Kansas City Chiefs

By Direckshun But more importantly, how awful have we been with injuries this offseason? It's been insane. Both first rounders have gone down, Donnie Edwards and Napoleon Harris have missed time. Kevin Robinson and Mike Merritt haven't even played yet. Jamaal Charles has missed time. Kolby Smith has mis...

By Direckshun 4. DE Jason Parker -- If the Chiefs pick up, by some freak accident, a solid DE off waivers from some other team, I'm willing to bet Brian Johnston occupies the practice squad. Either way, there's a possibility that Parker still keeps a spot either way. I look at Parker and I see a Cover 2 defensiv...

By Direckshun Guess I should have bet the farm," [KSHB general manager Craig Allison] said. "But that Chiefs number wasn’t bad. A lot of other NFL franchises would kill for a 13 rating in preseason." KC Star: Head to head, Phelps even beats the Chiefs

By Chris When is an NFL kicker going to line up for a field goal, raise his hand in the air and call his shot? Just like Jake Taylor in Major League. "Novak is pointing to the bleachers! He's calling his shot!" 32 KC Chiefs Fanatic - Roster Roundup - WR BobGretz.com - Wednesday Morning Cup 'O Chiefs

By ChiefDJ What is the #1 tennant of Herm Edwards offensive philosophy? Now think about our first regular season game against the Patriots.  How can the Chiefs possibly win a shoot-out against the most explosive offense in the NFL last year?  Simple.  We can't.

By Direckshun QB Croyle - 2006 3rd RB Johnson - 2003 1st FB Cox - 2008 UDFA DE Johnston - 2008 7th DT Edwards - FA DT Boone - FA OLB Edwards - 1996 4th MLB Harris - OLB ??? CB Carr - 2008 5th CB Leggett - 2008 UDFA S Morgan - 2008 3rd S McGraw - FA (but a Herm Edwards 2nd in 2002)

By Chris Coach Herm Edwards appears to be losing patience with right tackle Damion McIntosh, who missed today's practice with what Edwards called a sore ankle. McIntosh could be back to work as soon as today, but he missed a lot of practice time in Wisconsin with a sore knee.

By Chris It appears at least initially that there was some progress made from the Chicago Bears game (on the left) and the Arizona Cardinals game (on the right). The AZ game had three drives of at least ten plays, which is something you simply did not see from the 2007 Kansas City Chiefs. Starting field...

By Chris F]or the most part, Red Zone is not a place for rumors or grumblings; it’s a place for news that we feel comfortable enough about that we’ll write it and attach our names to it. But the blog also allows us to be a little edgier, to try different ways to connect with fans that the newspaper might no...

By Chris After over 8,000 miles of travel starting at 6 PM central on Thursday and ending right at 6 PM central time on Saturday, I've returned from India. I'm not feeling especially excited now though. Jet lag is still kicking my butt (It feels like the middle of the night now and it's 11:35 AM) and I'm t...

By Direckshun Some of that was our playcalling. Gailey called a solid game in the second half, but his offensive scheme in the first was too conservative. I know that's an odd complaint to make when we actually had a running back take a snap, but our plays only asked Croyle to look downfield a handful of tim...

By Direckshun Here I was, hoping we'd get a showdown between two QBs from the 2006 Draft,  Brodie Croyle and Matt Leinart. However, there's a nasty rumor out there that Leinart is apparently so awesome, the Cards may be starting Kurt Warner instead. Again, it's because he's so awesome. You don't want to dul...

By Direckshun 10. Who can make a name for himself returning kicks? Nobody has really shown a Justin Phinisee-like presense returning kicks this preseason, which has got to make Kevin Robinson happy. Sams doesn't even appear to want the job. C'mon BJ! Throw caution to the wind! (Phinisee, who looked pheno...

By primetime 07 Q&A with Herm Edwards UW-RF Could this be a sign that we're keeping B.J. Sams? KR B.J. Sams has worked in individual drills at WR, but got little work in team action.  But he caught a nice pass from QB Damon Huard on a third-and-7 play that moved the sticks.  Sams beat CB Tyron Brackenridge.

By ChiefDJ This team is on the way up. After finishing 4-12 last season, the Chiefs' brass tore up the roster and became dedicated to a youth movement. The Chiefs don't plan to sign anyone older than 30 and have just a dozen players with six or more years of NFL experience.

By UCrawford Dolphins coach Tony Sparano today denied a media report that quarterback John Beck has been cut. So, if the Dolphins end up cutting their second round draft pick from last year, the important question is, should the Chiefs pick him up?

By primetime 07 They probably are. The Chiefs' ownership is well aware that there's a youth movement and there are some good young pieces here. Peterson has been a fixture in Kansas City since 1989 and Edwards is entering his third year with the Chiefs. It seems there's good chemistry, and Peterson and Edwar...

By Direckshun Adam Best (a.k.a. Batman) of Arrowhead Addict posts a great projection of the Chiefs' 2008 season on Yardbarker. It includes who he thinks will bust out, who he thinks will flounder, etc. etc. The Chargers] bitch and bitch and bitch about Marty Schottenheimer, then go out and sign...Norv Turner? T...

By primetime 07 Q&A with Herm Edwards KCChiefs.com has a schedule of a typical practice for the Chiefs.  Check it out - they've got everything scheduled down to the minute. C.E. Wendler over at WPI was shocked to see different formations, fakes and bootlegs in the game against the Bears last Thursday.

By Direckshun The Chiefs] don't say they're rebuilding?" asked Jared Allen, who had 15½ sacks last season before moving to Minnesota this spring. "Well, they should. They should've used it last year, too, because that's exactly what it was." Time to, umm, get younger, faster - CBSSports.com

 - MVN Chiefs on Brodie Croyle in the new Madden. makes me look forward to Croyle proving them wrong this year. by Mully on Aug 13, 2008 11:18 AM CDT reply 0 ...

By Direckshun This is what training camp is all about. You've absolutely got to love this. This. One of the many negative aspects of last summer's visit to Chiefs camp of NFL Films and the Hard Knocks crew was that the show glorified a wide receiver of rather average talents by the name of Bobby Sippio.

By Direckshun He knows where he’s at in his career," Herm Edwards said of Surtain. "He knows eventually he’s going to turn the torch over to these guys. That’s what the good pros do. They know when their time is coming. They start working to help getting the young guys ready to play."

By primetime 07 The Chiefs have yet to contact the agent for free agent kicker Jay Feely but that could certainly change. While Nick Novak and Connor Barth have kicked field goals well in training camp, the Chiefs aren't at ease with the idea of using a kicker without significant NFL experience. The Red Zone

<b>CHIEFS</b> FEELING FEELY? - ProFootballTalk.com » Rumor Mill

<b>Chiefs</b> Could Try to Sign Jay Feely - Fantasy Football Mastermind

By Direckshun Quarterback: Croyle, Thigpen, Painter. Croyle will have had an iffy year, missing several games in addition due to injury. Therefore, the Chiefs believe he is no longer the answer, and will put their new hopes in Curtis Painter. Huard is let go, and Thiggy gets a shot as backup. Croyle remains...

By primetime 07 Offensively, the Chiefs had great success all three times they ran the play where the running back takes the direct snap from center, with the quarterback lined up as a wide receiver.  All three came on third down plays and Larry Johnson, Charles and Dantrell Savage all got enough to move t...

By primetime 07 The Chiefs-Bears game on Channel 5 drew a 16.9 Nielsen rating in Kansas City (each ratings point represents a little over 9000 television homes) on Thursday night. On Friday night, the opening ceremony of the Olympics on Channel 41 drew ...

By primetime 07 Q&A with Herm Edwards Offensively, the nicest play was a bomb from QB Brodie Croyle to WR Dewayne Bowe down the middle that would have gone for big, big yardage in a game.  Also, RB Larry Johnson had a nice blitz pick up on one passing play.

By Direckshun Here's the mothership's depth chart if you need it right now. It's unlikely the Chiefs will carry more than six. Durde will definitely be the foreigner the Chiefs retain for the practice squad, and there might be another player that survives on the practice squad as well.

By primetime 07 Since he returned to Kansas City in 2004, the Chiefs defense has had a problem with trust, especially at the linebacker position. "It’s the most important ingredient in any defense, trusting what the guys next to you are going to do." Cunningham said. "When you don’t trust, you can’t succeed....

By primetime 07 On August 26th the rosters will be reduced to 75 players.  Four days later they will be cut to the regular season size of 53.The Chiefs don't plan on rushing Glenn Dorsey back to the field according to Herm Edwards.  He's beginning to do some individual drills.Where are they now?  Danan Hughes.T...

By primetime 07 I'll have a story in Monday's Kansas City Star detailing the kicking battle between Nick Novak and rookie Connor Barth. It's interesting that the Chiefs have been in camp for more than two weeks now and the competitors have yet to separate from one another. Barth has made 86 percent of his fie...

By primetime 07 The Kansas City Chiefs entered the weekend practices with some attitude after traveling to Chicago and topping the Bears 24-20.  The offense showed some flash - albeit in short spurts.  The defense will continue to receive a pass from this fan until Dorsey gets healthy and warms up in the mi...

By Direckshun On kcchiefs.com, the Brodie Croyle highlight film from yesterday's game is posted. The last play features LJ scoring off a draw, and guess who breaks into the second level to negate none other than Brian Urlacher to spring LJ?

By Direckshun 5. DJ looked good, but all other linebackers failed to play the right gap or play tough. Only DJ made a truly powerful play, and he made several. Pat Thomas just about embarrassed himself at the Mike. I think the Chiefs will be stewing over putting Donnie in the middle of the field and putting DeMo...

By primetime 07 Croyle and a few other starters are expected to see "extended" time. I would imagine the tailgating scene at Soldier Field is pretty bare right now considering the recent ban on in-game tailgating. It's finally here....GO Chiefs!

By primetime 07 The only way Pennington makes sense to the Chiefs is if they feel Thigpen isn't capable of being a competent number two. As committed as Herm Edwards is to this youth movement, he wants a quarterback capable not just of getting the Chiefs through a game or a season, but one who can get the Chief...

By primetime 07 I know the Chiefs are committed to Brodie Croyle. I know the Chiefs' offense under Chad Gailey is not the same scheme Pennington ran for Herm Edwards in New York. BUT ... Croyle is just as injury prone, if not more so. And when he goes down, I'll take my chances with Pennington over Tyler Thigpen or Da...

By Direckshun 2. Will Brodie Croyle show us he's a serious starter in this league? Faith is not terribly high for the 0-6 Brodie Croyle. This is year with a long, long leash. Will he hang himself with it? Or can he make the most of his makeshift OL and a potentially mediocre WR corps?

By primetime 07 Could our preseason opener be blacked out?Expect starters to see extended action tonight."Unless something happens, he's going to start," Herm on Brandon Flowers.The Brett Favre signing just made our October 26th trip to the Meadowlands awfully interesting.River Falls spectator: "I...

By ChiefDJ Its the day before the Chiefs first preseason game of 2008 and I don't think there has been this much anticipation for the beginning of football in Kansas City for years. The thing that creates so much excitment about the upcoming season, starting with the first preseason game against the C...

By primetime 07 Also, tomorrow will be the first time the Chiefs have used the new defensive communication device in their helmets (thanks, Spygate!).  Derrick Johnson and Pat Thomas will have the devices in their helmet.  However, just one defensive player on the field can have it at a time.

By primetime 07 One more day until the preseason opener.  The Bears should be a good test for the first series or two--basically however much Brodie plays is what I'm interested in.  The rest of the pieces can fall into place but it's nearly impossible to make a deep run with an inferior QB.

 - The Chiefs will sign Mike Merritt about a day before the league’s cutdown to 75 players after the third pre-season game. Then, they’ll move him to the ...

By bigknoxy LJ is a pivotal part of the Chiefs offense. Don’t forget that up until LJ got hurt last year during the Green Bay game the Chiefs were in first place in the AFC West at 4-3. Now, I’m not saying the Chiefs would have won the division with a healthy LJ, but they most likely would have won a few more game...

By primetime 07 The Chiefs offense will be about running the ball, but Chan Gailey is not a guy who will come out and keep banging his head against a brick wall. Expect the game plans to be very open and varied in the first half. If the team has the lead in the second half, they will run, run, run and then run some mor...

By primetime 07 It's less about wins and losses and more about these individual battles heading into the regular season.  I don't expect the Chiefs to resemble what they could become until at least the midway point. What do you think?  Is it more about wins/losses or individual battles in the '08 preseason...

By ChiefDJ Glenn Dorsey's knee injury isn't as bad as the Chiefs initially feared. Their top draft pick has a sprained knee and won't play in Thursday's preseason opener against the Bears in Chicago. But they are hopeful he could play in the following game on Aug. 16 against Arizona at Arrowhead Stadium.

Dorsey's Family Fun Night Knee Injury Not Deemed Serious - FanHouse

Chiefs rookie DT Dorsey sprains knee - Officialsportsbetting.com

By primetime 07 Unfortunately for the Chiefs, their youth may hold them back on the front end of the season even though this game is played in Arrowhead.  The best case scenario sees the Chiefs topping both the Raiders in Kansas City and the Falcons on the road and sitting at 2-1.

 - Rookie defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey, the Chiefs’ top draft pick and the centerpiece of their rebuilding effort, injured his left knee during the annual ...

By Chris Chiefs officials here for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Induction ceremonies say the best case scenario is rookie left tackle Brandon Albert will miss three to four weeks because of a foot injury. BobGretz.com | Chiefs Football News and Updates - daily!

By Chris 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 Ha...

By Chris UW-RF Kansas City Star In all of the camp reports I've read this year, Dwayne Bowe has had zero regression from last year and by all accounts will have a stellar sophomore season. He doesn't seem to need as much time to get back into football mode as some other players.

By Chris WPI ($$$) P.S to KCChiefs.com - In your training camp wrap ups, how about wrapping up the entire day of practice instead of just the morning? I know I can't get enough coverage of camp! Jared Allen and Benny Sapp return to face their old team. Here is a clip of Allen, beard and all, talking about pl...

By Chris Happy Monday morning to you all. I trust the first weekend of the Kansas City Chiefs training camp treated you well. There were three practices over the weekend. We've covered Saturday in our previous posts (scroll down if you're on the homepage and you'll see them), so here's a bit about Sund...

By primetime 07 The Kansas City Chiefs are undergoing renovations at Arrowhead stadium that plan to keep us not-as-far-behind the new billion dollar stadium craze.  The new stadium and practice facility will bring with it an array of LED screens, revamped club-seating and suites, and many other treat...

By Chris So, if the Chiefs are able to develop a successful pass rush during the game on September 7th, we'll know we have something to build upon. In other words, the Chiefs will get to see how immediate of an impact their '07 and '08 draft picks will have.

By Chris The Kansas City Chiefs Play the Colts Tight but Lose the Game Kansas City Chiefs v. Indianapolis Colts -- Game Recap) Did I mention this was at Arrowhead Stadium? Sunday Was the Worst in a Long String of Bad Games for the Kansas City Chiefs)

By Chris New York Jet under Herm. Check. Foschi was picked up by the Jets as an undrafted free agent in 2004. He bounced around on the practice squads of the Jets, Broncos and Vikings in '04, before playing in ten games and starting five for the Oakland Raiders in 2005.

By ChiefDJ Brodie Croyle    Kansas City Chiefs 2006, 3rd Rnd, #85 overall Games 11   Games Started 6 Completion %         56.3 TD%                            2.6 INT%                           3.5 TD/INT Ratio              3:4  (6 TD, 8 INT) Yds/Pass Attempt     5.4

By ChiefDJ How bad was the Chiefs offensive line last year? 31st in total yards 31st in pnts/game 28th in 3rd down conversion 1st in sacks allowed 32nd in rushing yards 30th in rushing TDs 2nd in punt attempts Can't find the stat, but we are in the bottom couple in 3 and outs as well.

By Chris There seems to be a huge divide between the players and the front office. Kyle Turley ranted on Sirius NFL Radio shortly after his retirement about the front office’s tactics. Greg Wesley accused the Chiefs of lying to him about their intention to release him. Trent Green was clearly not happ...

By Chris I am pleased to be able to give you another fantastic look into the NFL by Kansas City Chiefs fullback Chris Manderino. Chris has been kind enough to stop by again and give us an insider's view of the NFL off-season. Many, many thanks to Chris for answering our questions and for his hard work on t...

By Direckshun Some of them have legitimate shots to make this team. Ah, who are we kidding? LOADS of them could make this team. Others have been signed to be warm bodies for training camp. Others have been undetermined as of yet. 2008 UDFAs the Chiefs have signed:

By Chris Oh man this is too sweet. Peter King, who normally thinks about the Chiefs about twice a year, doesn't even include the Chiefs in his top five ranking of the best drafts. Why? Because the Chiefs did so well that it would be unfair to include them.

By Chris The Cowboys are selling the naming rights to their new stadium. I shuddered last February when the Chiefs acquired the naming rights to Arrowhead Stadium from the City of Kansas City and there was casual talk of giving the stadium a corporate sponsor.

By Chris Tommy Kelly, Raiders. Age: 27 -- Less of a penetrating tackle and more of a player who takes up space and frees up his teammates, Kelly may or may not be resigned by the Oakland Raiders. Coming off of a torn ACL that forced him to spend most of 2007 on IR, Kelly's value should be low enough that the R...

By Chris WR, Samie Parker, UFA - It feels good to be able to write that it's pretty much official that Parker will not return to the Chiefs this season. Both Adam Teicher of the Kansas City Star and Nick Athan of Scout.com have said so. Simply put, the Chiefs can do better for the same financial committmen...

By Chris UPDATE Monday PM: The coin flip process is confirmed by NFL.com. Atlanta, Kansas City, and Oakland had the same strength-of-schedule. Since Kansas City finished third in the AFC West and the Raiders fourth (the tie was broken on the basis of the Chiefs’ 3-11 record in common games while the R...