorrio Williams, a 2004 4th round pick by the Falcons. KC also added Oliver Hoyte, a 6'3", 250 lb. fullback. Hoyte was a linebacker coming out of college and the Cowboys converted him to fullback. Sound familiar?

After the first weekend of free agency, here's the Chiefs current roster, consisting of 56 players. This isn't the "official" roster but I think I've narrowed it down from reports of who we know will be gone. Before the season starts, the Chiefs will have close to 80 players on the roster. The Chiefs will theoretically add ten players in the draft, leaving room for 10 or so more players that need to be added. (Let me know in the comment section if I've left out or left in someone)

Offense	Pos	Acquired	Defense	Pos	Acquired
Niswanger. Rudy	C	FA-06	Barksdale. Rashad	CB	W (PHI)-07
Grigsby. Boomer	FB	D5a-05	Brackenridge. Tyron	CB	CFA-07
Hoyte. Oliver	FB	FA-08	Johnson. Chad	CB	FA-08
Smith. Rob	G	FA-07	Patterson. Dimitri	CB	FA-07
Waters. Brian	G	FA-00	Surtain. Patrick	CB	T (MIA)-2005
Carney. John	K	FA-07	Allen. Jared	DE	D4b-04
Cundiff. Billy	K	FA-08	Hali. Tamba	DE	D1-06
Novak. Nick	K	FA-08	McBride. Turk	DE	D2-07
Darche. Jean-Philippe	LS	UFA-07	Boone. Alfonso	DT	UFA (CHI)-07
Colquitt. Dustin	P	D3-05	Edwards. Ron	DT	UFA (BUF)-06
Croyle. Brodie	QB	D3-06	Jackson. T.J.	DT	FA-07
Greene. David	QB	FA-07	Tyler. Tank	DT	D3-07
Huard. Damon	QB	FA-04	Williams. Demorrio	LB	FA-08
Thigpen. Tyler	QB	W (MIN)-07	Baldwin. Johnny	LB	W (DET)-07
Battle. Jackie	RB	FA-07	Edwards. Donnie	LB	UFA (SD)-07
Johnson. Larry	RB	D1-03	Harris. Napoleon	LB	UFA (MIN)-07
Smith. Kolby	RB	D5a-07	Harris. Nate	LB	CFA-07
Alabi. Anthony	T	W (MIA) -08	Johnson. Derrick	LB	D1-05
Jones. Adrian	T	W (NYJ)-07	Pimentel. Mickey	LB	FA-07
Leffew. Travis	T	FA-07	Thomas. Pat	LB	FA-07
Lobdell. Joe	T	FA-07	Harris. Erick	S	FA-07
McIntosh. Damion	T	UFA (MIA)-07	McGraw. Jon	S	UFA (DET)-07
Stallings. Tre	T	D6a-06	Page. Jarrad	S	D7-06
Svitek. Will	T	D6a-05	Pollard. Bernard	S	D2-06
Taylor. Herb	T	D6-07	Wesley. Greg	S	D3-00
Allan. Michael	TE	D7-07
Gonzalez. Tony	TE	D1-97
Bowe. Dwayne	WR	D1-07
Price. Maurice	WR	CFA-07
Sippio. Bobby	WR	FA-07
Webb. Jeff	WR	D6b-06

Some of these players likely won't be on the team -- Jackie Battle, a couple kickers and one fullback for example -- but I haven't heard anything on them.

I've got to give it up for everyone who wrote in the diary section over the weekend. Fantastic job and a great example of how this site keeps humming along, even if I'm not posting to the front page.

Off to grab some coffee then I'll be back with a post about our two new Chiefs, Oliver Hoyte and Demorrio Williams.

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Bad signings

are a staple of previous Chiefs' administration.

That said, not going after Faneca was idiocy. Your biggest problem is O-Line. There's a stud o-lineman available.

And really? It wasn't worth tossing an offer out to Stallworth or Barrian? Really?

Not criticising Herm Edwards for anything since December '07.

by Ridiculous Matt on Mar 3, 2008 9:39 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Yes Really

There will come a time for the Chiefs to re-enter the FA bidding contests - this is not the year for it however.

We are building through the draft. Plain and simple. We have a lot of picks this year which we'll couple with a limited amount of FA talent.

To tie up a lot of cap money now means it will be unavailable to us in the very near future when it comes time to grab those one or two players that will tweak the roster to make our run.

Patience is a tough pill to swallow, but it will sure help those who are struggling with the Chiefs' offseason to give it a try.

by Halfbreed5050 on Mar 3, 2008 9:58 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

You also have to consider

that maybe none of the free agents actually want to come to KC. It's a small market team in the midwest. For all we know the administration could have been burning up the phone lines talking to people but no one was interested.

Blame my wife!

by sir eccles on Mar 3, 2008 10:16 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs