A KC Chiefs-Dallas Texans All Time Fantasy Team

This is my opinion on a Dallas Texans, K.C. Chiefs all-time fantasy team.  Starters at the beginning, back-ups in parentheses, and draft choices that went elsewhere in brackets.  Reasonable minds may differ.

SE       StephonePaige (Chris Burford; J.T. Smith)

FL       Otis Taylor (Henry Marshall)

TE       Tony Gonzales (Fred Arbanas)

OT       Jim Tyrer (Willie Roaf)

OT       John Alt (John Tait)

OG      Ed Budde (Brian Waters; Dave Szott)

OG      Will Shields (Mo Moorman) [John Wilbur]  

C         Jack Rudnay (E.J. Holub)

QB       Len Dawson (Bill Kenney) [Don Meredith; Roger Staubach]

HB       Priest Holmes (Abner Haynes, Marcus Allen) [Gale Sayers]  

FB       Christian Okoye (Tony Richardson, Curtis McClinton) 

KR       Dante Hall (Noland Smith)

K         Jan Stenerud (Nick Lowrey)

DE       Jerry Mays

DE       Art Still (Aaron Brown)

DT       Buck Buchanan [Bob Lilly]

DT       Curly Culp (Billy Maas)

MLB   Willie Lanier (Sherrill Headrick)

OLB    Bobby Bell 

OLB    Derrick Thomas (Gary Spani)

CB       Dale Carter (Albert Lewis)

CB       Emmitt Thomas (Gary Barbaro, Dave Grayson) 

SS        Jim Kearney (Bobby Hunt)

FS        Johnny Robinson (Deron Cherry)

P          Jerrel Wilson (Bob Grupp)

If I had to draft in order, I'd select Ed Budde first.  He was the only offensive linemen in the history of the AFL to be named offensive player of the week.  I'd pick Len Dawson second.  Then fill out the offensive and defensive lines.  Then linebackers.  Then defensive backfield.  Then complete the offense.

Hank Stram put his best players on special teams.  I suppose there is some rationale for not doing that today, but I'd do that on a fantasy team.  Bobby Bell ran a kickoff back for a touchdown (onside kick) because the best players played special teams.   

Yup, during the AFL-NFL war the Texans drafted Meredith and Lilly and the Chiefs drafted Sayers, Staubach, and Wilbur.  What might have been.