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Chiefs | Team agrees to terms with Darling
Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:19:49 -0700 Adam Teicher, of The Kansas City Star, reports the Kansas City Chiefs agreed to terms with free-agent WR Devard Darling (Ravens) Tuesday, March 11, on a three-year contract. Darling should compete for a starting wide receiver position on the Chiefs roster. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. |
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This was posted in the "Chiefs have new WR" thread.
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Thanks for the info, I read through 5 pages of the "Chiefs have a new WR" thread and found only whining and guesses. I'll take a new thread with facts any day.
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3 years, $5 Million. $1 Million signing bonus.
That info was in the other thread. |
2007 Baltimore 16 18 326 20.4 18.1 53 5.3 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Only 18 receptions in '07 but 16 first downs and 3 t.d.'s = productive when he does get the ball. |
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This is a solid signing. Darling's better than any Receiver on the roster not named Bowe and could develop into a legitimate #2 with the opportunity.
This should also help us get the most out of Webb now that he has a real shot at breaking into the starting lineup. My money's on Darling, but having him here improves our pass-catching situation. I'd still draft a Wide Receiver in the Middle Rounds of the Draft though. |
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Print 'em! He was the missing link :clap:. Now we just need a tackle, center, guard, QB, blocking TE, fullback, and this offense will be a juggernaut!!
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He came out as a junior and, by all accounts, wasn't ready. It looks like the light may finally be turning on and the Chiefs are getting him at the right time.
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FWIW, he went on the IR list in Oct. of his rookie year.
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Croyle's got two big targets now...
And his new one can get up field... |
Good, Bad, or Indifferent. This is exactly the type of player Herm said they would go after. I for one think this is a solid signing.
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I'd rather have parker on the other side this guy can't stretch the field. |
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I'd take a guy with a decent speed and size over parker and his 5 yard catches. |
Man, this is a great,great solid signing. Only two questions come to mind about him.
Who! and Who! |
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Mrs. Johnston always gave us Popcorn balls when we'd `trick or treat.` To me; that was different.
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Parker is terrible. And has been for some time. Darling is a project, no doubt. But if he is good, no one would know when the only people at QB for Baltimore have been McNair and that other jackass. I agree with stlchiefs, he was cheap, so give him a shot, what do we have to lose?
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Eric Price recruited him to play at Washington State, so our WR coach already knows him.
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He plays faster than he times as well. Measurables don't make football players. Get over it. Quote:
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never heard of him. But if he's some kind of up & comer in the league with some potential, then fine. At least we won't be pissed off if he ends up teh suck.
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Ed McCafferty and Rod Smith were never 4.4 guys, but they both always seemed to tear us up.
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I like this move, an under the radar guy ready to develope into his own, I think we all need to give credit to Herm for trying to find guys that are young and upcoming like he did last year with Boone.
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Even if he's no better than Parker as long as he doesn't taunt like made the catch of the century after every 5 yard catch I'll be happier.
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Or he could push Webb to become a legitimate #2 himself.
Either way, the competition is good. Now bring on Eddie Royal! |
Bump for this thread because the original one is garbage.
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Slow is slow and fast is fast.. |
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Real bullets are flying on the field. Darling plays up to game speed and runs faster than he would just being timed. |
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PRRRRRRRRRRRRRINT EM
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He is slow as shit because he didn't run the 40 yard dash 1/2 a second faster ROFL
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Also bigger guys can still run pretty as in all thier pads, where as smaller guys tend to get slowed down a little bit more. I don't care how he runs in shorts, all I care about is how he runs/plays on the field.
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in general, when people say 'good football speed' or 'plays faster than timed,' it means that they time slow, but don't play like it. chad johnson is a great example, as is jerry rice. they both timed in the sub 4.6 range (slow as hell for a WR), but both play/played in the 4.3 range |
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A lot of "lightening fast" wrs have sucked every year they were in the league, or tried to get into it. I just want football players...wrs who run good routes, and catch the damn ball. Sammy Parker was fast..... |
john capel is a hall of fame speed receiver, correct?
wait--he isn't? wasn't he an olympic sprinter? he MUST be a good WR! |
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Agreed. Speed means nothing if you cant catch the ball or get seperation. Alot of slower guys succeed because they can catch in traffic and know how to get seperation from defenders with quick cuts or beat a jam. |
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Jerry Rice wishes he could have run a 4.52 40. It's not always about stopwatch, no-pads-on speed. |
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Of course i'd like to see a 4.33 guy here that can do those things (& maybe this guy isnt so great at'em either?), but for now, a young, 4 year (proven to an extent) vet that comes in for the right $$$ is another shrewd, early move. |
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Exactly. I am beginning to wonder about all the football experts on this board. There aren't 4.3 WRs all over the NFL. You need routerunners who can shake a defender. Jerry Rice wasn't a 4.3 guy. I like this signing. He's a big kid. 6'2" or 6'3". |
Devard is an identical twin, who's brother died at Wash St. due to overexhaustion. That has to create a fire within when your IDENTICAL bro dies. I bet this turns out to be a real solid pick up. Last time we grabbed an unknown Raven, it seemed to workout.
http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/attac...0&d=1192939092 |
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You did realize that Priest wasnt an unknown, he had 1000 yard rushing year for the Ravens and then got hurt and they drafted Jamal Lewis.
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Holmes was more proven than Darling. Can't argue that, but no one expected what he would later accomplish in Kansas City.
If Darling can have a quarter of that success he'll be a great acquisition. |
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at least we'll find out one thing: if Herm really has an eye for talent.... I love these kind of signings....2nd contract guys, glimpses of potential, no risk all reward...his contract is peanuts.... |
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http://asonefoundation.org/soulsurvivor.html
Sports Illustrated Article Soul Survivor - Download PDF By Gary Smith, Senior Writer, Sports Illustrated Originally featured in Sports Illustrated, December 2, 2002 The golden helmet gleamed upon the pedestal beneath the foyer light. It stopped the boy as he came through his mother's front door. It held his eyes. He'd searched everywhere else. Why not here? Devard lifted the helmet from the pedestal and peered inside. After all, if the soul resided in the mind, and the mind resided in the cranium, and the cranium resided—during his identical twin's moments of greatest hope and aliveness—inside this golden Seminoles helmet…then couldn't it be here? It might fit inside a helmet. It wasn't a complete soul, mind you. Just half of one. Devard and his twin had gone halves on everything their entire live—splendid arrangement right up to the day that Devaughn, pursuing their dream, worked himself to death. But now that Devaughn was gone… Devard pulled the helmet over his head. He walked into the living room, then the kitchen. He looked at the newspaper. Patience. It might take a while to lure the half-soul back. His mother and two sisters stole glances. It was an odd sight, a boy walking around the house in street clothes and a football helmet—heartbreaking and humorous and eerier all at once. But they were wise, and the kept silent. He returned to the foyer—and froze. There, in the flash of the mirror by the bathroom door, in the glimpse of eyes framed by the headgear, he'd almost sensed it, felt it, found it. The mirror pulled him closer…closer… He swallowed what rose in this throat as he stared at his eyes. He removed the helmet and returned it to the pedestal. No. His half-soul wasn't in the helmet. He'd have to keep searching. Science can't explain it. Now and then, once in about every 250 human conceptions, the fertilized egg splits, creating two distinct embryos containing identical genetic material. There's magic in this sudden duplication, a powder keg of psychic implications for the pair of children born. This was understood long ago and over there, where the ancestors of Devard and Devaughn Darling lived. African tribes created rituals and totems to contain this magic—some even built fences around the homes of newborn twins. Some killed one or both twins upon birth; others rejoiced and made offerings. Some tribes buried a dead twin as swiftly as possible, or not at all, leaving the body sitting on a rock and then fleeing without looking back. The Yoruba, of Nigeria , sensed that identical twins possessed just one soul between them, and they understood the spiritual emergency when a child's double died. That's why they carved a wooden figurine for the deceased twin's half-soul to reside in, an object for the survivor to wash and clothe and feed, to reach for whenever he felt half of himself missing and needed something—God, something —to hold onto. Somewhere in the clang of manacle and chains and the stench of a slave ship's lower deck, such understanding began to be lost. And so one day in the second month of 2001, as Devaughn Darling lay dying in front of his twin at the end of an off-season football conditioning workout at Florida State, Devard had to begin his search on his own, without figurines or ceremonies to see him through the trauma. On his own, amid a tribe whose principal ritual occurred in stadiums thronged with thousands of people worshiping strength and speed, youth and vitality. God only knew how he'd find his missing half-soul, how he'd keep his brother's memory alive, but it would have to be with a football. long read but good! |
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Lets get Bowe and Darling an offensive line and a QB to get them the ball.
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Darling played with 2 of the most ineffective QB's this past year.. I think this is a very good signing for the Chiefs.
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A 3rd round pick with 20 catches in 4 years? This guy sounds like a Carl Peterson draft pick. I'm guessing that he's been considered a major bust by Ravens fans, especially since they haven't exactly had all-pro WR's ahead of him.
As cheap as the contract was, I don't think anyone can say this is a bad signing, but by the same token, I don't know how anyone can realistically think that he's going to be better than a #3 or #4 WR based on his 4 years of experience. |
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People doubted Bowe because of his combine speed.
He was fairly productive. |
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Actually Mark Clayton and Derrick Mason are pretty decent. |
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Yeah, I checked their stats from the last three years, and you're right, they have been pretty good. Just gotta hope Darling can build on this past season. Hard to imagine why Baltimore would just let him walk for chump change though, if they thought he still had upside. Guess Harbaugh/Cameron want their own players at that position. |
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the same team let go a pretty good RB named...um...what was it...Priest something. |
If he can run good routes and make cuts he may be alright. Have to see. If he doesnt return kicks, we can concentrate on a KR specialist later in the draft without having to depend on him also being the other starting WR.
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Actually this is a case where the stats can be deceiving... You say oh 331 yards and 3 TD in 20 receptions in 4 years.....
What I see is 316 yards on 17 receptions with 3 TD to close out the last 8 games of 2007. He does that over a 16 game season and you have 632 yards and 6 TD. Nobody but TG or Bowe put up anywhere close to those numbers. I like this signing...cheap and rising.... |
Sometimes a player just gets better then all of a sudden he's traded ....
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I love this signing. I've expected him to become a solid NFL WR since he was in college, and he finally started proving that out last year. And a new Chief that I'm already familiar with and have always kind of rooted for is also just neat, so there's that, too.
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Seems to fit right into the profile of receiver we're going for now, at least in terms of raw numbers. Another guy with the height/weight/speed we saw from Webb and Hannon. Hopefully he shows us something.
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I've always had an innate appreciation of 'game speed' from my experience playing soccer. As a sprinter, I was shit. As a striker, I could smoke most on a break for the goal.
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I've done some research, and have really warmed up to this guy. Could be a real steal.
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