Do you believe the Kansas City Chiefs will be a bad team this season?
I sure do.
The Kansas City Chiefs have traded away many of ther good players in the last couple years. Those players include Trent Green two seasons ago and Jared Allen this off-season. Adding to that, Willie Roaf retired, Eddie Kennison was released and Priest Holmes retired.
Basically, head coach Herm Edwards and general manager Carl Peterson are looking for a youth movement.
The Chiefs went 9-7 two seasons ago and loss to the Colts in the wild card game.
The Chiefs had many draft picks in this year's NFL Draft.
There draft look like this: Round 1, Glenn Dorsey, DT, LSU | Round 1, Branden Albert, G, Virginia | Round 2, Brandon Flowers, CB, Virginia Tech | Round 3, Jamaal Charles, RB, Texas | Round 3, Brad Cottam, TE, Tennessee | Round 3, DaJuan Morgan, S, North Carolina State | Round 4, William Franklin, WR, Missouri | Round 5, Brandon Carr, CB, Grand Valley State | Round 6, Barry Richardson, T, Clemson | Round 6, Kevin Robinson, WR, Utah State | Round 7, Brian Johnston, DE, Gardner-Webb | Round 7, Mike Merritt, TE, UCF
They have many young players on this years team and that is why I believe they will struggle.
Projected Lineup:
QB: Brodie Croyle will start because it is time for a change in Kansas City. In Brodie's career, he has played in 11 games, throwing 6 TD's and 8 INT's. If he is ineffective, look for veteran Damon Huard to step in.
RB: This position looks to be set with Larry Johnson. Despite only scoring three rushing TD's last season, he will be healthy and return to his form. Between 2005 and 2006 Larry scored 37 TD's on the ground. Last season's 5th round pick Kolby Smith will be used as a backup along with rookie Jamaal Charles from Texas.
FB: They lost Boomer Grigsby to free agency, but rookie Mike Cox should start here. If he can't do the job, unknown Oliver Hoyte will.
WR: This position has not bee solid in Kansas City since Otis Taylor back in the 1980's. They will have LSU star Dwayne Bowe starting, as well as free agent signee Devard Darling from Baltimore. Behind those two guys, they have very little to step in and play. They have Jeff Webb (1 career TD), William Franklin (4th round pick), Kevin Robinson (6th round pick) and Bobby Sippio (star with Arena Football, but has yet to catch a pass in the NFL). Look for this position to be a big struggle for the Chiefs.
TE: Obviously Pro Bowler Tony Gonzalez will start here and they brought in a solid backup through the draft, Brad Cottam.
OL: They have Brandon Albert (1st round pick) at LT, Brain Waters (a solid LG, has 102 career starts), center Rudy Niswanger (has 1 career start), RG Adrian Jones (16 career starts, and moved to G from the T position), and RT Damion McIntosh (signed six year deal with Chiefs in march of '07 and he has had 95 career starts). Here is another spot where the Chiefs will struggle.
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