Hello AP, and welcome to Friday. Another light day today, but that should change on Monday when OTAs kick in. Enjoy.
Right now, the Chiefs have 85 players in their program; remember that the roster limit is 80 players, but those without a signed contract for the ‘10 season do not count towards that total. For the Chiefs that’s their seven draft choices and apparently FS Jarrad Page, who has not yet signed his tender offer as a restricted free agent. Whether Page will take part in the OTAs come Monday is something everyone will find out.
We know that veterans LG Brian Waters and OLB Mike Vrabel will not be there, dropping the number to 83. A handful of players recovering from injuries suffered last season will likely be on hand, but forced to watch – guys like TE Brad Cottam and CBs Brandon Flowers and Maurice Leggett. Figure the number on the field will be 79 or 80; anything less would be a surprise given that Haley has said there’s been near perfect attendance at the strength and conditioning sessions since they started at the end of March.
OTAs Are Coming … Weekend Cup O’Chiefs from Bob Gretz
Here are my Top Ten Chokingest Sports Cities in America -- or bottom 10, depending on how you look at it.
First, a few guidelines. Foremost, remember that choking is an art, not a science. In other words, if a city's teams are just bad, that's not exactly choking in my mind. You have to have hopes before you can lose them all. In other words, Kansas City is not on my list. The Royals and Chiefs have been more flat-out awful than teasingly good. Conversely, just because a city has won a championship or five doesn't mean it hasn't mastered the art of the choke ... are you listening Dallas?
On the Heels of LeChoke, Cleveland Takes the Cake for Gagging from Sports Illustrated
Keep the faith - that was the bottom line Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Jack Del Rio gave students at Raines High School Thursday.
In a school with a poor academic record and past problems, the NFL coach spent an hour rallying 200 seniors like they were a team at halftime...
...But getting his degree wasn't easy, having to finish in between his time playing for the Kansas City Chiefs and Dallas Cowboys.
University of Kansas officials wouldn't let him do it in one semester, so he asked one of the top people in charge.
"I told him, 'You have nothing to lose if I don't graduate, and I will make it through these 10 classes,' " Del Rio said. "He gave me the exemption I needed. I ended up taking 10 classes that semester and ended up clearing a 3.5 and getting my degree."
That shows them they shouldn't listen to naysayers, he said. A bad attitude can erode any chance of success.
Del Rio gives halftime-style talk to Raines High students from The Florida Times-Union
Player TweetsOlathe Principal Terry Croskey is retiring after 40 years in education.
But the students and teachers at Meadow Lane Elementary weren’t going to let him go without a big appreciation assembly which featured gifts, poetry and songs as well as lot of hugs.
The principal thought that Wednesday’s all-school assembly was about a reading program founded by former Chiefs’ player Will Shields. Corey Mays, a current Chiefs’ linebacker, was also there to urge the children to read.
Croskey was surprised when the rest of the program was spent honoring his service to the school.
Students, teachers throw a party for retiring principal from KC Star
GlennDorsey72 Just took a fya nap yo.. What's everbody up to this evening?
GlennDorsey72 I wish i would have heard that B.O.B song Nothin on you like a long time ago!!!def the truth yo....
almighty31 t bone steaks for the main coarse n im cookin it. yes thats the best
GlennDorsey72 Dang alot of my homies gettin married...
almighty31 i locked myself out for like 20 minutes tryna keep my dog in the house and take the trash out.... SMH..... im goin out the garage for now on
superdj56 just watching the game now, i really dont think the cavs can win tonight but you never when King James is playing.....
BFlowers24 just got caught having a lil bit to much fun on this cart at walmart by these middle schoolers smdh
JarradPage44 Dammitt Cavs cmon!!!!!!!!!!
GlennDorsey72 This game is funny lol
BCarr39 These #Cavs aren't goin down without a fight!
BCarr39 RT @JarradPage44: Dammitt Cavs cmon!!!!!!!!!!""Takin them j.charles shots! Lol
superdj56 Yeap i was right, Boston just a little bit too much for them boys.
JarradPage44 @BCarr39 lol hell yea.
GlennDorsey72 Anyone goin to Vegas for Memorial Day Weekend?
NFLprguy which states produced the most 2010 NFL draftees? USA Football breaks it down http://tinyurl.com/29pfnw6
AroundTheHorn Did Doc Rivers just say "we either live together or die alone" in the huddle?
JPosnanski Tonight, the firing of Trey Hillman. http://bit.ly/dogm9q. Tomorrow, the heartbreak of the Cleveland team that quit.