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League keeping tabs on Dolphins-Chiefs, Hurricane Wilma
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With Hurricane Wilma bearing down on south Florida, there's a possibility that Sunday's game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Miami Dolphins might have to be moved -- and we're talking about the date, site or both.
Among the options under consideration, said a league spokesman, are playing the game at any time from Friday to Tuesday; playing it at a neutral site or playing it at Kansas City's Arrowhead Stadium.
The last idea, proposed by the Chiefs, is not expected to fly with Miami -- and look no further than how New Orleans responded to having its game with the New York Giants moved to Giants Stadium because of Hurricane Katrina.
The league, which is tracking the storm and stays in touch with both teams, could make a decision by Thursday. Obviously, plans are contingent on the storm's progress.
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Questions/Answers WITH COACH VERMEIL
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Q: Are you preparing contingencies in case Hurricane Wilma hits Florida this weekend when you are scheduled to play Miami?
D. VERMEIL: “We’re going through our normal routine as if it’s going to be a Sunday game played at the normal time because the only thing we have control of is our preparation. We can’t let the other things distract us. We’re totally aware of the situation but it’s business as usual right here.
“We don’t have a choice, do we? We have to do what the league tells us; that’s the way this league is run. I’m sure they’ll do what’s best for both teams and we’ll go do whatever they tell us to do. But I’m not going to sit here and make it a big problem for my football team and my coaching staff. We’ll just do what we’re instructed to do. If they’re smart they’ll bring the game to Kansas City where it’s warm and sunny.
“I think you’re conscious of that and you make sure that you’re prepared from the standpoint of the kind of offense that you would run best in that environment. But it hasn’t been a real significant part of our thinking right now. This has been materializing each day and getting a little more critical each day. As you and I talk it’s probably getting more critical. We’re just waiting to do what we’re instructed to do. But we’re trying to do the best that we can at not letting it interfere with our normal preparation.”
Q: Do you have any idea when the league will make its decision?
VERMEIL: “No, but I think we’ll probably know this time tomorrow. Sooner or later the preparation has to be made for both sides of the line of scrimmage. It just seems sort of funny that you’d bring people to a storm. But I have no control over it. They’ve already cancelled the college game in Miami (Saturday). Whatever they say we do we’ll honor.”
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Questions/Answers CB PATRICK SURTAIN
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Q: Did you take it personally when the Dolphins decided to trade you to Kansas City?
SURTAIN: “Not at all. It was a business decision. I had one year left on my deal, but you have to understand when you get seven to eight years in the league you understand it’s a business and they made a business decision. I was happy with the seven years I played in Miami, but I just think it was time to move on.”
Q: How will it feel to go against guys who used to be your teammates? Will it be an advantage for you at all?
SURTAIN: “It’s going to be strange. It’s going to help me somewhat because I know what those guys like to do and I know some of their releases but they run a totally different offense, so in one aspect it will but an other aspect they run different routes now so it’s a whole new thing.”
Q: What will you think when you walk into that stadium as an opponent?
SURTAIN: “Am I really on the opposing team? When you stay in one place for your career for so long you get used to things and just walking through that stadium some memories are going to come back but when the game starts all that will go away and I just have to go out there and play football.”
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CHIEFS INJURY REPORT
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DT-Ryan Sims-Foot-Out*
CB-Dexter McCleon-Groin-Questionable*
WR-Samie Parker-Knee-Questionable*
T-Kevin Sampson-Illness-Questionable*
TE-Jason Dunn-Knee-Probable
RB-Larry Johnson-Quad-Probable*
LB-Gary Stills-Shoulder-Probable
G-Brian Waters-Knee-Probable
S-Greg Wesley-Back-Probable
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Mirage: Gonzo's lack of production
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Depending on your league's scoring format, Tony Gonzalez was either the first or second tight end selected in your fantasy league. Given his slow start, we can only assume that Gonzo echoed the sentiments of his fantasy owners when he complained recently about his lack of involvement in the Chiefs' passing game.
In the first four games, Gonzo accumulated just 16 receptions for 129 yards and no touchdowns. Spread out over the course of an entire season, those numbers would add up to 64 grabs for 516 yards, which would be Tony's worst numbers since his rookie season back in 1997. The good news is that Chiefs head coach Dick Vermeil agreed with Gonzo's assessment and vowed to get him more involved in the passing game.
The main reason Tony wasn't getting looks from quarterback Trent Green was because offensive lineman Willie Roaf was sidelined with an injury, and Vermeil felt he had to use Gonzalez as a blocker. Roaf returned to action last week, and although it didn't lead to an immediate surge in Gonzo's numbers, quarterback Trent Green did throw his way five times on the opening drive. As such, we believe it's only a matter of time before Gonzalez starts producing better numbers. source... |
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CHIEFS WAITING FOR WORD ON FLORIDA'S HURRICANE
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Hurricane Wilma is working its way toward Florida, and may alter the schedule for Sunday’s Kansas City Chiefs-Miami Dolphins game. Chiefs officials are receiving hourly updates from the league office and the team is going about its usual routine. No final decisions have been made.
“We’re going through our normal routine as if it’s going to be a Sunday game played at the normal time,” said head coach Dick Vermeil today in a conversation with Miami reporters, “because the only thing we have control of is our preparation. We can’t let other things distract us. We’re totally aware of the situation but it’s business as usual right here.”
The team is scheduled to leave for Miami on Saturday at 2 PM and the game is scheduled for the following day at 1 PM ET. Vermeil said that he doesn’t want the ever-changing weather reports “to make a big problem for my football team and my coaching staff. We’ll just do what we’re instructed to do. This has been materializing each day and getting a little more critical each day. We’re just waiting to do what we’re instructed to do. But we’re trying to do the best that we can at not letting us interfere with our normal preparation.”
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ALLEN NAMED AFC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
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The National Football League informed the Chiefs on Wednesday that DE Jared Allen has been named the AFC Defensive Player of the Week for his performance in a 28-21 win against the Washington Redskins last Sunday. This is the first time Allen has claimed Conference Player of the Week accolades. Allen is the first member of the Chiefs to win Defensive Player of the Week honors since LB Mike Maslowski received the accolade in 2002.
Allen (6-6, 265 - Photos) registered six tackles (five solo) and recorded career-highs with 3.0 sacks, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries. The second-year pro became the first Chiefs player to register two fumble recoveries, two forced fumbles and at least 1.0 sack in a game since LB Derrick Thomas did it in a 30-10 win at Atlanta (9/18/94).
Allen ended the Redskins first drive of the game with a sacked and stripped QB Mark Brunell then recovered the fumble. He then turned the trick again in the third quarter when he knocked the ball from Brunell and scooped up the fumble. Finally, with Kansas City holding a slim 28-21 fourth-quarter lead, Allen recorded back-to-back sacks on second and third down, effectively ending another Washington possession and helping preserve the Chiefs 28-21 win.
Allen, the Chiefs leading sacker with 5.0 (-31.0 yards) on the season, also leads the team with 19 QB pressures and four forced fumbles while ranking sixth on the squad in tackles with 30 (19 solo). In his rookie season a year ago Allen was given the Chiefs Mack Lee Hill Award, which is given to the club’s top rookie or first-year player. The Idaho State product finished first on the team with 9.0 sacks (-47.0 yards) in 2004 and has now totaled 14.0 for his career. His 9.0 sacks a year ago were the second-highest total by a rookie in Chiefs history, trailing only the 10.0 registered by Thomas in ‘89. The Los Gatos, California native is in his second season with the Chiefs after joining the club as the second of two fourth-round picks in the 2004 draft.
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Warfield 6th highest overpaid player in the NFL?
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6. CB Eric Warfield, Kansas City Chiefs
2004 salary: $2.5M base, $0 signing bonus, $3.0M total, $3.7M cap value
2005 base salary: $3.3M
In 2002, the Chiefs signed Warfield to a seven-year contract worth $27 million, including a $5 million signing bonus. Since then, the Chiefs' secondary has annually been one of the league's worst teams when it comes to giving up yardage to opposing No. 1 receivers. The fact that defensive coordinator Gunther Cunningham prefers to leave his cornerbacks in man coverage certainly doesn't play to Warfield's strengths. But that hasn't been a problem so far in 2005 because of Warfield's four-game suspension for a DUI conviction.
Warfield's base salary makes him the fifth-highest-paid cornerback in the league this season, which sounds a tad high for someone who could end up as the dime back. And just in case you need more proof that Warfield is overpaid, consider this: While under house arrest for a previous DUI conviction in 2001, his Martha Stewart-inspired tracking bracelet would occasionally go off when he strayed too far down one of the wings in his mansion.
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CHIEFS NOTEBOOK: Sims insurance/HERE COMES WILMA
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HERE COMES WILMA
Another hurricane is churning toward Florida, and it may affect the Chiefs’ travel plans to Miami this weekend.
As of late Tuesday, the National Hurricane Center’s long-range forecast track had Hurricane Wilma hitting south Florida on Saturday, according to Reuters. The Chiefs play at Miami at noon Sunday.
As of Tuesday afternoon, Vermeil said he hadn’t heard from the league about any possible postponements or rescheduling.
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Gilbert Brown’s NFL comeback effort made a stop Tuesday in Kansas City.
Coach Dick Vermeil said Tuesday that the Chiefs are evaluating Brown, a longtime nose tackle for the Packers, as a possible backup plan for Ryan Sims. Brown was scheduled to work out for the team Tuesday.
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Chiefs, Barber unsure what comes next
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At 7 a.m. Tuesday, Chiefs coach Dick Vermeil met with his defensive coordinator to figure out what to do with the ball boy.
Shawn Barber has been more than that in the last 11 months. When a player gets hurt as badly as Barber did last year, the coaches give him an option of hanging out at practice or rehabbing on his own. Barber was there every day, shagging balls, playing practice referee — and a rather biased one at that.
But now he’s nearly back from his torn-up knee, today’s the first day Vermeil can evaluate players on the physically-unable-to-perform list, and the Chiefs aren’t exactly sure what to do. And neither is Barber. Full story |
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KC's Warfield back in mix
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A couple of Chiefs could go from "Where's he?" status to starting duty when -- or if -- the Chiefs play in Miami this week.
But the possibility of Hurricane Wilma taking a northeastern turn and bearing down on south Florida this weekend wasn't on coach Dick Vermeil's radar Tuesday.
Vermeil, who admitted he'd heard nothing about weather-related concerns that had several college teams talking about changing their games, was far more concerned about plugging possible holes in his starting lineup. Full story |
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Coach Vermeil Press Conference
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Q: Are you leaning toward putting Ryan Sims on IR and signing Gilbert Brown?
VERMEIL: “We’re in the process of evaluating all that right now. But Ryan Sims is making very good progress. We had a great medical report yesterday. They’re changing the cast and putting him in a walking-type cast. Then, there’s another evaluation process. But we do have to consider the evaluation process going to the point where all of a sudden (team doctor) Dr. Browne says, ‘you know something? This guy may not make it back this year.’ But you don’t wait for the doctor to tell you that somewhere down the road. You prepare now bringing people in and working them out and visiting with them.”
Q: Do you have a drop dead date?
VERMEIL: “No. Dr. Browne decides that.”
Q: Two straight 300-yard passes and two straight 170-yard receivers. What aren’t you guys doing defensively?
VERMEIL: “The first thing you’re doing is not allowing them to run the ball as well. So, they change their mode and start throwing the football more. That’s been the situation in the Jets game. In Philadelphia that’s not so true because that’s been their profile, but they didn’t run very effectively when they did run. Portis had 24 yards rushing in the second half and (Washington) threw the ball much more. So, it pushes them into getting the ball in the hands of somebody else and when you have a guy like Santana Moss they’re going to put the ball in his hands. What we have to do and what we’ve been working on and discussing is to find some more efficient ways to at least reduce the production of one single receiver.”
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No more sitting around
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Other than watching from the sideline in sweats, Eric Warfield had little to keep him busy during Sunday’s game between the Chiefs and Washington.
Warfield made small talk with some teammates. At one point, he took a seat on the bench between kicker Lawrence Tynes and punter Dustin Colquitt, usually the sign of genuine boredom for a position player.
Warfield, a former starting cornerback, should have more to do during this Sunday’s game at Miami. Coach Dick Vermeil said Warfield would probably play for the first time this season. Full story |
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Chiefs probably won't live up to promising start
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It almost seems like heresy to suggest that the Chiefs' dominating 27-7 season-opening win over the Jets six weeks ago might not have been the perfect way to get things started.
You know the adage about when something seems too good to be true, it usually is? It applies here when assessing where Kansas City has been, and where it is going, after that too-perfect opening at Arrowhead. Full story |
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Roaf acknowledges some rust, but says he feels good
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The limp? Pay no mind.
It's not a recurrence of the hamstring injury that caused him to miss three games, Willie Roaf said, but a natural consequence of the years he's spent crashing his 6-foot-5, 320-pound - and, let's not forget, 35-year-old - body into opposing defenders.
"The hamstring was not bothering me," the Kansas City Chiefs' left tackle said after returning to the starting lineup in Sunday's 28-21 victory over the Washington Redskins. "I just limp around anyway. Maybe after I retire, it will go away. I've just got to do everything I can every week to help the team win." Full story |
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CHIEFS VS DOLPHINS - GAME 6
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KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (3-2)
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MIAMI DOLPHINS (2-3)
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2005 – 12:00 PM (CENTRAL)
DOLPHINS STADIUM – MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA
TV: CBS Regional Coverage (KCTV-5 in Kansas City) – Gus Johnson and Steve Tasker.
REGIONAL RADIO: CBS Radio/Westwood One – Harry Kalas and Bob Trumpy.
LOCAL RADIO: KCFX-FM (101.1) – Mitch Holthus, Len Dawson, Bob Gretz and Bill Grigsby.
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THE MATCH-UP
The Chiefs will make their first visit to Miami since ‘97 when Kansas City faces the Dolphins on Sunday. Dick Vermeil’s team is 3-2 and is seeking to produce its second straight win after registering a 28-21 home victory vs. Washington (10/16). Nick Saban’s squad is seeking to snap a two-game losing streak after suffering a 20-14 loss at Buffalo (10/9) and a being handed a 27-13 setback at Tampa Bay (10/16).
Kansas City will be attempting to record just their second-ever victory at Dolphins Stadium. The Chiefs lone win at that venue came in the form of a 27-24 victory (12/24/89). Since that time, KC has dropped six straight contests in South Florida, including a pair of postseason outings. That 16-year drought without a road victory at Miami is one of the Chiefs longest against any AFC opponent. KC last recorded wins in Buffalo and Pittsburgh during the ‘86 campaign, while its most recent win in Cincinnati was in ‘84. The Chiefs last road win at the Colts came in ‘80 while that franchise was still stationed in Baltimore.
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KC can be Allen’s town if he keeps crushing quarterbacks
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It had been years since a Kansas City defensive player dominated a football game for 60 minutes and handed the Chiefs a victory.
Jared Allen ended that drought Sunday afternoon inside Arrowhead Stadium, terrorizing Washington during Kansas City’s 28-21 victory.
“If we don’t take the football away, we don’t win the game. That’s all there is to it,” Chiefs coach Dick Vermeil appropriately summarized. Full story |
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Holmes’ long TD rejuvenates offense
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There is no getting around it. Sunday, the Chiefs’ offense looked old. And nobody seemed to understand that better than Priest Holmes. He has always had that extra sense. Maybe it comes from his chess background. Maybe it’s just something you pick up when you’ve spent your career beating odds.
Whatever, you could tell from the start of Sunday’s game that Holmes was feeling feisty. He was dancing. He was juking. He was Crazy Legs Holmes, running one way, running back the other way, stopping, twisting, slipping and a-sliding, reeling with the feeling, losing 10 yards on one regrettable Gale Sayers impersonation late in the first half. Full story |
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Defense makes the big plays
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Jared Allen needed a moment alone. The final pass had been swatted away, Allen had just completed the biggest game by a Chiefs defender since the days of Derrick Thomas, and all he wanted was some space in front of his locker.
He slipped on a pink shirt and a white disco suit, which a teammate called a mix of “Miami Vice” and “Saturday Night Fever” — ugly, but mesmerizing.
Kind of like Kansas City’s 28-21 win over Washington on Sunday, a game the Chiefs desperately needed and didn’t seal until there were 14 seconds left and Mark Brunell’s pass in the corner of the end zone was batted down by Sammy Knight. Full story |
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Knight in right place
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The identity of the Chiefs player who scored their first defensive touchdown of the season should be no surprise.
He’s the same guy who busted up Washington’s last-chance pass in the Arrowhead Stadium end zone Sunday and preserved the Chiefs’ 28-21 win. The same one who broke up the Raiders’ fourth-down, potential game-winner last month in Oakland.
Yet all safety Sammy Knight could talk about afterward on Sunday was his good fortune to be in the right place at the right time.
“Hopefully,” he said, “I can just keep being there.” Full story |
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Saving the day
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The white linen suit with the broad lapels, offset by its pink shirt with a high collar, was a throwback to the Disco Days of the '70s, Jared Allen explained.
"I've been watching 'Boogie Nights' and 'Saturday Night Fever,' " Allen said as he donned his new custom-made outfit amid a happy Chiefs locker room. "I want to look like those guys. They're icons!"
Allen's suit also had a touch of "Miami Vice." But Sammy Knight, a recent resident of fashionable Miami, feigned disgust as he threatened to call the fashion police on his defensive teammate. Full story |
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Caywood: KC leans on Allen's big plays
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In the Kansas City Chiefs' locker room, Derrick Thomas comparisons aren't made lightly.
Eric Hicks made one Sunday.
After years of Charminy-soft Kansas City defenses, few performances have brought to mind the franchise's greatest defensive impact player and all-time sack leader.
But Hicks, the Chiefs' left end, saw one from coming off the other end of their defensive line in a 28-21 win against the Washington Redskins. Full story |
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Gonzalez gets involved
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A second straight two-reception game, this one producing a mere 13-yard total that still doubled the receiving yards of his last outing, would suggest the Chiefs have written Tony Gonzalez out of their game plan.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
Truth is, Kansas City had big plans to utilize Gonzalez heavily in Sunday's home game with Washington. They threw to him extensively in last week's workouts, then threw three medium-to-deep routes his way -- unsuccessfully -- on their first 14-play drive for a field goal. Full story |
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L. Johnson,G Wesley Injured-KFFL.com
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Chiefs | L. Johnson Injured
Sun, 16 Oct 2005 15:06:05 -0700
KCChiefs.com reports Kansas City Chiefs RB Larry Johnson (thigh) suffered a left thigh contusion during the team's Week 6 game. No word on his status for Week 7.
Chiefs | Wesley Injured
Sun, 16 Oct 2005 15:13:05 -0700
KCChiefs.com reports Kansas City Chiefs S Greg Wesley (back) suffered a low back contusion during the team's Week 6 game. No word on his status for Week 7. Read More ... |
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In odd reversal, Chiefs must fix clunky offense
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KANSAS CITY -- I don't wonder if the Kansas City Chiefs have enough defense to make a run at another AFC West title. I wonder if they have enough offense, and I say that after they won.
It's just that something isn't right with the league's best operation of a year ago. It's the rhythm ... no, it's the timing ... the offensive line ... I don't know, but there's something that's just, well, off, and the surest indication is that Tony Gonzalez -- the best tight end in the business -- spent a second consecutive afternoon with two catches for under 14 yards.
Three games from midseason, he's still waiting on his first touchdown -- and, I'm sorry, but that's not the way it's supposed to happen around here.
"We're not where we ought to be on offense," said coach Dick Vermeil after the Chiefs ended a two-game slide with a 28-21 defeat of Washington. "Sooner or later it will come. But if it doesn't, we won't win many games like this one."
I'm not trying to sound the alarm, but offense has been the hallmark of the Chiefs for years -- whether it's Priest Holmes setting a league record for TDs or Gonzalez setting a receptions mark for tight ends. The Chiefs always produce on offense, and if you're skeptical, look at last year's numbers: Yep, that's Kansas City that led the league in yards and outscored everyone but Indianapolis.
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Redskins fall to Chiefs
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Jared Allen had a huge day against Washington with three sacks and two recovered fumbles, but it was the play he didn't get credit for that his teammates said was the biggest of the game.
Sammy Knight insists that Allen created the fumble that the defensive back returned for a momentum-swinging 80-yard touchdown in Kansas City's 28-21 victory over the Redskins on Sunday. full story... |
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Optimist Gunther reiterates restoring defense takes time
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Gunther emerges from his bunker for a few minutes Saturday afternoon. Chiefs defensive coordinator Gunther Cunningham does not often come out to talk. He has too many things to do. Anyway his words get him in trouble sometimes. Better to keep quiet.
But we go back a long way. So he emerges. And I ask him the question.
“Is this defense going to be good?” Full story |
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Under THE GUN
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Gunther Cunningham’s bunker doesn’t have an address. Maybe it’s tucked in the corner of the fourth floor at Arrowhead Stadium. Maybe it’s at the 30-yard line on game day. Maybe it’s just a place deep inside himself.
Truth is, nobody knows exactly where Cunningham goes to regroup when his defense is playing poorly. For more than a month, the Chiefs defensive coordinator has declined almost all opportunities to speak out, through the high of the season-opening 27-7 win over the Jets and the low of the 30-10 pasting by the Broncos.
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Chiefs face familiar foes
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As he watches recent video of the Washington team Joe Gibbs coaches today, Dick Vermeil gets flashbacks to the last time he coached against Gibbs in 1982.
"You see a lot of the original evolution of the Joe Gibbs offense from the Super Bowl years," Vermeil said of the time leading up to Washington's three Super Bowl championships of the 1980s. Full story |
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Mitchell Works Out for Team-KFFL.com
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Chiefs | Mitchell Works Out for Team
Sat, 15 Oct 2005 09:26:47 -0700
Adam Teicher, of the Kansas City Star, reports the Kansas City Chiefs had free agent WR Freddie Mitchell (Chiefs) work out with the team. Head coach Dick Vermeil said that they only brought him back to evaluate him and repeated earlier statements that they would only sign him if one of their wide receivers is injured.
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Welbourn glad his ‘vacation’ is finally over
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Watching himself on TV this week, John Welbourn got a glimpse at his perceived bad-boy image. He rolled his eyes at a question. He didn’t apologize for his steroids suspension. He said he didn’t do anything wrong, so he went surfing for four weeks.
“If I watched that, I guess I’d think, ‘What a jerk,’ ” Welbourn said. “I’m sick of talking about it. I want to play football.” Full story |
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Warfield to Sit Out Week 6-KFFL.com
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Adam Teicher, of the Kansas City Star, reports Kansas City Chiefs CB Eric Warfield will not be active for Week 6 as he recently rejoined the team after serving a four-game suspension.Read More ... |
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Chiefs' Warfield back from suspension, tries to reclaim job
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Eric Warfield is out of jail and off house arrest and finally out from under that four-game suspension by the NFL.
Now, if only he can get out of Dick Vermeil's doghouse.
Vermeil welcomed back Warfield this week from a four-game suspension for felony conviction of DUI, but made it clear that Dexter McCleon, not Warfield, will be the starting right cornerback on Sunday when Kansas City hosts the Washington Redskins.
"Chances are he'll be active this week, but not in a starting role, but (in a) special teams role and a backup role or maybe a limited package role," Vermeil said Tuesday.
So what will it take for Warfield to regain his starting role? The eight-year veteran has been the Chiefs' best defensive back the past several years and is bigger and more physical than McCleon, who is more suited as the nickel back.
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Analyze This: Giving out A's for the 'D'
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(Sept. 22, 2005) -- Defense wins championships, right? Apparently a few NFL teams are beginning to listen to that old adage.
The Chiefs and Colts have won games this season because of their defense, not in spite of it. And Indy needed every bit from its 'D' in Week 2 when a stout Jaguars defense kept Peyton Manning and the Colts offense in check. Meanwhile, in the NFC, the Bears, Buccaneers and Redskins were a combined 16-32 last season but have a 5-1 cumulative record this year, thanks largely to defenses that rank third, fourth and sixth in scoring, respectively.
Picking the most impressive of that bunch after just two weeks is a tough task, but our panel of experts is up to the challenge. Let's see what they had to say about the defenses for the Chiefs, Colts, Redskins, Jaguars, Bears and Bucs.
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Post-surgery Green's ready to go for Chiefs
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Two weeks after undergoing surgery to restore circulation in his leg, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Trent Green pronounced himself 100 percent fit.
"I feel really good," he said Thursday. "It's amazing how quick the turnaround has been, how quickly it came back."
Doctors implanted a stent in an artery after conducting a battery of tests to learn why he was experiencing numbness in the left leg and foot. The surgery was performed on Aug. 30 and required an overnight hospital stay.
When the Chiefs played St. Louis in their final preseason game Sept. 2, Green missed a start for the first time since he was acquired from the Rams in 2001.
"I haven't had any muscle soreness. My foot feels fine," he said. "It's really amazing how quickly it recovers."
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FREDDIE's NIGHTMARE
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Before he signs with any team, free-agent wide receiver Freddie Mitchell is first undergoing knee surgery to repair his torn meniscus. He has been told that he will be out 2½ weeks.
Mitchell is scheduled to fly this weekend from Kansas City and then drive to Alabama, where he will undergo arthroscopic knee surgery with noted doctor James Andrews. Had Mitchell made the Chiefs roster, he would not have had the impending surgery. But now that they've released him, Mitchell figured he should get operated on, something the Chiefs asked him to do earlier this summer.
Once he cleared waivers, teams began making contact with Mitchell and the Chiefs apparently have some interest in possibly bringing back the wide receiver. But first Mitchell has to get fixed and healthy.
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Chiefs' Shields ready for duty
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Will Shields will play his first football game in almost eight months tonight when the Chiefs play a preseason game against Seattle at Arrowhead Stadium.
It's the first live test for Shields, a 10-time Pro Bowl guard, who missed all of the offseason, two preseason games and most of training camp because of first a sore knee and later a nagging back injury.
Shields still admitted to no unusual amount of trepidation.
"It's just a preseason game," he said in his typical understated style. "It is what it always is. It's a chance to get your body ready and into shape for the regular season."
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Keys for K.C.: Stay healthy, improve 'D'
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Few NFL linemen have been as dominant, durable or dependable as Kansas City Chiefs guard Will Shields.
Shields has earned 10 trips to the Pro Bowl and has played in 191 straight games, the second-longest active streak in pro football.
But all those games have taken their toll as his massive 6-foot- 3, 320-pound body is finally starting to break down.
The former Husker standout missed most of training camp after being hampered by back and knee injuries.
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Camp tour: Chiefs spell relief with revamped 'D'
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RIVER FALLS, Wis. -- The Kansas City Chiefs are on the clock.
Their quarterback is 35. So is their star offensive tackle. A Pro Bowl guard turns 34 next month. The star running back is 31 and didn't play the second half of last season. The head coach has talked about retirement.
Practices have been physical, evident in this Priest Holmes collision with newly acquired Ashley Ambrose. (AP)
And he is not alone.
If there's an urgency to win, it's because the team's offense -- the league's best a year ago -- is aging, with quarterback Trent Green wondering if this is the last we see of this group together.
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