I took a peek at few other SB Nation Blogs and it appears there's some interest in Tyler Thigpen out there.   Wonder if Pioli & Company are testing the market with him now?    I think we should definitely hold on to him, but if some other  team comes up with an offer we can't refuse then I would probably get over it.    Especially with the possibility of Pioli grabbing another QB with a 6th or 7th round pick.

Chicago Bears:

http://www.windycitygridiron.com/2009/2/28/775475/with-cassel-in-kc-should-w

Detroit Lions:

http://www.prideofdetroit.com/2009/3/1/777104/we-should-test-the-market

San Francisco 49er's:

http://www.ninersnation.com/2009/2/28/775468/matt-cassel-traded-to-chie

Go Chiefs

"We’ve lost perhaps our best all around football player," he said. "Defense, offense, special teams, Vrabes did it all. His intelligence and on field adjustments can not be replaced. This team has just changed immensely."

This is an impressive comment considering all of the talent they have in New England.  I think Pioli and company made a very nice move here.   Hopefully Vrabel's football attitude and on-the-field-presence will rub off on his teammates in KC.

Go Chiefs

we plan to run considering all the secrecy regarding the new staff up to this point?   If we are in fact planning to switch to the 3-4, now everyone knows the type of defensive players we’ll be targeting in the Draft and Free Agency.   Seems counter intuitive to the Pioli way.

I realize both Pendergast and Gibbs have 3-4 experience and this might give away our Defensive scheme plans.   However, Gibbs ran the 4-3 New Orleans and Pendergast only ran the 3-4 part-time in AZ.    Point being, we could have kept the rest of the league in the dark for a while and gain a small advantage in the Draft.   If the other 31 teams have no clue as to the type of players we are targeting, it can only work in our favor.

Go Chiefs

BobGretz.com  has highlighted some very interesting points regarding the Pats draft history - especially how Pioli & Belichick have gone about drafting QB's in the mid to late rounds.   I wonder if Mr. Pioli will follow the same protocol with the Chiefs and not gamble on a QB early, but take one later in the draft?   Or maybe he'll look to trade LJ for Matt Cassel?

I like Thigpen, but I don't see anything wrong with drafting / trading for another QB to win the job outright or worst case push Tyler to become an even better player.

Thoughts?