The all-alphabet Chiefs team

[Rain Man]

Let's put together an all-time Chiefs team where we can only have one person per last initial (A, B, C, D, etc.) In other words, all 22 players must have a different last initial.

For practical reasons, we'll go only with the 22 offense and defense starters.

You can cut and paste the following list, and add or substitute names as needed. I'll begin with Willie Lanier, who will lay claim to the "L" spot on the roster.

QB -
HB -
FB -
WR -
WR -
TE -
T -
T -
G -
G -
C -
S -
S -
CB -
CB -
OLB -
OLB -
MLB - Lanier, Willie
DE -
DE -
DT -
DT -

[teedubya]

O - Christian Okoye

[Rain Man]

Okoye is a good one.

QB -
HB -
FB - Okoye, Christian
WR -
WR -
TE -
T -
T -
G -
G -
C -
S -
S -
CB -
CB -
OLB -
OLB -
MLB - Lanier, Willie
DE -
DE -
DT -
DT -

[cdcox]

B is for Buck Buchanan at DT

[ChiefsfaninPA]

D is for Len Dawson at QB.

[Rain Man]

Buck edges out Bobby Bell, at least in the early going. I'll add Priest Holmes as a good H guy.

QB -
HB - Holmes, Priest
FB - Okoye, Christian
WR -
WR -
TE -
T -
T -
G -
G -
C -
S -
S -
CB -
CB -
OLB -
OLB -
MLB - Lanier, Willie
DE -
DE -
DT - Buchanan, Buck
DT -

[Rain Man]

Remaining initials, for those of you unfamiliar with the alphabet: ACEFGIJKMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

QB - Dawson, Len
HB - Holmes, Priest
FB - Okoye, Christian
WR -
WR -
TE -
T -
T -
G -
G -
C -
S -
S -
CB -
CB -
OLB -
OLB -
MLB - Lanier, Willie
DE -
DE -
DT - Buchanan, Buck
DT -

[cdcox]

We're going to need and offensive tackle or two and not too many last names begin with A.

John Alt

[ferrarispider95]

my bad already got d

[Rain Man]

With apologies to Art Still, let's start Marvin Upshaw and Wilbur Young at DEs, and that'll let us put Will Shields at G.

QB - Dawson, Len
HB - Holmes, Priest
FB - Okoye, Christian
WR -
WR -
TE -
T -
T -
G - Will Shields
G -
C -
S -
S -
CB -
CB -
OLB -
OLB -
MLB - Lanier, Willie
DE - Marvin Upshaw
DE - Wilbur Young
DT - Buchanan, Buck
DT -

[cdcox]

my bad already got d


oooooh, he took the "T".


(We're going by last names).

[Rain Man]

Remaining letters: CEFGIJKMNPQRVWXZ

QB - Dawson, Len
HB - Holmes, Priest
FB - Okoye, Christian
WR -
WR -
TE -
T - John Alt
T -
G - Will Shields
G -
C -
S -
S -
CB -
CB -
OLB - Derrick Thomas
OLB -
MLB - Lanier, Willie
DE - Marvin Upshaw
DE - Wilbur Young
DT - Buchanan, Buck
DT -

[Amnorix]

If y'all can come up with a better "G" than Tony Gonzalez at TE, I'd be pretty impressed...

[teedubya]

WR Stephone Paige

['Hamas' Jenkins]

CB Kevin Ross

[cdcox]

CB Kevin Ross

Good guy, but I'm thinking R is for Roaf. Although we've had a lot of good CB over the years, they tended to use common last names. You have another idea for tackle?

['Hamas' Jenkins]

C Casey Wiegmann

[Rain Man]

EFIJKMNQVWXZ

Once we get close, we can start pondering if we need to switch people out to complete the lineup.

I'll add Deron Cherry for a C.

QB - Dawson, Len
HB - Holmes, Priest
FB - Okoye, Christian
WR - Stephone Paige
WR -
TE - Tony Gonzalez
T - John Alt
T -
G - Will Shields
G -
C -
S - Deron Cherry
S -
CB - Kevin Ross
CB -
OLB - Derrick Thomas
OLB -
MLB - Lanier, Willie
DE - Marvin Upshaw
DE - Wilbur Young
DT - Buchanan, Buck
DT -

__________________

[Rain Man]

EFIJKNQVXZ

Once we get close, we can start pondering if we need to switch people out to complete the lineup.

I'll add Maas for an M.

QB - Dawson, Len
HB - Holmes, Priest
FB - Okoye, Christian
WR - Paige, Stephone
WR -
TE - Gonzalez, Tony
T - Alt, John
T -
G - Shields, Will
G -
C - Wiegman, Casey
S - Cherry, Deron
S -
CB - Ross, Kevin
CB -
OLB - Thomas, Derrick
OLB -
MLB - Lanier, Willie
DE - Upshaw, Marvin
DE - Young, Wilbur
DT - Buchanan, Buck
DT - Maas, Bill

[Rain Man]

Good guy, but I'm thinking R is for Roaf. Although we've had a lot of good CB over the years, they tended to use common last names. You have another idea for tackle?

Hasty, Green, Lewis, Thomas, Ross, Carter...all taken at the moment. Do we need to switch someone out?

[FAX]

I wish Curly Culp could make it in there somewhere.

Can we change his name to Curly Johnson?

FAX

[Rain Man]

For the moment, let's slot Kennison in at WR.

EFIJNQVXZ

Once we get close, we can start pondering if we need to switch people out to complete the lineup.

I'll add Maas for an M.

QB - Dawson, Len
HB - Holmes, Priest
FB - Okoye, Christian
WR - Paige, Stephone
WR - Kennison, Eddie
TE - Gonzalez, Tony
T - Alt, John
T -
G - Shields, Will
G -
C - Wiegman, Casey
S - Cherry, Deron
S -
CB - Ross, Kevin
CB -
OLB - Thomas, Derrick
OLB -
MLB - Lanier, Willie
DE - Upshaw, Marvin
DE - Young, Wilbur
DT - Buchanan, Buck
DT - Maas, Bill

[cdcox]

Hasty, Green, Lewis, Thomas, Ross, Carter...all taken at the moment. Do we need to switch someone out?

Switch LJ for Holmes, freeing the H for Hasty.

[teedubya]

snoop minnis - wr

[Whosurdaddy]

Once we get close, we can start pondering if we need to switch people out to complete the lineup.

QB - Dawson, Len
HB - Holmes, Priest
FB - Okoye, Christian
WR - Paige, Stephone
WR -
TE - Gonzalez, Tony
T - Alt, John
T -
G - Shields, Will
G -
C - Wiegman, Casey
S - Cherry, Deron
S -
CB - Ross, Kevin
CB -
OLB - Thomas, Derrick
OLB - Fujita, Scott
MLB - Lanier, Willie
DE - Upshaw, Marvin
DE - Young, Wilbur
DT - Buchanan, Buck
DT - Maas, Bill[/QUOTE]

[teedubya]

jonathan Quinn... heh

[FAX]

How about Curly Peter?

FAX

[chagrin]

If it's an "all Chiefs" team, how come Grunny didn't make it as the Center???

[teedubya]

Get rid of that hack, Willie Lanier, and trade him out for Sean LaChappelle

[ROYC75]

Jerry Mays DE / DT

[Rain Man]

Switch LJ for Holmes, freeing the H for Hasty.

Poor Priest. No respect, no respect at all.

EINQVXZ


QB - Dawson, Len
HB - Johnson, Larry
FB - Okoye, Christian
WR - Paige, Stephone
WR -
TE - Gonzalez, Tony
T - Alt, John
T -
G - Shields, Will
G -
C - Wiegman, Casey
S - Cherry, Deron
S -
CB - Ross, Kevin
CB - Hasty, James
OLB - Thomas, Derrick
OLB - Fujita, Scott
MLB - Lanier, Willie
DE - Upshaw, Marvin
DE - Young, Wilbur
DT - Buchanan, Buck
DT - Maas, Bill[

[CoMoChief]

MLB Donnie Edwards

[Rain Man]

Oh! Irv Eatman.

INQVXZ


QB - Dawson, Len
HB - Johnson, Larry
FB - Okoye, Christian
WR - Paige, Stephone
WR -
TE - Gonzalez, Tony
T - Alt, John
T - Eatman, Irv
G - Shields, Will
G -
C - Wiegman, Casey
S - Cherry, Deron
S -
CB - Ross, Kevin
CB - Hasty, James
OLB - Thomas, Derrick
OLB - Fujita, Scott
MLB - Lanier, Willie
DE - Upshaw, Marvin
DE - Young, Wilbur
DT - Buchanan, Buck
DT - Maas, Bill[

[chefsos]

Tamarick Vanover?

[teedubya]

S - JIM KEARNEY

[Rain Man]

Would we rather have Vanover or Kennison at WR?

Would we rather have Edwards at MLB to free up an L or Eatman at OT with the L taken?

What about Mays vs. Maas on the d-line? I think we need to keep Young and Upshaw at the moment.

[Rain Man]

INQXZ


QB - Dawson, Len
HB - Johnson, Larry
FB - Okoye, Christian
WR - Paige, Stephone
WR - Tamarick Vanover
TE - Gonzalez, Tony
T - Alt, John
T - Eatman, Irv
G - Shields, Will
G -
C - Wiegman, Casey
S - Cherry, Deron
S - Jim Kearney
CB - Ross, Kevin
CB - Hasty, James
OLB - Thomas, Derrick
OLB - Fujita, Scott
MLB - Lanier, Willie
DE - Upshaw, Marvin
DE - Young, Wilbur
DT - Buchanan, Buck
DT - Maas, Bill[

[FAX]

Can we change his name to Curly Noodle?

He really needs to be in there.

FAX

[Warrior5]

If y'all can come up with a better "G" than Tony Gonzalez at TE, I'd be pretty impressed...

Gary Butler

Tracy Green

Kendall Gammon

[RockChalk]

here's a link that might help

alphabetical roster (http://www.kcchiefs.com/media/misc/all_time_alphabetical_roster.pdf)

[RockChalk]

Byron Ingram at Guard

[teedubya]

Byron Ingram - G. thanks DubbleDownBKu. heh

[RockChalk]

Tim Grunhard replaces Wiegman at Center to free up the W for Kris Wilson at TE

[chefsos]

Well, there are no guards left at INQXZ, so it's time to cut someone.

Oops, didnt see Ingram. Don't remember him, either.

[Rain Man]

Of the remaining choices, I think our only option is to put Jim Nicholson at tackle. So do we then delete Eatman or Alt to fill up a guard spot?

If we delete Eatman, we can put Edwards in at MLB with extreme apologies to Lanier and open up an L at guard.

Who are some good guards?

Oh. We could delete Alt and insert Mark Adickes. Bad trade, but we have no choice.

[chagrin]

Can you sub out Vanover for Bruce Jankowski??

[chagrin]

yeah but then we wouldn't have a "V"

[ROYC75]

NT Ray Yakavonis

[Warrior5]

Can you sub out Vanover for Bruce Jankowski??

Careful; you're an "i" short of blasphemy there.

[chefsos]

Of the remaining choices, I think our only option is to put Jim Nicholson at tackle. So do we then delete Eatman or Alt to fill up a guard spot?

If we delete Eatman, we can put Edwards in at MLB with extreme apologies to Lanier and open up an L at guard.

Who are some good guards?

Oh. We could delete Alt and insert Mark Adickes. Bad trade, but we have no choice.
Lanier belongs, even if we have to put my 5 year old niece at guard.

[Rain Man]

Would we rather have a line of Alt, Eatman, Shields, Ingram, Wiegman, or a line of Nicholson, Eatman, Shields, Adickes, and Wiegman?

[ROYC75]

LB John Zamberlin

[ROYC75]

G/T Brian Jozwiak

I'm throwing out names to replace some guys to make it easier with the tough ones.

[Rain Man]

Lanier belongs, even if we have to put my 5 year old niece at guard.


So...chiefsos' 5 year-old niece, or Ingram?

[Rain Man]

Other good guards: Moorman, Budde, Szott, Waters ... Waters could unseat Wiegman, but then we'd have to bring in Grunhard, Rudnay, or maybe Holub.

[ROYC75]

DT Dan Saleaumua

[ROYC75]

T/C Joe Valerio

[ROYC75]

FB Kimble Anders

[chefsos]

yeah but then we wouldn't have a "V"
There are 4 letters that we won't have anyway:
No X
One I- Ingram
One Q- Quinn
One U- Upshaw
Two Zs- Both irrelevant
Three Ys- Wilbur Young and 2 scrubs
Seven Vs- Valerio, Vanover...MARK VLASIC! Ugh.

[chefsos]

Other good guards: Moorman, Budde, Szott, Waters ... Waters could unseat Wiegman, but then we'd have to bring in Grunhard, Rudnay, or maybe Holub.
Any one of those three would be fine with me.

[Rain Man]

At the moment, I'm thinking that our best team is:

Leftover letters: NQXZ


QB - Dawson, Len
HB - Johnson, Larry
FB - Okoye, Christian
WR - Paige, Stephone
WR - Tamarick Vanover
TE - Gonzalez, Tony
T - Alt, John
T - Eatman, Irv
G - Shields, Will
G - Ingram, Byron
C - Wiegman, Casey
S - Cherry, Deron
S - Jim Kearney
CB - Ross, Kevin
CB - Hasty, James
OLB - Thomas, Derrick
OLB - Fujita, Scott
MLB - Lanier, Willie
DE - Upshaw, Marvin
DE - Young, Wilbur
DT - Buchanan, Buck
DT - Maas, Bill

Can anyone improve on this?

[RockChalk]

QB - Dawson, Len
HB - Johnson, Larry
FB - Okoye, Christian
WR - Paige, Stephone
WR - Tamarick Vanover
TE - Wilson, Kris
T - Alt, John
T - Eatman, Irv
G - Shields, Will
G - Ingram, Byron
C - Grunhard, Tim
S - Cherry, Deron
S - Jim Kearney
CB - Ross, Kevin
CB - Hasty, James
OLB - Thomas, Derrick
OLB - Fujita, Scott
MLB - Lanier, Willie
DE - Upshaw, Marvin
DE - Young, Wilbur
DT - Buchanan, Buck
DT - Maas, Bill


I think we owe it to Dick Vermeil to put Kris Wilson on this list because he is a secret weapon that we have just been holding back.

[ROYC75]

X you won't get unless you cheat ..... Dante Hall / X factor

[ROYC75]

W .... Jerrel Wilson

You can add the Punter and Kicker

[Bowser]

W .... Jerrel Wilson

You can add the Punter and Kicker There you go. That way we can include the greatest pre-season kicker evah - Bjorn Nittmo!

[ROYC75]

Didn't we have a kicker one year that started with a Z .... Zeon or something like that ?

[sedated]

Szott is pronounced with a "Z"

Could that count?

[ROYC75]

P/K Zenon Andrusyshyn

[QuikSsurfer]

i'm going to go ahead and say that Holmes should be off the list.. and #40 Hasty (my personal fav chief) in.

[QuikSsurfer]

shit.. well.. i only read the first page
:banghead:

[QuikSsurfer]

TE - Wilson, Kris

I think we owe it to Dick Vermeil to put Kris Wilson on this list because he is a secret weapon that we have just been holding back.
ROFL

[cdcox]

At the moment, I'm thinking that our best team is:

Leftover letters: NQXZ


QB - Dawson, Len
HB - Johnson, Larry
FB - Okoye, Christian
WR - Paige, Stephone
WR - Tamarick Vanover
TE - Gonzalez, Tony
T - Alt, John
T - Eatman, Irv
G - Shields, Will
G - Ingram, Byron
C - Wiegman, Casey
S - Cherry, Deron
S - Jim Kearney
CB - Ross, Kevin
CB - Hasty, James
OLB - Thomas, Derrick
OLB - Fujita, Scott
MLB - Lanier, Willie
DE - Upshaw, Marvin
DE - Young, Wilbur
DT - Buchanan, Buck
DT - Maas, Bill

Can anyone improve on this?

Replace Irv Eatman and Scott Fujita with Jim Nicholson and Donnie Edwards. Doesn't this improve both the OT and LB spots?

[Moooo]

This game sucks, cause neither Otis Taylor nor Bobby Bell will get any love! Decisions Suck!

Moooo

[JohnnyV13]

The problem is Ingram never really played...

I can come up with a more solid roster...but we lose our great MLB.

QB-Dawson
HB-Johnson
FB-Okoye
TE-Gonzalez
WR-Paige
WR-Vanover
T-Alt
T-Nicholson
G-Waters
G-Shields
C-Rudnay
CB-Lewis
CB-Hasty
S-Cherry
S-Kearney
OLB-Thomas
OLB-Fujita
MLB-Edwards
DE-Upshaw
DE-Young
DT-Maas
DT-Buchanan