A friend of mine who's a Raiders fan was talking about starting a bar and restaurant and we started throwing around potential names.  Somehow, it evolved into naming restaurants for players in the AFC West along with little one-liners to throw in there.  When the season is going as bad as ours has been so far, it helps to have something to laugh about (some of them aren't that good, but I figured I'd try to get in as many as I could).

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The Chiefs no longer have A. Toomer, and neither does my girlfriend.

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From the FanPosts. -Chris

I was at Big Charlie's Saloon on Saturday night. I had the rare opportunity to meet Scott Pioli. I originally intended to do a lengthy post about my trip to philly, how cool Big Charlie's is, and show the pictures of Pioli signing my shirt and just generally brag about that whole experience.  I'll tell you this much about Pioli, he really is a man of the people.  He treated all of us in that bar with respect and dignity.  He listened to our concerns, told jokes and laughed with us, and was as accessible a personality as I ever could've imagined. 

He is a smart guy with a long term vision and even though this season has started off rough, I have every confidence that he knows what he's doing.  Whitlock says he is an ego, and maybe that ego shines through when he's dealing with as big an ego as Whitlock himself.

But in that small bar in South Philly among some of the most passionate and die-hard fans the Chiefs have, he was one of us. It would be easy to be detached and distant and even egotistical when you're an NFL GM and you're among regular beer-drinking joes, but he wasn't. 

For a half hour, Scott Pioli was one of us.   He wasn't able to stay around for long, so he wasn't able to have a one on one conversation with everyone gathered in the most random Chiefs bar in South Philly, but he did address the group as a whole.

There is one thing he told us, and something that other recent events in my life are reinforcing the wisdom of: Be Patient. 

Little did I know how meaningful that advice would be only a few short days later.

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In less than 24 hours, I will board a flight from Los Angeles, CA to Philadelphia, PA.  That's a hell of a long trip and an expensive overall experience to see a game that all those pundits and prognosticators thought would be a blowout and a big Iggles win before the season started.  Admittedly, I figured McNabb would be injured by week 3 like he always is and as part of my NFL stadium tour (visit a new stadium every year with an old college friend), I opted to check out the relatively new Linc and visit a city of rich history that I have never been to.  I'm sitting on the visitors bench side, row 5, around the 30 yard line in case anyone else is in the area.  Looking forward to seeing the Chiefs pull a big road upset and I realize I will have to keep my alcohol consumption and resulting Tomahawk Chop a bit under wraps this weekend in order to ensure my own personal safety.  That is, unless I can find a few more scrappy Chiefs fans willing to show up in Philly in red and gold and show the Eagles fans unfettered passion not afraid of a few green men. 

So here it is, The Roll Call.  Who is gonna be in Philly this weekend?   

I wanted to create this thread to thank Derrick Thomas for everything he means to me, to us, and to the entire world.  Feel free to share your own thanks.  Its days like this that I am overwhelmed with emotions because I feel great sadness that he is not with us today to see the culmination of his glorious career, but I am alternately filled with immense joy that he is finally getting the recognition that he has long deserved.  There will never be another player in the NFL who comes remotely close to filling his shoes.

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I am going to be visiting the Linc on Sept 27 to see my Chiefs play there.  Essentially, what I want to know is how can I make it out alive.  I've always had some love for the Iggles, one of only two NFC teams I have any real liking for (the other being the Bears cuz I lived in Chicago as a kid).  The Eagles and Chiefs have some common threads, our old HC Herm Edwards was a DB for you guys during Vermeil's tenure as HC.  And of course Vermeil was our HC at one point too.  Anyhow, I'm a Chiefs fan first and foremost and will be wearing my road uni while at the Linc.  I won't be obnoxious, but I'll definitely cheer if and when my Chiefs score.  I am thinking I should be safe, as the prospects of the Chiefs winning are rather dim and its not like we're an in conference team that would be hated for any reason by Philly fans, but I guess I was wondering if there are any precautionary recommendations you guys had to help one fan of good football survive the Linc experience.   

Tony Gonzales is no longer a Chief.  His replacement was drafted last year, out of a school that seems to have a knack for producing NFL talent (Tennessee).  Brad Cottom is the most massive pile of humanity I have seen at a skill position in the NFL.  I have this feeling that Cassel and Haley are looking forward to jump balls in the end zone for Cottom, the man who shall hereafter be known as the Jolly Red Giant.  Obviously, he is not Tony Gonzales.  But we all knew Tony was getting long in the tooth and this trade gave us the opportunity to get some value out of him that will benefit us for years after his retirement.  It is sad to see such a professional leave the organization that he left his stamp on.  After my initial reactions and really collecting my thoughts on the subject, I have realized that this is the right move. 

I think this trade demonstrates the confidence that Haley and Pioli have in the Jolly Red Giant.  It is his time in KC and I look forward to seeing what Cottom can do for this team.