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Chiefs History on "Mr. Irrelevant"

oldchiefsfan — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 06:15:36 -0000

In the entire Kansas City Chiefs history, they have only had to pick two (2) "Mr. Irrelevant" in the draft.

The name arose in 1976, when former USC Trojans and NFL receiver Paul Salata founded "Irrelevant Week" in Newport Beach, California. There is however a rich history of the final picks in the draft dating back to 1936. The name of "Mr. Irrelevant" has only recently stuck with people.

It started for the Chiefs in 1970 when they picked Rayford Jenkins a DB from Alcorn A&M. He was the Round 17, number 26th pick in that draft. Jenkins was 6'1", weighed 212 and ran a 40 in 4.5 seconds. Jenkins also happened to be the cousin of none other than the Chiefs RB Robert Holmes. This was also the year that one each Terry Bradshaw was asking for the ungodly amount of $150,000. Jenkins apparently didn't make the cut and was released that year.

The second one ever picked by the Chiefs is one we all know of. Ryan Succop. Doing an outstanding job as a Rookie kicker in the NFL.

Although we didn't pick him in 1978, there is one that we did end up with and he is the only one to ever have been invited to a Pro Bowl. That would be the QB Bill Kenney. Kenney was given the "honor" of being named Mr. Irrelevant in 1978 when he was drafted by the Miami Dolphins. The award traditionally is given to the last selection of the draft and Kenney earned the award as the second-to-last selection when Lee Washburn the last player taken suffered a back injury and failed to report to camp. He was cut from the Dolphins at the end of training camp and picked up by the Chiefs in 1980. After his career with the Chiefs he became a Missouri State Senator for 8 years.

By comparison the Raiders have had to pick seven (7) since 1970.

Chiefs honor Fort Osage coach - Independence, MO - The Examiner

oldchiefsfan — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 04:23:26 -0000

Chiefs honor Fort Osage coach - Independence, MO - The Examiner

Ryan Schartz, who was named the top football coach in the state at Tuesday’s Simone Awards, was named the top football coach on the Missouri side of the metro area by the Kansas City Chiefs Ambassadors Friday afternoon in a surprise assembly at Fort Osage High School.

Schartz received several ovations during the assembly that featured former Kansas City wide receiver Danan Hughes as the Chiefs ambassador.

ESPN's Mortenson, Hoge and Jaworski pick Chiefs over Buffalo.

oldchiefsfan — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:08:57 -0000

ESPN's Mortenson, Hoge and Jaworski pick Chiefs over Buffalo.

Schottenheimer inducted in to Missouri Sports Hall of Fame

oldchiefsfan — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:56:33 -0000

Schottenheimer inducted in to Missouri Sports Hall of Fame

The Missouri Sports Hall of Fame plans to honor 15 individuals with their 2010 class. Headlining the list of inductees: Former Kansas City Chiefs coach Marty Schottenheimer, former Missouri Tigers and San Diego Chargers tight end Kellen Winslow, Sr., former Kansas City Royals pitcher Mark Gubicza, and former St. Louis Cardinals catcher Tom Pagnozzi.

Kansas City Chiefs - Chiefs-Bills Game to be Televised

oldchiefsfan — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:58:19 -0000

Kansas City Chiefs - Chiefs-Bills Game to be Televised

It's official, it WILL be televised.

Arrowhead Pride, Say Thanks to our Troops for Christmas!

oldchiefsfan — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:09:02 -0000

It's easy to forget about the troops while we here at Arrowhead Pride sit in our comfortable homes and watch our team at Arrowhead or on Television. We can get on here and discuss, complain and just generally chat with one another, these people can't. They are busy taking care of something vastly more important in areas of the world that most people would be terrified at the prospect of entering.

If you go to this website Lets Say Thanks you can pick out a thank you card designed by children and Xerox will print it and it will be sent to a soldier that is currently serving our country overseas. This is FREE, you can't pick out who gets it, but it will go to a member of the armed services.

Wouldn't it be wonderful if the soldiers received a bunch of these? Whether you are for or against the war, our soldiers over there need to know we are behind them.

This takes just 10 seconds and it's a wonderful way to say thank you. Take the time to do this and please take the time to pass it on for others to do. We can never say enough thank you's.

Come on Arrowhead Pride, we have members of AP fighting for us right now. Lets show the troops just how proud we are of them!

Chiefs' Brandon Carr has vested interest in Division II title game - Victoria Advocate

oldchiefsfan — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:52:35 -0000

Chiefs' Brandon Carr has vested interest in Division II title game - Victoria Advocate

Chiefs cornerback Brandon Carr has bigger things on his mind this week, like how to defend a couple of Buffalo Bills wide receivers named Terrell Owens and Lee Evans.

But Carr will hit the pause button on his DVD of the Buffalo passing game for a couple of hours on Saturday night and watch the NCAA Division II championship game between Northwest Missouri and his alma mater, Grand Valley State.

Kansas City Chiefs - 3,500 Tickets Left for Chiefs-Bills Game

oldchiefsfan — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:20:57 -0000

Kansas City Chiefs - 3,500 Tickets Left for Chiefs-Bills Game

3,500 tickets still need to be sold for the Kansas City Chiefs home game this weekend against the Buffalo Bills on December 13th to avoid a local television blackout. It could represent the first Chiefs home game to be blacked out since December 16, 1990.

Chiefs' Matt Cassel visits Overland Park school - Photo Gallery - KansasCity.com

oldchiefsfan — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:18:06 -0000

Chiefs' Matt Cassel visits Overland Park school - Photo Gallery - KansasCity.com

As part of the NFL Take a Player to School program, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Matt Cassel visited Oak Hill Elementary in Overland Park on Tuesday, Dec. 8. Cassel picked up fourth-grader student Luke Weber in a limo from his house and took him to school.

It's personal with the Chiefs - Part 1

oldchiefsfan — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:31:56 -0000

I am not going to complain. I'm not going to guess whom or what position we will draft, pick up in free agency or trade. I'm not going to rant about who should have done what, when or how. Nor, am I going to spew out massive amounts of Kool-Aid.

What I would like to do here is relay what I believe may be happening within the Kansas City Chiefs on a more personal level rather than one of statistics or performance. Specifically the more watched individuals.

Matt Cassel, is a young QB that was given quite a bit of money to perform up to what many people believe to be Tom Brady like quantities. The reason Matt was and is likened to Tom Brady is because he was on the same team with him. Matt has said several times that he is still good friends with Tom and talks with him on occasion. Matt, because of his association with Tom was immediately and mistakenly identified as someone who could and should perform like Brady. There is one problem with that thinking. Matt Cassel is, well, Matt Cassel. He isn't Tom Brady and never will be.

Matt came in last year for the Patriots and performed quite well in a system that had some very good support for him. He had Tom Brady at hand, a QB coach, a Offensive Coordinator and a Head Coach that all were teaching him and correcting mistakes. Not to mention the comradeship of the players on a team he had been with for a few years.

Here in Kansas City however Matt does not have that same type of support system that was available to him in New England. Tom Brady is not at hand, he has no QB coach, no Offensive Coordinator and a rookie Head Coach. He had to start building relationships with a complete set of new players and on top of that players that have been rotated in and out on a constant basis this year.

Matt Cassel was given the mantle of the number one quarterback upon his arrival here in Kansas City. He was given a team to lead and call all his own. He was then given a very good amount of money in which to do this with and is expected to do it week in and week out.

Matt Cassel now has to shoulder the responsibility of leadership and the weight that it brings with it. This is something that is not an easy thing to do for a individual in a entirely new city or team. The pressure must be pretty intense on this young man to perform and provide leadership to a team that has very little talent. This in it's self is a daunting task.

Matt is known for his competitive nature and as has been discussed in several articles upon his arrival, eats , breaths and lives football. Coach Haley mentioned several times about his dedication and having to make him leave his office because of it. This fact is something I believe is working against Matt. He is trying so hard to lead this team to a win week in and week out. He is trying so hard to make that one play, to make that play work, to get that ball to someone.

Have you ever tried to work on something so much and so hard and put forth a real effort into and no matter what you do, how hard you try, it just doesn't work? It just will not come together. I know I have, and gotten frustrated beyond belief. What do you do in that situation? What I do is step back, take a break, take a deep breath, think about it. Then I go back and try again and what do you know, it comes together, it worked.

Matt Cassel doesn't really have that luxury, he can't step back, think about it for a little while, calm down over a period of time and let the frustration subside in a game. He can't take back that bad throw, the miscues, the dropped passes or the fumbles.

He has been constantly sacked, hit and rushed this entire season. Many people complain about him holding the ball to long. I believe he holds the ball longer in hopes of making that one play. His thinking may be that someone, anyone might get open for that pass. He holds on to his hope that something will happen, someone will help, but ultimately no one is there. His competitiveness gets the better of him.

He puts the guilt of most things on offense squarely on his shoulders. This is a very heavy burden for anyone to carry. You can see it on his face. He blames himself. I suspect he gets frustrated and upset more with himself than he does with his team mates.

Matt has proven himself if anything to be a pretty tough kid. He bounces back up it seems like a jack in the box after each punishing play. Even after games like last weekend against Denver he gets up on that podium after the game, talks up his team and ultimately seems to blame himself for most of the things that went wrong.

I'll leave this with a quote from Matt during last weekends press conference that says a lot about this guy, "I always want to be out there with my team, I always want to fight. Part of the situation of us being where we were was my fault."