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Nanz predicts it.. The Chiefs lose the Browns this sunday.. Rodgers gets at least one sack and...

808NaNz808 — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:49:31 -0000

Nanz predicts it.. The Chiefs lose the Browns this sunday..
Rodgers gets at least one sack and Quinn looks like a rock star
Hopefully the good guys have the guts to prove me wrong.

NaNz

Dick Vermiel gave the keynote adress at the "University of Hawaii 100 Year Anniversary Gala" and I...

808NaNz808 — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:42:45 -0000

Dick Vermiel gave the keynote adress at the "University of Hawaii 100 Year Anniversary Gala" and I was lucky enough to attend last night at the low low price of $300 a seat. Luckily my Uncle is the Mayor and he got my dad and I in on his prominence.

Miyamoto a co owner of some sort to the Bengals frachise was there. He joked about Chad Ocho Cinco and Rodger Goodell (aka God) a lot and kept taking stabs at Coach Vermiels "stretchy pants" making mutiple refrences to the movie "Nacho Libre." In response Vermiel simply said "I didn't know this was going to be a roast!" Then went on to say how tough it was to get here from Philadelphia.

I asked coach Vermiel what he thought of the Pioli regime ad he laughed, I don't think he was paying attention to me. The man could not stop talking about the Rams and Kurt Warner, I don't blame him though he was wearing that fat super bowl ring. He bantered about Tony Gonzalez and how well the Chiefs did in his third year but that's about it

I wanted to ask for a picture but it was pretty formal and I didn't want peopleto believe my uncle brought a fan instead of a gentleman, still I was way bummed, I was hoping to catch him outside the gala afterward but he left shortly after his speech. Still it was pretty cool.

NaNz

Just Rambling Some Thoughts Here

808NaNz808 — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:23:31 -0000

Thanks for giving this a look feel free to scrutinize me about anything but I'm just going to cover some things that I would like to get an outside opinion on.

As much as I'd love to see it, Eric Berry probably won't be a Chief.

I was high on Taylor Mays until I saw Eric Berry play this season.. The dude looks promising, but I don't seem to recall Pioli and co. attending any Tennessee games. I'll just be honest, while I like to think I can pick out every guy who will succeed in the NFL, there's a reason why Scott Pioli talks to players and I talk about them.

Why do I get the feeling we're drafting a Tackle with our first pick hoping Mount Cody falls to us in the second?

Pioli and co. need to seriously think about trading for Sebastian Vollmer

If we could land Vollmer for our early second we will have robbed the Patriots.. Vollmer is a legitimate LT in the NFL. Some of his first NFL starts came against Miami (Joey Porter), the Colts(Freeney/ Mathis), and the Titans (Kearse/ Vanden Bosch) and he played valiantly. Imagine Vollmer, Albert, Waters, Ndukwe (or Smith), and O'callaghan? Then again Vollmer was a second round choice so we'd probably have to throw in another pick.

I've always dreamt of having a red and gold clad Wilfork play in between two red and gold clad first round picks

But it looks like it isn't going to happen.. From everythig I've read, the Pats aren't exactly high on Ron Brace. I'm betting the plan was to let Wilfork go to free agency so they could sign Seymour to an extension and plug in the youngster. One problem, the youngster doesn't exactly look like a rockstar. So they export Seymour so they can sign Wilfork. The NT is key in the 3-4 and New England will lock theirs up for another 5 solid years of production hoping they find or develop a replacement. That said I'm crossing my fingers. If Wilfork hits the market Pioli may splurge to get him. Could you imagine the destruction!?

I get a gut feeling Mangini shatters my dreams and reels in Weis

Mangini needs somethng big to happen to save his butt from being kicked back down to coordinator or college head coach (Lane Kiffin style), and Weis is something big (in more than one way). Plus it'd be a perfect marriage. Correct me if I'm wrong but Mangini is a defense coach, and Weis is an offense coach, no conflict, each man sticks to his guns and contributes to the greater cause. BONUS Weis would be able to work with Brady Quinn (who he fooled everyone into thinking was an NFL quarterback) and pick up some Notre Dame players with their draft position. Clausen and Tate fill two needs and will be picked around 1-5 and 32- 37 respectively.

On second thought Crennel is more important to me than Weis

I think Haley is developing a lot as an HC/OC and for his own sake he should hold on to that title until he gets some credibility in the NFL, then some young up and coming positions coach that will do everything he says can be hired. On the offensive side the position I see with the most urgency to fill is QB coach. Haley has always been a receivers guy, what the hell is he doing coaching quarterbacks!? How you find a QB coach I don't know but we need one, prefferably one that comes with a late round QB prospect to groom for the future.

As for the defense, Pendergast's "creativity" is not working, and his strong suit (secondary) has been vastly underperforming compared to what the previous regime got out of them. I think if we can keep Pendergast on as a secondary coach and bring in Crennel (who's specialty is D line), teamed with Gibbs, whose been doing a phenomenal job coaching linebackers, we'll have a pretty solid staff for defense.

Does it irritate anyone else that players that have "escaped" Kansas City since Pioli arrived are succeeding?

Bernard Pollard and Larry Johnson were meant to be made examples of. Instead Johnson got his first 100 yard game in who knows how long and will probably get to go to playoffs seeing as the Bengals have swept their division. Also Berard Pollard is a vital key to the Texans defense and is even drawing some Pro Bowl talks!

That's all I got. Fire away and thanks for reading

Thank goodness Notre Dame lost... Here's to Weis/Crennel as OC/DC hiring in 2010. That would be one...

808NaNz808 — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 05:03:29 -0000

Thank goodness Notre Dame lost... Here's to Weis/Crennel as OC/DC hiring in 2010. That would be one solid cast of castoffs

NaNz

If Todd Haley loses the game against the Raiders I'm on the fire Todd Haley bandwagon.. I wanted...

808NaNz808 — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:23:00 -0000

If Todd Haley loses the game against the Raiders I'm on the fire Todd Haley bandwagon.. I wanted Kirk Ferentz this off season anyways. But I will admit that I like Haley's approach, he just sucks at being a head coach

Chiefs fan here. Just wanna say that game against SD was awesome.. I admit I was cheering for...

808NaNz808 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:53:20 -0000

Chiefs fan here.

Just wanna say that game against SD was awesome.. I admit I was cheering for the Chargers but I read the front page post on how the Chargers have been the bullies of the AFC West and I'm glad someone brought them back down to earth.. Hopefully we can trounce on them too this week and put the race for second place into perspective! lol

P.S
I'm going to hold out before I swallow my words about my pre season trash talk (still plenty of season left) But I will say McDaniels/ Nolan was a hell of a hiring.

See you in December!

NaNz

Let's put this horse to rest The Tank Tyler trade cannot be assessed until we actually use the...

808NaNz808 — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:38:00 -0000

Let's put this horse to rest

The Tank Tyler trade cannot be assessed until we actually use the fifth round choice that we got. We did not trade for Marlon Favorite, we traded for a fifth round draft choice.

Because Carolina runs a 4-3 and we run a 3-4 we have to look at post trade production with a forgiving outlook.

Even if Tank Tyler blows up and becomes an awesome DT in Carolina we have to look at what he could have done for us not what he's doing for Carolina, and compare that to what we're getting out of our fifth rounder

The way I see it; if we get a WR that is only in on 4 receiver sets, or an offensive lineman that only gets in when a starter gets tired, or even just a solid long snapper, we were fairly compensated.

I say this only because Tank Tyler played a reserve role in Kansas City and probably would have stayed there. To say "he had a bright future" is not fair at all because none of us can see into the future..

If we didn't need him moving forward, and the market said he was worth a fifth, than he's worth a fifth. Simple as that.

NaNz

Good to see we're not carrying any dead weight this season. Something we've been painfully used to...

808NaNz808 — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:31:17 -0000

Good to see we're not carrying any dead weight this season. Something we've been painfully used to with the Peterson era.. After Coppers performance today I'm more sure every player has his role on this team. Well except the TE's there's no explaining keeping 4 TE's and playing 2

NaNz

For Those of You Who Had the Opportunity to Watch the Game

808NaNz808 — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:20:17 -0000

I have a few questions and I kind of want to use this as an open post for anyone else who was also unable to watch the game to ask any more questions. Sorry Chris if this should be a fanshot but I figured a post would get more conversations going.

1) How did Alleman do in relief of Brian Waters? Does he have a future at that position?

2) I've been down on Wade Smith at LT all week. How did he do?

3) I was predicting a career day for Haynesworth but apparently he had an injury of some sort? Was he pushing the pocket on Cassel?

4) Why did I hear that Zorn threw a challenge flag within 2 minutes of the fourth?

5) How did the players initially react to the win? Were they jumping like they had just won the super bowl?

6) Is O'Callaghan still looking like our RT of the future like he has the last two weeks?

7) How did Tyson Jackson do against their reserve LT?

8) Was Dorsey constant in pushing the pocket?

9) In the 3-4, it's often two people are responsible for every sack, who was the second party in Vrabels sack?

10) DJ got in apparently? Was he alright?

Thanks guys.. Today was huge and I'm glad we finally got that chip off our shoulder. Here's to 11-5!! GO CHIEFS!!!

Imagine the possible chain reaction created by a Chiefs victory this sunday! If all goes well Zorn...

808NaNz808 — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 06:56:17 -0000

Imagine the possible chain reaction created by a Chiefs victory this sunday! If all goes well Zorn will lose his job for losing again against the easiest schedule in NFL history.

I was thinking, we should take a hard look at making Zorn our QB coach/ Offensive Coordinator if he's on the market. His West Coast offense would suit Matt Cassel's ability perfectly, also considering it operates out of the gun primarily it could help hide our horrific O-Line

NaNz