Covitz: In second year, Jalil Brown turns a corner for the Chiefs

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Originally Posted by patteeu

Uh... Scott Pioli got rid of Tony Gonzalez.

And it's 7 holdover starters (8 if you count the punter) going into the 4th year of a new regime. There's a lot of turnover on any team over 4 years and there's even more when you have a GM change and 2 coaching changes during that period. I'm not going to do the legwork to compare it to other teams under comparable circumstances, but I'd be surprised to find out that the Chiefs are less represented by the draftees of their former regime than the average similarly situated NFL team 4 years out.

Damn. You're right about Tony G. I should edit that. Ce'st la vie.

In terms of the # of starter holdovers...

Let's compare to Tampa Bay. They changed over at the same time, right?

Jeremy Trueblood
Ronde Barber
Aquib Talib
Donald Penn
Davin Joseph
Jeremy Zuttah
Quincy Black

That's 7 starters, according to the Tampa Bay depth chart from their website, that were drafted by the previous regime.

Both franchises brought in a new GM, new HC, and new QB in 2009. Both teams went 10-6, then fired their head coach the next season.

Both teams return a starting CB, LT, and LB.

Tampa also cut ties with several other players from the past regime just before this year.

I'd say Chiefs are par for the course.