Chiefs sign TE Anthony Fasano

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Mike Garafolo ‏@MikeGarafolo

Chiefs expected to sign TE Anthony Fasano. Adding that now to our free agency roundup (http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2013/03/12/tuesday-free-agent-moves-roundup/1982035/ …)


Adam Teicher ‏@adamteicher

Can confirm that #Chiefs have reached an agreement with TE Anthony Fasano.


Aaron Wilson ‏@RavensInsider

Anthony Fasano's deal with Chiefs is four years, $16 million, including $4.5 million signing bonus, per league source.

[The Franchise]

Works for me as long as it's cheap.

[-King-]

Good pickup.
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[Fritz88]

I like. I remember he owned us at Arrowhead the last time they came here.

Alex need a big TE to throw to.

[mcaj22]

exactly the type of TE Andy loves.

[The Bad Guy]

I'm shocked he's only 28. Seems like he's been in the NFL 15 years.

[silver5liter]

Nice pick up.

[RealSNR]

Anthony Fartsano

Just trying to get my names ready if he turns out to be a veteran dud like Kevin Boss

[The Franchise]

He's a good redzone threat.

[CupidStunt]

Averaged 8 ypc last year. He can be a contributor, but this should be for pennies. And I'm not excited about the TE position at all.

[Chief_For_Life58]

exactly the type of TE Andy loves.

shitty?

[The Franchise]

24 TDs in his career.

[Stad]

Nice pick up IMO.

[Mr. Arrowhead]

signed a TE, Pioli is pumped

[TomBarndtsTwin]

Meh.

Color me not very excited . . . . .


Hopefully comes cheap.

[DJ's left nut]

Eh, Reid's TEs tend to be under-utilized and/or lousy.

Don't care, really. He can't be worse than Boss, he's probably not as good as a healthy Moeaki. Depth doesn't impress me much but it doesn't anger me either.

[mcaj22]

shitty?

you do realize Fasano has far better numbers than everyone's favorite homeristic hype player living off 1 catch and 1 play his entire career so far, Tony Meoaki.

[Sorter]

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me1g12cbp91rc6dyvo1_500.gif

[The Franchise]

you do realize Fasano has far better numbers than everyone's favorite homeristic hype player living off 1 catch and 1 play his entire career so far, Tony Meoaki.

Dude....in another thread you said that you hoped they didn't sign Fasano because he sucked.

[RealSNR]

He's good enough for Andy to have his Chad Lewis/LJ Smith

[DJ's left nut]

Dude....in another thread you said that you hoped they didn't sign Fasano because he sucked.

I feel like I need to say this several times a week - consider the source.

All he does. Ever. Is bitch. He bitches when he's happy about something. He manages to bitch within bitches.

He has a bloodier vag than Dane does on even Dane's heaviest flow days.

He's just a crying little putz with nothing else to add.

[Dante84]

and Jake O'Connell cries softly

[mcaj22]

Dude....in another thread you said that you hoped they didn't sign Fasano because he sucked.

he does suck, but he's still better than Tony Moeaki and has actual NFL production in his career. You can't hide stats.

[jwazzie]

Good get right off the bat.

[Rasputin]

Did Tony Moeaki break his masterbation hand again?

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Adam Teicher ‏@adamteicher

Can confirm that #Chiefs have reached an agreement with TE Anthony Fasano.

[silver5liter]

You must realize.... He played for the Dolphins.

[DJ's left nut]

You must realize.... He played for the Dolphins.

THE PARCELLS CONNECTION LIVES!!!!!


NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

[The Bad Guy]

Odd, Fasano's agent is claiming it's not done.

[RealSNR]

He made kind of a big splash when he first entered the league, didn't he? Wasn't he one of the names along with Antonio Gates, Dallas Clark, and a few others that people looked to when determining who would be the first to break all the TE records that Tony Gonzalez was about to set?

[Sorter]

Odd, Fasano's agent is claiming it's not done.

Well, this is awkward...

[DJ's left nut]

He made kind of a big splash when he first entered the league, didn't he? Wasn't he one of the names along with Antonio Gates, Dallas Clark, and a few others that people looked to when determining who would be the first to break all the TE records that Tony Gonzalez was about to set?

Uh...no. 1 TD and 10 first down conversions in his first 2 seasons in Dallas.

But people did recognize that he was playing better than expected, especially after he went to Miami.

He's another Kevin Boss; some receiving skills, not really a premium guy. But we needed Boss to actually be something last year and he wasn't, so Fasano fills that hole. Hopefully Smith doesn't break him like Cassel did to Boss.

[The Bad Guy]

Adam Caplan says Fasano's tape is far better than his stat sheet.

[Hammock Parties]

http://i.imgur.com/l4Eb3d1.jpg

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ProFootballTalk ‏@ProFootballTalk

Report: Chiefs agree to quick deal with Anthony Fasano http://wp.me/p14QSB-7CjD

[mcaj22]

Adam Caplan says Fasano's tape is far better than his stat sheet.

i thought people knew this?

Brent Celek role

[Rudy tossed tigger's salad]

shitty?

Winner

[Hammock Parties]

He was a top blocking TE in 2011 and 2010.

[CaliforniaChief]

I've seen Tony Gonzalez's name spelled many ways, but this isn't even close.

In reality, a good signing.

[DJ's left nut]

I've seen Tony Gonzalez's name spelled many ways, but this isn't even close.

In reality, a good signing.

Yeah...I'm slowly warming to it. My first reaction after all the high upside guys like Smith/DRC and even Canty was to say "fuck...this guy?"

But in the end, Fasano's a nice player and should be a pretty good fit in this system. He'll work over the middle and with his skills as a run-blocker, he can help ease the sting of losing Winston's run-blocking.

If you view it for what it could do on a team-wide level, it's actually a very nice pickup.

[pr_capone]

I'm shocked he's only 28. Seems like he's been in the NFL 15 years.

No shit... I was thinking the exact same thing.

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Adam Schefter ‏@AdamSchefter

Chiefs reached agreement in principle on a four-year deal with former Dolphins TE Anthony Fasano.

[The Franchise]

Adam Schefter ‏@AdamSchefter

Chiefs reached agreement in principle on a four-year deal with former Dolphins TE Anthony Fasano.

[Sassy Squatch]

Adam Schefter ‏@AdamSchefter

Chiefs reached agreement in principle on a four-year deal with former Dolphins TE Anthony Fasano.
Quality Q

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Somewhere in Chowdaland Pioli holds O'Connel in his arms telling him everything will be alright.

[mcaj22]

we still need a #3 TE on the depth chart and it has Jake O Connel's name all over it, i have hope

[gblowfish]

Tony Soprano?
Bada Bing!!!

[Molitoth]

He's pretty good @ Arrowhead...

[Hammock Parties]

One nice thing about this guy: he doesn't drop passes.

0 last year, 1 in 2011, 2 in 2010

[SuperChief]

One nice thing about this guy: he doesn't drop passes.

0 last year, 1 in 2011, 2 in 2010

-1 next year. Sweet.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Solid signing folks

[nychief]

think this guy is made for the WC offense.

[Frosty]

-1 next year. Sweet.

He'll catch someone's dropped pass, amirite?

[suds79]

Really nice signing.

TE was one of our biggest holes for sure.

Shoring up all weaknesses before the draft. I like it.

[Molitoth]

Shoring up all weaknesses before the draft. I like it.


So we can justify drafting a fucking left tackle.

[TEX]

Really nice signing.

TE was one of our biggest holes for sure.

Shoring up all weaknesses before the draft. I like it.

Yep. A FAR cry from the last guy in charge. THIS is what is supposed to happen. FUCK the "it's a process" BS unless THIS is part of said process.

[TEX]

Somewhere in Chowdaland ***** holds O'Connel in his arms telling him everything will be alright.

:doh!: LMAO

[ModSocks]

I'm shocked he's only 28. Seems like he's been in the NFL 15 years.

This. I thought this guys was 35 or something.

[suds79]

So we can justify drafting a ****ing left tackle.

I got over that some time ago.

I knew the Geno dream was done as soon as we heard they were dealing for Smith.

I don't like it but I'm over it. Nothing I can do.

[ChiefRocka]

...

[The Franchise]

I know, how fucking stupid are we to draft a solid cant miss prospect and build a solid oline. Morons.

Joeckel isn't a can't miss prospect you fucking worthless mouthbreather.

[Hootie]

I think this is a fantastic value signing.

[suds79]

...

We need to get this idea out of our heads that LTs never miss.

They do.

While we're at it, lets throw out the "draft this guy and you can plug him in on your line for 10+ years". That's also BS.

[KC_Lee]

We need to get this idea out of our heads that LTs never miss.

They do.

While we're at it, lets throw out the "draft this guy and you can plug him in on your line for 10+ years". That's also BS.

Trezell Jenkins comes to mind.

[BossChief]

Good signing. I like Fasano and the gives us 2 quality,starting caliber tight ends that can block and catch.

[BossChief]

Joeckel isn't a can't miss prospect you ****ing worthless mouthbreather.

The best we can hope for is to take Fisher at right tackle and lock up Albert.

That Mr. Pink guy said there is some big Albert news coming up in a day or two...and he has Alberts phone number and texts with him.

[The Franchise]

The best we can hope for is to take Fisher at right tackle and lock up Albert.

That Mr. Pink guy said there is some big Albert news coming up in a day or two...and he has Alberts phone number and texts with him.

I saw that.

Now I have to hope that we trade the fuck down.

[RunKC]

The best we can hope for is to take Fisher at right tackle and lock up Albert.

That Mr. Pink guy said there is some big Albert news coming up in a day or two...and he has Alberts phone number and texts with him.

I hope it's that we have reached a long term deal with him.

[The Franchise]

If we take a RT at 1.1....then is basically a carbon copy year of 2009.

[Rausch]

I hope it's that we have reached a long term deal with him.

:rockon:

[Rausch]

If we take a RT at 1.1....then is basically a carbon copy year of 2009.

It already is.

[saphojunkie]

The big sleazy! Tony Fasano. He's a wop genius.

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g148/saphojunkie/fasano_zps5da12965.jpg

[saphojunkie]

If we take a RT at 1.1....then is basically a carbon copy year of 2009.

Well, I have to disagree. 2009 saw us let our best player walk for peanuts. This year we resigned him to a five year deal.

And Geno Smith is getting drafted 1st overall.

[WV]

Ugh....bringing back Boss would have been better.

[RunKC]

Ugh....bringing back Boss would have been better.

Uh no.

[gblowfish]

The big sleazy! Tony Fasano. He's a wop genius.

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g148/saphojunkie/fasano_zps5da12965.jpg

He can't be a bigger wop than Slappy Pistachio was. That guy was the ultimate Guido.

[patteeu]

Trezell Jenkins comes to mind.

FTR, Trezell Jenkins was considered a reach with the 31st pick overall while Luke Joeckel is widely regarded as one of the best players available in the draft. No one is really a "can't miss" and Joeckel might only be (one of) the best of a weak lot, but Jenkins isn't really the comparison to make here. Tony Mandarich is a better one.

[WV]

Uh no.

Pound sand, Fasano isn't anything to get excited about.

[Sassy Squatch]

Ugh....bringing back Boss would have been better.
Cassel already killed him

[-King-]

Ugh....bringing back Boss would have been better.

Wtf?

[O.city]

HOpefully Fasano wasn't/isn't the big TE aq. Bad Guy was talking about.

[-King-]

A big TE acquisition? WTF do we need a big TE acquisition for? That should be priority #75 on our list.

[The Franchise]

Fasano is a decent signing. He can both catch and block....and he's a good redzone target.

[O.city]

The Bad Guy said they wanted to upgrade the TE spot, likely with a big name.

I'm waiting to see in Finley shakes lose

[WV]

Wtf?

Again...Fasano isn't anything to get excited about.

[RealSNR]

Well, I have to disagree. 2009 saw us let our best player walk for peanuts. This year we resigned him to a five year deal.

And Geno Smith is getting drafted 1st overall.

Tyler Thigpen?
Larry Johnson?

Who?

[saphojunkie]

Fasano is a decent signing. He can both catch and block....and he's a good redzone target.

This free agency is purely about filling holes so that we aren't drafting for need in April.

[The Bad Guy]

Ugh....bringing back Boss would have been better.

Better for who exactly?

[mcaj22]

id like to see the numbers, i dare say they paid him like he will be the starting TE

i know that doesnt sit well with a lot of you Tony Moeaki lovers out there, but this was their first signing of the day and they had to get him away from Miami to do it, so they obviously outbid at least one team for his services, which I'm scared they might have overpaid for a guy such as this lol

[The Bad Guy]

The Bad Guy said they wanted to upgrade the TE spot, likely with a big name.

I'm waiting to see in Finley shakes lose

They expected him to be free. He's not going to be so they moved on a guy they liked.

[saphojunkie]

Tyler Thigpen?
Larry Johnson?

Who?

Tony Gonzalez. In the era of the tight end, we traded the best in history and replaced him with a nickel back that can't cover tight ends. We doubled down on getting worse.

[mcaj22]

wait youre saying they went from plan A Finley to their plan B Fasano?

lollllllllllllllllllll

[WV]

Better for who exactly?

You tell me why Fasano is any better...they are basically the same guy and Boss would most likely be cheaper even not knowing the details of Fasano's deal.

[-King-]

Again...Fasano isn't anything to get excited about.

Of course. It's a fucking tight end. What the fuck?

[The Franchise]

You tell me why Fasano is any better...they are basically the same guy and Boss would most likely be cheaper even not knowing the details of Fasano's deal.

Fasano doesn't have the injury issues that Boss does.
Fasano is younger (only by a year).
Fasano has better numbers during his career.

[O.city]

THe CB market has been slow to take off here.

[WV]

Of course. It's a fucking tight end. What the fuck?

But isn't the TE a position of focus in the Reid offense??

I didn't want Finley mind you, but signing Fasano isn't exactly all that great. It isn't horrible either, but another meh waste of money IMO along with Daniel.

[Sorter]

You tell me why Fasano is any better...they are basically the same guy and Boss would most likely be cheaper even not knowing the details of Fasano's deal.

Boss has serious concussion issues and likely won't be playing football ever again.

[RunKC]

Pound sand, Fasano isn't anything to get excited about.

Fasano has only dropped 3 passes in the last 3 years, is a very good red zone threat and he isn't going to get hurt like Boss and he's a good blocker.

Fasano was a very good signing.

[mcaj22]

what do you think they paid for Fasano

4 per? lol

[DJ's left nut]

Fasano doesn't have the injury issues that Boss does.
Fasano is younger (only by a year).
Fasano has better numbers during his career.

Fasano is a hell of a blocker, Boss wasn't.

Fasano is a solid all-around player with outstanding hands. He plays hard, he plays smart and he's been durable for most of his career.

He's a nice guy to have on your roster.

The Chiefs biggest problem for years has been the falloff from their best 10 guys to their next 10 guys. The Chiefs are often competitive with the rest of the league through their first 10 players. After that, it's absolute shit.

Well Fasano is a very good component for improving on that. If players 11-30 are better than players 11-30 for the remainder of the league, you're going to win a lot of ballgames. Fasano helps in that regard.

It's not splashy, it's not a panacea, it's just a smart addition.

As I've said before, a brick does not need to be a wall. Fasano's a nice little brick.

[-King-]

But isn't the TE a position of focus in the Reid offense??


Since when?

[silver5liter]

Always liked Fasano, guy has pretty good hands

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[O.city]

Didn't he tear us an asshole here in KC last year?

[silver5liter]

Didn't he tear us an asshole here in KC last year?

Yes

[mcaj22]

yea because our safeties suck

[WV]

Fasano doesn't have the injury issues that Boss does.
Fasano is younger (only by a year).
Fasano has better numbers during his career.

Boss has serious concussion issues and likely won't be playing football ever again.

Fasano has only dropped 3 passes in the last 3 years, is a very good red zone threat and he isn't going to get hurt like Boss and he's a good blocker.

Fasano was a very good signing.

If Boss can't play again then fine, but he and Fasano aren't that much different that it wouldn't be more prudent to save money and take the cheaper one.
He's a fine depth signing, but hardly anything to get excited about. We'll see the value when the numbers of the 4 year deal come out.

[mcaj22]

ill guess at least 4 years 16 million

[O.city]

Fasano and Devito are the kind of guys you need to come out fo free agency with, sprinkled in with a big name guy every so often.


They aren't flashy big time playmakers, but they're good solid signings.

[silver5liter]

This last year "Miami Dolphins: Tight end Anthony Fasano had 41 catches and zero drops. That is the most catches by a tight end without a drop in the past five seasons."

[Dunerdr]

Makes perfect sense he'll play TE for run downs baldwin will play for pass downs brilliant. Derp. Still a gaping hole at no 5 wide out since baldwin moved to tight end though.

[WV]

Since when?

He made guys like Celek and Lewis. Obviously not like the new Pats offense with TE's, but wasn't one of the things we heard all about was how our TE's would flourish under Reid after his hire?

[silver5liter]

ill guess at least 4 years 16 million

I bet its less than that

[R8RFAN]

Not going to talk shit about this pick up... Not a bad pick

[-King-]

He made guys like Celek and Lewis. Obviously not like the new Pats offense with TE's, but wasn't one of the things we heard all about was how our TE's would flourish under Reid after his hire?

No.

[DJ's left nut]

I bet its less than that

Likewise - 4/10. Or perhaps it could be 4/16, but structured to yield 3/9 in reality.

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Aaron Wilson ‏@RavensInsider

Anthony Fasano's deal with Chiefs is four years, $16 million, including $4.5 million signing bonus, per league source.

[silver5liter]

ill guess at least 4 years 16 million

Damn on the money lol

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Jason La Canfora ‏@JasonLaCanfora

Pretty shocked that Anthony Fasano got $16M for 4 yrs frim KC. He gets $4.5M to sign, $5.75M total in 2013, $9.5M in 1st 2 yrs. Wow

[mcaj22]

that's NOT what you pay for a #2 TE. not to be a negative nancy, but I had a feeling from the reports they got in a fucking bidding war for this guy

sad

[Chiefspants]

Jason La Canfora ‏@JasonLaCanfora

Pretty shocked that Anthony Fasano got $16M for 4 yrs frim KC. He gets $4.5M to sign, $5.75M total in 2013, $9.5M in 1st 2 yrs. Wow

I really hope we don't simply have an agressive Pioli as our new GM.

[In58men]

@JasonLaCanfora: Pretty shocked that Anthony Fasano got $16M for 4 yrs frim KC. He gets $4.5M to sign, $5.75M total in 2013, $9.5M in 1st 2 yrs. Wow

[patteeu]

that's NOT what you pay for a #2 TE. not to be a negative nancy, but I had a feeling from the reports they got in a ****ing bidding war for this guy

sad

I doubt that they view him as a #2. They probably entered this process believing that Moeaki was a nice #2.

[silver5liter]

Im fine with it. Guy is young and rarely misses games.

[Frosty]

How well can he run the wheel route?

[mcaj22]

this contract is gross and i dont care how you try to spin it

especially now that you see how badly they overpaid for him you are going to throw your precious Tony Moeaki under the bus? So three years slobbering Tony Moeaki under Scooter about how he's the second coming and now he's nothing. Sounds about right Chiefs football.

[DJ's left nut]

Jason La Canfora ‏@JasonLaCanfora

Pretty shocked that Anthony Fasano got $16M for 4 yrs frim KC. He gets $4.5M to sign, $5.75M total in 2013, $9.5M in 1st 2 yrs. Wow

Well son of a bitch.

We've gone 33% too high for a year too long on every FA we've seen terms for thus far. I'd expect the same once the terms come out on Daniel.

Not nearly as exciting a day as the Bowe day. I think we may have done more harm than good today.

[King_Chief_Fan]

I really hope we don't simply have an agressive ***** as our new GM.

we can bring back the candy wrapper king if you like.
If that guy was still here we would have lost all our free agents.

[ceebz]

Starting to feel a lot like one of Fat Andy's "Dream Teams" in Philly.


This is gonna be a complete disaster, fellas.

[BossChief]

I'm having fun watching mcaj22 meltdown.

[Ceej]

I'm having fun watching mcaj22 meltdown.

Dude is incredibly annoying.

[ShowtimeSBMVP]

I'm having fun watching mcaj22 meltdown.

lol

[mcaj22]

yea how dare i dont want my favorite team to overpay for shitty fucking players and handicap themselves years down the road and have to eat the cap on these guys when they have to cut them.

[Bump]

solid

[Ceej]

yea how dare i dont want my favorite team to overpay for shitty ****ing players and handicap themselves years down the road and have to eat the cap on these guys when they have to cut them.

You can cry on my shoulder if you want.

:(

[Ace Gunner]

This is a good move.

[ShowtimeSBMVP]

yea how dare i dont want my favorite team to overpay for shitty ****ing players and handicap themselves years down the road and have to eat the cap on these guys when they have to cut them.

You do know that he had like 3 drops in 3 years right?>

[Molitoth]

I've wasted a ton of money on the shitty chiefs over the years, so I'm not going to complain about watching them waste a bunch of money on shitty players.


That said, fasano is a decent player.

[The Franchise]

Fasano will probably end up playing out his entire contract. I don't think this FO thinks Moeaki is the answer at TE.

[SAUTO]

The cap goes up dramatically next year, right?
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[silver5liter]

Jason La Canfora ‏@JasonLaCanfora

Pretty shocked that Anthony Fasano got $16M for 4 yrs frim KC. He gets $4.5M to sign, $5.75M total in 2013, $9.5M in 1st 2 yrs. Wow

Piolis puppet :LOL:

You guys must remember, pioli signed Kevin "I cant stay on the field" Boss to a 3 year 9 million dollar deal last year.

[Titty Meat]

@JasonLaCanfora: Pretty shocked that Anthony Fasano got $16M for 4 yrs frim KC. He gets $4.5M to sign, $5.75M total in 2013, $9.5M in 1st 2 yrs. Wow

All of that to go 7-9? Wow. Atleast if pioli was still here we would have a chance at drafting a qb seeing as we would be picking in the top 5. I don't know who I want to sodomize more with the racecar piece, reid or pioli?

[Ceej]

At least check down Alex will have a reliable target next year.

LMAO

[mcaj22]

yea at almost 6 fucking million.

you could have spent that on a starting LBer, CB, Safety, anything

[R8RFAN]

this contract is gross and i dont care how you try to spin it

especially now that you see how badly they overpaid for him you are going to throw your precious Tony Moeaki under the bus? So three years slobbering Tony Moeaki under Scooter about how he's the second coming and now he's nothing. Sounds about right Chiefs football.


Cheaps have tons of cash... Who cares?

[mcaj22]

Cheaps have tons of cash... Who cares?

no, they dont.

[Mr. Laz]

*****s puppet :LOL:

You guys must remember, ***** signed Kevin "I cant stay on the field" Boss to a 3 year 9 million dollar deal last year.
You need to just let that shit go

we are overpaying all over the place

[ShowtimeSBMVP]

yea at almost 6 ****ing million.

you could have spent that on a starting LBer, CB, Safety, anything

Is the fucking off season over? JFC

[silver5liter]

You need to just let that shit go

we are overpaying all over the place

Let what go? That is about the same deal. Could be worded to just a 1 year contract if need be.

People cry about being cheap, people cry about spending too much. Sweet jesus. You wanna see over paid, wait til you see jared cooks contract numbers.

[mcaj22]

Let what go? That is about the same deal. Could be worded to just a 1 year contract if need be.

People cry about being cheap, people cry about spending too much. Sweet jesus. You wanna see over paid, wait til you see jared cooks contract numbers.

except for the fact that overpaying these small mid level contracts for these average to low quality players equals overpaying for one good player. it adds up.

would i rather have spent the money on Jared Cook that they spent on Fasano, Devito, Chase ****ing Daniel? Yes I would 10 times out of 10.

if you are going to spend go for the boom or bust talent and quit fucking hanging on mediocrity for once.

[tonyetony]

Jesus now people are just bitching to hear themselves bitch......Fasano is a good signing. He can block and catch and he's not injury prone. Moeaki's knock has always been that he is injury prone and he hasn't done anything to dispel that notion. If you don't like this signing you must be a member of the Jake O'Connel fan club. Fasano will make all our offensive skill players better.

[Bwana]

Not a bad signing. The guy has some great hands and can block with the best of them.

[hometeam]

meh

[patteeu]

You need to just let that shit go

we are overpaying all over the place

It's very possible that the Chiefs (a middle of America, small market team, with a losing history over the past several years) are in a position where they either have to overpay or miss out on the guys they think they need to make progress.

[ct]

Cannot be! CP approves of something chiefs? Cannot be I say!!

[Mecca]

Let what go? That is about the same deal. Could be worded to just a 1 year contract if need be.

People cry about being cheap, people cry about spending too much. Sweet jesus. You wanna see over paid, wait til you see jared cooks contract numbers.

Atleast he's a playmaker...we bitch about giving stupid money to role players. There are numerous players like they signed today in the mid rounds of every draft and in late value fa.
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[MotherfuckerJones]

The only people saying Meh is because they are not familiar with the name Fasano.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

what do you think they paid for Fasano

4 per? lol

Jeez you are annoying

[JohnnyHammersticks]

Anthony Fartsano

Just trying to get my names ready if he turns out to be a veteran dud like Kevin Boss

Kevin Boss was looking good last year until Cassel's wounded duck led him into a head shot that turned him into a vegetable.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

JFC some of you will bitch about anything. Fucking pathetic. This wasn't a flashy move, but it was another solid one at a position of need.

[SAUTO]

JFC some of you will bitch about anything. Fucking pathetic. This wasn't a flashy move, but it was another solid one at a position of need.

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[Micjones]

Good signing. Rarely drops passes, rarely misses games, excellent run blocker, and he'll get you 400/5 each year.

[DJ's left nut]

Good signing. Rarely drops passes, rarely misses games, excellent run blocker, and he'll get you 400/5 each year.

That's great from a 4th round pick.

It's not remotely acceptable for a guy making $4 million/season.

[MotherfuckerJones]

That's great from a 4th round pick.

It's not remotely acceptable for a guy making $4 million/season.

Its free agency man you gota overpay a little especially when you're 2-14

[ShowtimeSBMVP]

Its free agency man you gota overpay a little especially when you're 2-14

Some people will never get that.

[MotherfuckerJones]

Some people will never get that.

Im fine with this rather than spending 100 mil on 3 players and be in cap hell in 3 years. Peole forget we gota re-sign houston in a year or 2

[Sorter]

That's great from a 4th round pick.

It's not remotely acceptable for a guy making $4 million/season.

Considering Aaron Hernandez didn't even make that much this year, it's crazy to me.

[DJ's left nut]

Its free agency man you gota overpay a little especially when you're 2-14

And if you're going to overpay, overpay to get a damn pass-rusher on our D-line. Or a legitimate #2 WR.

We're overpaying for ancillary parts like platoon TEs, run-stuffing 5-techs and backup QBs.

I understand that you have to overpay in FA, but this is half-assed, wrong-headed overpaying that will yield very little return.

[mcaj22]

i think im just shocked by this one having heard about Tony Moeaki being this saving grace TE thanks to CP, I thought they would never just knock him down a few pegs like this.

After all we traded up for Moeaki and picked him before Jimmy Graham, surely he is worth a shit.

[RunKC]

Fasano is going to be one of the best free agent signing's we've had in years. The guy is going to be utilized a ton in this offense and he's going to go HAM out there.

[RunKC]

And if you're going to overpay, overpay to get a damn pass-rusher on our D-line. Or a legitimate #2 WR.

We're overpaying for ancillary parts like platoon TEs, run-stuffing 5-techs and backup QBs.

I understand that you have to overpay in FA, but this is half-assed, wrong-headed overpaying that will yield very little return.

Gotta wonder if Reid might just draft a good pass rusher. He's always loved doing that.

[DJ's left nut]

The funny thing is that Moeaki really was pretty good over the 2nd half of the season; probably better than Fasano would be.

So either they're resigned to never having a 'healthy' Moeaki or they're just so damn worried about his injuries that they're willing to overpay for his insurance policy.

Because if they've looked at Moeaki and decided he can't be a very good player when healthy, well that's just wrong. For the last 1/2 of the season, he looked almost as good as new.

So are we giving up on a guy who's 2nd half figures put him on pace for 600 yds receiving despite a shit QB and a recent knee injury? Or are we paying for a $4 million backup. Oh, or are we going all copycat again and trying to put together an offense heavy on 2 TE sets despite the fact that Reid has never utilized one.

This just isn't an area where an overpay is a good idea. Nor is backup QB. Nor is a 1-trick pony of a run-stuffer.

[MeatRock]

Look, if signing Fasano means that dumbasses like Rucker, O'connell and Maneri get's cut then i'm all for it.

[MotherfuckerJones]

Atleast were signing different regime players

[Tombstone RJ]

i think im just shocked by this one having heard about Tony Moeaki being this saving grace TE thanks to CP, I thought they would never just knock him down a few pegs like this.

After all we traded up for Moeaki and picked him before Jimmy Graham, surely he is worth a shit.

It pretty much all ended right here:

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[ceebz]

lmao, the fanbase of a 2-14 team celebrating the signing of an average TE at 4.5 mil per.

I thought Dorsey said he wanted to build via the draft? I guess we're gonna use Fat Andy's "overpay for everyone the first week of FA" style instead? It worked so well in Philly the last 6 or so years.

[ModSocks]

Holy crap. 4mill a year for Fasano? That's a $2m player at best.

[DaneMcCloud]

And if you're going to overpay, overpay to get a damn pass-rusher on our D-line. Or a legitimate #2 WR.

We're overpaying for ancillary parts like platoon TEs, run-stuffing 5-techs and backup QBs.

I understand that you have to overpay in FA, but this is half-assed, wrong-headed overpaying that will yield very little return.

Dude, this team needs players. It fucking sucked ass. 2-14!

Additionally, they NEED to spend cap money. They need to change the perception of the Kansas City Chiefs as being cheap and unconcerned with winning.

That starts by bringing in solid, respectable, veteran players, retaining your best players and attempt to build a consistent, winning franchise.

You don't do that by low-balling the Mike DeVito's and Anthony Fasano's of the world. Otherwise, you're stuck with Pituatoa and Jake O'Connell.

[DaneMcCloud]

Holy crap. 4mill a year for Fasano? That's a $2m player at best.

So then what does that make Martellus Bennett?

I don't think you guys understand value this offseason.

[DaneMcCloud]

The funny thing is that Moeaki really was pretty good over the 2nd half of the season; probably better than Fasano would be.

So either they're resigned to never having a 'healthy' Moeaki or they're just so damn worried about his injuries that they're willing to overpay for his insurance policy.

Because if they've looked at Moeaki and decided he can't be a very good player when healthy, well that's just wrong. For the last 1/2 of the season, he looked almost as good as new.

So are we giving up on a guy who's 2nd half figures put him on pace for 600 yds receiving despite a shit QB and a recent knee injury? Or are we paying for a $4 million backup. Oh, or are we going all copycat again and trying to put together an offense heavy on 2 TE sets despite the fact that Reid has never utilized one.

This just isn't an area where an overpay is a good idea. Nor is backup QB. Nor is a 1-trick pony of a run-stuffer.

Not only has Moeaki been injury prone, the trend these days is to have two athletic TE's on the field in order to create mismatches.

Fasano is an accomplished receiver, as is Moeaki when he's healthy. I don't see the problem.

[Easy 6]

Lose Boss, get Fasano... pretty much a wash.

[dirk digler]

Dude, this team needs players. It fucking sucked ass. 2-14!

Additionally, they NEED to spend cap money. They need to change the perception of the Kansas City Chiefs as being cheap and unconcerned with winning.

That starts by bringing in solid, respectable, veteran players, retaining your best players and attempt to build a consistent, winning franchise.

You don't do that by low-balling the Mike DeVito's and Anthony Fasano's of the world. Otherwise, you're stuck with Pituatoa and Jake O'Connell.

Good post Dane I have to agree. And I don't mind what the Chiefs have done this offseason outside of trading for Smith.

[DaneMcCloud]

Considering Aaron Hernandez didn't even make that much this year, it's crazy to me.

Hernandez earned more than $6.5 million in 2012 and is due another $4.5 this season.

[Mile High Mania]

Fasano and Moeaki... not a bad duo if Moeaki can stay healthy and contribute. Adding Fasano and Avery to the mix should help out, esp if Alex Smith can be the pass happy QB they are hoping for in coming years. I'm curious to see who they bring in (if anyone at RB) to mix things up with JC.

[Easy 6]

I'm curious to see who they bring in (if anyone at RB) to mix things up with JC.

I actually think thats one position group we can stand pat with this year... Charles, Gray and Draughn, i think we can produce with that.

Worst case scenario, we have to pick some decent guy up during the season, thats usually not that hard to do at RB.

[ChiefsCountry]

Good post Dane I have to agree. And I don't mind what the Chiefs have done this offseason outside of trading for Smith.

This. Other than fucking up and trading for Smith, which screws our quarterback position and our draft up - the free agent signings have been good.

[DaneMcCloud]

The Dolphins just signed Dustin Keller to a one year, $4.25 million dollar deal with $2.25 guaranteed.

More proof that the Chiefs did not "overpay" for Fasano.

[CoMoChief]

I thought Keller was gonna be good.

of course good QB play is always a factor.