Jason Babin DE unrestricted
Rocky Boiman LB unrestricted
Oliver Celestin FS unrestricted
Adrian Jones G unrestricted
Jon McGraw S unrestricted resigned with Cheifs
Rudy Niswanger C restricted
Jarrad Page S restricted
Pat Thomas LB unrestricted signed with Bills one year
Jeff Webb WR restricted
The Kansas City Chiefs have been mulling over whether to start over at the head coaching position, or to keep head coach Herm Edwards. The Cheifs made their move firing Edwards and now the question is who will they bring in as head coach.
The Cheifs do not have many top young candidates left as many of them have already taken head coaching jobs elsewhere in the league. The last two left are Dallas Cowboys offensive coordinator Jason Garrett and Arizona Cardinals offensive coordinator Todd Haley.
The Cheifs do have their pick of the top head coaches that are free agents as none of them have taken on jobs. Them being former Denver Broncos head coach Mike Shanahan, former Seattle Seahawks head coach MIke Holmgren, former Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Bill Cowher.
Whoever the head coach will be will ultimately relinquish control of personell decisions to new general manager Scott Pioli. If they are smart they will do just that as Pioli has a great system in finding team players that will come to play every day.
The Kansas City Chiefs have been quite in their search for a new general manger after owner Clark Hunt fired long time president and general mangers Carl Peterson. The Cheifs patience should pay off for them in the end.
The Chiefs had one other team that was positioning itself for New England Patriot vice president of player personnel Scott Pioli. That team was the Cleveland Browns, but they have dropped out of the race when they hired Eric Mangini as head coach.
The approach by the Chiefs is the way to go as they now have the pick of the litter. The reason being that a good general manager is going to find the right head coach no matter who is out there, and teams that jump on the big name head coach limits itself.
Also, the Cheifs are in a rebuilding process already, and Hunt realized that if he is going to get back to the top he needs to clean house. That became apparent when Peterson ran defensive end Jared Allen out of town.
A team can turn it around over nite with a solid quarterback, and good defense. To get those you need to sometime just startover, and that starts at the top with the general manager.
The reason being that a new general manager is going to bring in an objective point of view, and will have the ability to see that a player is not that good, but for some reason the previous regime, and head coaching staff just in love with the guy.
Rushing only leads to sloppiness, which leads to mistakes, and the Cheifs are far from that in thier search for a new general manger.
Kansas City Chiefs president and general manager Carl Peterson has stepped down after nearly 20 years with the Chiefs. It was the noble thing, since he is the person that has ultimate say on the players that come into town.
Peterson did have many successfull teams throughout the 1990’s. Like the saying goes all good things come to an end, and that came very quickly.
The demise of the Chiefs was simply the retirement of guard Will Shields, and left tackle Willie Roaf. Since the two retired Peterson only filled one of the voids in the drafting of tackle Branden Albert.
However, the only person to blame for his demise is his self. He was too hard of a negotiator, which resulted in defensive end Jared Allen being traded to the Minnesota Vikings.
The biggest indictment of Peterson is not having talent in house to replace Shields and Roaf when they retire. What teams will do is select a tackle start him at right tackle, and then switch him to left upone the incumbent’s retiring.
Peterson should not be the end of the people leaving the Chiefs. What the Chiefs need to do is clean house of their scouting department.
The first round for the Chiefs has been fine for the last seveal years. After the first round the picks that they have hit on is far and in between.
Teams that are at the top of the league find gems in the late rounds that immediately come in, or develop after a year or two. When you do not find them, then the only place you are going to find yourself in is the basement.
This is a new beginning for Chiefs fans, and hopefully for the sake of the Chief fans owner Clark Hunt does not blow it. For if he does, then it is going to be a long decade.
The Kansas City Chiefs general manager Carl Peterson is known for asking more than the markey rate when making trades. That was obviously the case when the Chiefs were trying to deal tight end Tony Gonzalez.
It is being rumored that Peterson was asking for a first round pick for Gonzalez. The Associated Press stated in an article that Gonzalez could be attained cheaply.
Obviously, that is a load of bull. When the teams started calling the price immediatley went up. How else can you explain a future Hall of Fame tight end not being traded at the dead line.
Most likely what happened is that Peterson probably took a couple of calls from teams stating what the price would be. Probably low at the start, but when several teams called Peterson probably started asking for escalation clauses.
The problem is that nobody in their right mind would give up higher than a second rounder for Gonzalez. For he is in the twighlight of his career, and giving up a first round pick is just crazy.
Now, the Chiefs will get what they deserved, and that is an outright circus.
Kansas City Cheif quarterback Brodie Croyle is the teams quarterback of the future. Soon Croyle career is going to be over before it really gets started.
Football is a brutal game, and if you cannot stay healthy then you are no good to anyone in the National Football League. That is the case with Croyle as he suffered his third injury in seven starts with the Cheifs.
Croyle suffered a separated shoulder in a loss to the New England Patriots. In his first home start he hurt his back last year, and then later in the season hurt his hand.
Many Buffalo Bills fans learned that lesson earlier this decade as quarterback Rob Johnson was never able stay healthy enough to play a full 16 game season.
However, this is the NFL and as former Atlanta Falcon head coach Jerry Glanville put it, “You know what NFL stands for not for long.” As is the case for any player at any position.
Hopefully, Croyle will realize that before he allows his body to get battered to much, and become disabled due to injuries like many other former NFL players.
The Kansas City Cheifs are in the beginning of a rebuilding process. How long they are in that process depends on how third year quarterback Brodie Croyle turns out.
Croyle was dubbed as franchise quarterback of the future. However, that can change very quickly this year if he plays horrible.
Every quarterback in their first couple of years have games where they stink it up, and throw for under 100 yards total. What you want to see that over time those type of games start to fade away.
However, things have gotten off to a rough start. Croyle has completed 13 of 23 passes for 120 passing yards and no touchdowns in the preseason so far.
On the positive side the Cheifs running game has been explosive, as there are huge holes for running back Larry Johnson to run through, according to the Kansas City Star.
So, that means that the Cheifs will have its chances. It is up to Croyle to make the best of it.
Kansas City Cheif running back Larry Johnson suffered a foot injury that ended his season after only half of the season. Now, it looks like that Johnson’s days as the Cheifs main running back are numbered.
Johnson turns 29 in November, and that means Johnson is one year away from the point that most National Football League insiders consider is the starting point of the diminishment of running back skills.
Head coach Herm Edwards realizes this as he has announced that Johnson according to CBS Sportsline, “Johnson will be lucky to get 30(carries).”
That means that second year running back Kolby Smith will get about ten carries a game. Also, rookie Jamal Charles could see time as a third down back.
According to Kansas City Star’s Adam Teicher if Johnson gets hurt again Charles would be the starter, as they like Charles over Smith right now.
Also, Teicher states that first round pick offensive lineman Branden Alberts will most likely be the starter at left tackle this upcoming season.
Still the Cheifs are a very young team that is in the midst of rebuilding. In the end that means it is going to be a very painful season for the Cheifs.
Last year an unprobable thing happened, and that be a Kansas City Cheifs wide receiver Dwanye Bowe had an outstanding season. It looks that could happen again with another rookie wide receiver.
Bowe last year caught 70 passes for 995 yards total, and with five touchdowns. That even for a veteran wide receiver is a decent year. However, Bowe was a rookie last year, and that makes it spectacular.
Most rookies catch about 50-60 passes on the year for about 500 yards receiving on the year.
Will Franklin is a fourth round pick from this past draft, and already he is turning heads. That being both teammates, and his coaches.
According to the Kansas City Star Chiefs quarterback Damon Huard said this, “He’s dropped a couple of passes, but everyone’s dropped a couple. As a rookie receiver, it’s always tough for those guys coming into a situation like this. But he’s got the skills to be a special player. If he works hard at it, he will.”
Right now the second wide receiver spot is wide open going into training camp. Jeff Webb and Devard Darling are the two wide receivers thought of to compete for the starting job.
However, if Frankling keeps working hard, and also impressing, he could be the one starting on opening day.
The Minnesota Vikings have tried hard this offseason to get a defensive end. With wiffing on free agency the Vikings could land the best defensive end available on the market in Kansas City Cheifs defensive end Jared Allen.
There is no doubt that there is no love between Cheifs president and genral manager Carl Peterson and Jared Allen. With that being said the Cheifs made the right move in allowing Jared Allen to seek a deal and trade for the defensive end.
According to Pro Football Talk.com Peterson said this in a realeased statement, “We will confirm that we have been in conversation with a few teams regarding the possibility of acquiring Jared Allen’s contractual rights. Any potential agreement would be contingent on the Chiefs receiving appropriate compensation and Jared’s representative reaching a contract agreement.”
This is a smart move for the Cheifs as Allen could of been a distraction in the locker room, and could of just walked at the end of the season. Thus leaving the Cheifs just holding their pud in their hands, with a look on their face like Festus from the WWE, and that is before they ring the bell.
In the end it is the right thing to do as the Cheifs will get something to build on, and salary cap space to spend on players that deserve it, and free agents next offseason.