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Originally Posted by DeezNutz (Post 6935645)

Be optimistic that this will be his last year in a Chiefs uniform.

Will that apply to the rest of the '09 draft class?

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud (Post 6935732)

Will that apply to the rest of the '09 draft class?

I appreciate your optimism.

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Originally Posted by loochy (Post 6934913)

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One of my favorite all-time stories is about Elvis Grbac (left), Rich Gannon (right) and People Magazine's Sexiest Men issue from 1998. It is both outlandish and 100-percent true.

Back in the day I knew many People staffers, and they were all cool, fun, intelligent-and woefully ignorant about sports. Every year, in planning the Sexiest Men issue, People's editors would ask a bunch of us at Sports Illustrated for suggestions and insight. In 1998, for a reason I'll never understand, they decided not to seek out help.

The magazine chose Rich Gannon as its Sexiest Athlete. At the time, Gannon was a member of the Kansas City Chiefs. Still a couple of seasons removed from his golden tenure with the Raiders, Gannon was 33, handsome and likable. In other words, a solid choice. Yet People, being People, simply informed the photographer assigned to the piece that the Sexiest Athlete was the Chiefs' quarterback. Hence, he took pictures of the Chiefs' quarterback. Well, one of the Chiefs' quarterbacks: Elvis Grbac.

Yup.

The pictures made their way back to the New York offices, and editors were dumbfounded. This was their Sexiest Athlete? Yet upon learning the truth, no one with the magazine had the heart (guts?) to tell Grbac that an unfathomable mistake had been made. As a result, Elvis Grbac reigns as People's 1998 Sexiest Athlete.

The article's final line says it all: "His personality makes him sexy."
Amen.

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Originally Posted by DeezNutz (Post 6934894)

Nice job with this post, dude.

Disagree with the above, though. If you told me that we'd trade Gonzo for a nickle corner/return specialist, I would have preferred to keep TG to help with the development of Cassel and the offense as a whole.

Yep.

What I learned from watching the Chiefs 1st preseason game: A defender cannot just take a line on Charles & expect to tackle him. He just jukes & squirts out of the way. It will take at least two defenders to corral the guy. I hate him.

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Originally Posted by tk13 (Post 6935048)

I think people forget when Weis was OC for the Pats, they excelled in the short passing game. That was their bread and butter. They didn't have Moss and Welker... they'd put 4 and 5 WR's on the field, spread you out and Brady would cut you up with the short passing game. I kind of expect us to have a similar approach. I think that's exactly why we drafted who we did offensively.

That's really only partially true. The one year they ran that a lot with Weis as OC was 2002. The opened against the Steelers in the first game @ Gillette Stadium on MNF. Brady threw the ball all over them, and people were talking repeat.

They promptly went 9-7 and missed the playoffs. Lo and behold, they trade for Corey Dillon and become a much more balanced team that wins two more Super Bowls, despite never having a true #1 receiver.