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Weight loss not Chiefs' concern this spring
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Unlike last year, the Kansas City Chiefs feel no need to turn this year's offseason program into an NFL fat farm, measuring progress more by weight lost than plays learned.
Coach Todd Haley's
second spring season will focus more on getting newcomers and holdovers
working together and acquainting everybody with new coordinators.
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Chiefs Hire Adam Zimmer
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The Kansas City Chiefs hired Adam Zimmer as a defensive
assistant/assistant linebackers coach today, the team announced.
The son of Cincinnati Bengals defensive coordinator Mike
Zimmer, Zimmer coached for the past four seasons with the New Orleans
Saints.
During his tenure with the Saints, he was part of a New Orleans
coaching staff that helped guide the franchise to a victory in Super
Bowl XLIV as well as a pair of NFC championship game appearances.
Zimmer played collegiately at Trinity University (Tex.).
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Teicher: Chiefs adding experience to go with youth
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When the Kansas City Chiefs looked at Mike Vrabel, they saw a skilled
linebacker who knew their defensive system well and was eager to mentor
younger players and lead in the locker room. It mattered little
to them that he comes in a soon-to-be 35-year-old body. The Chiefs
in fact are finding older is better is many cases. Along with Vrabel,
the Chiefs re-signed wide receiver Chris Chambers, who will be 32 in
August. They added center Casey Wiegmann and running back Thomas Jones,
who will be 37 and 32, respectively, this summer. As a result, the
Chiefs, one of the youngest NFL teams the last couple of seasons, are
graying. continue reading...
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Covitz: Chiefs sign Derrick Johnson
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 The Chiefs announced that linebacker Derrick Johnson has signed an
restricted free agent tender.
Johnson, the club's first-round draft pick in 2005, would have
been an unrestricted free agent this year, but the uncapped season made
him a restricted free agent.
The Chiefs retained his rights when they offered him a one-year
contract worth $2.621 million.
Johnson was eligible to negotiate with other clubs, but had he
signed an offer sheet with another team, the Chiefs had the right to
match that offer. If they declined, the Chiefs would have been entitled
to that team’s first-round draft pick. continue reading... |
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Jesnsen: Mission implausible for Chiefs' Studebaker
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When he invited a special guest to work with his players this month,
Kansas City Chiefs coach Todd Haley couldn't wait for him to meet Andy
Studebaker, an Illinois native who graduated from Wheaton College.
''I had a karate expert come in, and I told all the coaches that if
we tell Andy to run through a wall, he'll be here to do it,'' Haley
said Monday from the NFL owners meetings in Orlando. ''At first I was
mad [Studebaker wasn't there], but then I found out he was on a trip.'' continue reading...
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Teicher: What about Croyle?
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 Seattle's trade for quarterback Charlie Whitehurst got me thinking
about the future of the Chiefs' Brodie Croyle. Both began the off-season
as restricted free agents and the Seahawks worked out a deal with San
Diego for the rights to Whitehurst.
Whitehurst and Croyle were taken in the same round of the same draft,
the third round in 2006. Croyle has done little to distinguish himself
in his time with the Chiefs, but let's remember the Kansas City offense
has mostly been a mess no matter who the quarterback. The situation the
Chiefs threw Croyle into was a near-impossible one for any quarterback.
Still, Croyle has outdone Whitehurst, who hasn't been good enough to
get out on the field and throw so much as a regular-season pass. The
Chargers thought so little of Whitehurst that they traded for Billy
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Will Chiefs stick with a building block or go for the popular pick in draft?
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When you think about the NFL draft for the Kansas City Chiefs next
month, there’s the safe pick – offensive tackle Russell Okung from
Oklahoma State.
And then there’s the one fans really want – defensive back Eric Berry
from Tennessee. Ranked third on Mel Kiper’s board of 32, Berry would be a
huge hit with the fans and a solid win for general manager Scott Pioli.
I like what Pioli is doing with the Chiefs, but I’d love it if he’d pick
Berry. The problem is you can’t have everything, and my gut says that
taking Berry that high would go against what Pioli wants to do.
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Williamson: The good and the bad of the Chiefs
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After winning a total of 10 games the past three seasons, Kansas City needs to make major improvements.
So far, in the offseason, the Chiefs have made decent strides. There has been some talk that perhaps in the second year of the Scot Pioli-Todd Haley era, Kansas City will be poised to make a major jump and become one of the NFL’s most improved teams in 2010.
I am not sure if Kansas City is quite ready to be considered a sleeper team. However, in the early portion of the offseason, it is the most improved team in the AFC West.
Most of Kansas City’s improvements have been made on offense. Defensively, Kansas City has a lot of work to do. Still, there is time through free agency and next month’s draft. Kansas City has the No. 5 overall pick and two picks in the second round. The Chiefs have three picks in the first 50 choices and four picks in the first 66 selections. It has a chance to get much better.
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