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PFT: Haley defends going for it on fourth down
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The Kansas City Chiefs aren't a very good team, so it's no surprise
that they don't lead the league in very many statistical categories.
But
they do lead the league in one: Fourth-down conversion attempts. The
Chiefs have gone for it on fourth down 27 times this season, converting
13 of them. And although it might seem like the Chiefs' 3-10 record
should cause coach Todd Haley to re-think his approach to game-day
decision making, Haley says he's confident that more often than not,
he's made the right call.
"There are a lot of different factors that come into those decisions," Haley said, per the Kansas City Star. "You go with what you feel. . . .
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Livingston: Wins (for now) aren't the measure of Mike Vrabel's leadership with Chiefs
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A basketball player once told me Red Auerbach built the Boston Celtics to last, "like the Roman Empire."
The player was M.L. Carr, who later became Boston's general manager
in the 1990s, about the time the Visigoths overran the empire.
The Celtics got old together back then. Management forgot about
replenishing the team with youth and speed, sentimentally letting
veterans play out the string together. After that, they had no one to
remember the specs of the blueprint for victory.
In the old days, the Romans used career soldiers called centurions
to indoctrinate the men in the ranks. Among the new centurions in the
NFL is Mike Vrabel, of Walsh Jesuit, Ohio State and the Browns'
opponent this Sunday, the Kansas City Chiefs.
Before New England's coaching staff made Vrabel a central element of
three Super Bowl champions, he was a spare part in Pittsburgh. After
New England, he and Matt Cassel, who baby-sat the quarterback position
when Tom Brady was hurt last season, were traded to Kansas City for a
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Williamson: Chiefs facing a potential TV blackout again
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The Kansas City Chiefs have a tougher task this week to avoid their first local television blackout in 19 years than they had last week.
The team announced Tuesday they have about 5,500 tickets to sell
for Sunday’s game against Cleveland by Thursday’s deadline. Last week,
Kansas City got an extension until Friday to sellout the Buffalo game,
which they did. Last Tuesday, the team said they had 3,500 tickets to
sell.
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Williamson: Missouri to honor Schottenheimer
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Former Chiefs coach Marty Schottenheimer will be inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame as part of the 2010 class.
Schottenheimer, still wildly popular in Kansas City, will be
inducted Jan. 31, 2010, in Springfield, Mo. From 1989 to 1998, he led
Kansas City to a 101-58-1 record during the regular season.
He is the third Kansas City coach to be inducted into the state's hall of fame. He joins Hank Stram and Dick Vermeil.
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PFT: Cassel booed as Chiefs fall to Bills
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When he was acquired during the off-season, Matt Cassel was advertised
as the new franchise quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs.
Cassel hasn't played like a franchise quarterback, and the fans in Kansas City are getting fed up.
Cassel
threw four interceptions in today's 16-10 loss to the Bills, and he
heard it from the fans at Arrowhead Stadium. He said afterward that he
understood their frustration.
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BR: Chiefs still making same mistakes
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Dwayne Bowe walked into the Kansas City
Chiefs locker room on Monday, exchanged hugs and handshakes with
teammates who shouted out “D-Bowe!” as he arrived.
Back from a four-game drug suspension, Bowe was a welcome sight
at the Chiefs’ training complex.
On the field, not much has changed.
In losing 16-10 to the Buffalo Bills on Sunday, the hapless
Chiefs made many of the same mistakes that have haunted them all
season.
Matt Cassel had another shaky game. A mediocre rushing team ran
all over the Chiefs’ defense. The offense kept tripping itself
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Teicher: Chiefs happy to finally get Bowe back
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The last time he played for the Kansas City Chiefs before his
four-week NFL suspension, Dwayne Bowe had one of his best games of the
season, catching six passes in a win over the Raiders.
The
Chiefs welcomed Bowe back Monday and are eager to get him back in the
lineup for this weekend's game against Cleveland at Arrowhead Stadium.
They aren't necessarily expecting him to pick up where he left off.
"It's
unreasonable to expect him to come in and play as good or better as he
was before he left,'' wide receiver Bobby Wade said. "The hardest thing
about missing games during the season is the speed of the game. It's
going to be a challenge for him to play within his own realm and make
the plays that come to him, but he's capable of handling it. He's got
to let the game come to him and not stress about making a big play. He
just has to play solid."
Bowe
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