Beloved: Your Favorite Chiefs. Round 1, Heat 10. Defensive Backs, Part 2

[Rain Man]

Our second heat of defensive backs. I love defensive backs.

Vote for your FAVORITE three, for whatever reasons that they were your favorite. There are no wrong answers.

[Ebolapox]

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[Coochie liquor]

In before this turns into an anti Alex Smith thread...

[Rain Man]

I went with:

#1 - Albert Lewis. If you've ever enjoyed a blocked punt, Albert Lewis is your favorite player. Plus, he could play a little cornerback.

#2 - Kevin Ross. Or Marvin Hagler, whichever. He personified the Chiefs defense even more than DT in my eyes. He was unyielding.

#3 - Dale Carter. Okay, he had some issues off the field, but you couldn't deny the guy's grace on the field. He made things look easy. Plus, he was tougher than people think, playing injured when necessary.

I feel terrible that Lloyd Burruss didn't make my top three. Along with Brandon Flowers, Lloyd was perhaps the best pure tackler I've ever seen. You didn't get by Lloyd Burruss.

Benny Sapp may not have been a star, but I also found him entertaining and rooted for him. I hated to see him leave the Chiefs.

Whatever happened with Corey Harris? He seemed promising, but then he was gone.

[Imon Yourside]

Ross and Carter are my two faves, Albert Lewis was too until he became a faider.

[suzzer99]

Easiest heat yet.

[Imon Yourside]

I went with:

#1 - Albert Lewis. If you've ever enjoyed a blocked punt, Albert Lewis is your favorite player. Plus, he could play a little cornerback.

#2 - Kevin Ross. Or Marvin Hagler, whichever. He personified the Chiefs defense even more than DT in my eyes. He was unyielding.

#3 - Dale Carter. Okay, he had some issues off the field, but you couldn't deny the guy's grace on the field. He made things look easy. Plus, he was tougher than people think, playing injured when necessary.

I feel terrible that Lloyd Burruss didn't make my top three. Along with Brandon Flowers, Lloyd was perhaps the best pure tackler I've ever seen. You didn't get by Lloyd Burruss.

Benny Sapp may not have been a star, but I also found him entertaining and rooted for him. I hated to see him leave the Chiefs.

Whatever happened with Corey Harris? He seemed promising, but then he was gone.

yes on those 3, same that i voted for..Benny Was awesome and after reading the story you posted I sincerely hope the guy has a great life. Benny was let go because of his mnf incident where he made a nice tackle then did what looked like a doggie style position move. It was actually very funny.

[Discuss Thrower]

Where the fuck is Mighty Mouse you ass

[Imon Yourside]

Where the **** is Mighty Mouse you ass

TOp 3? That defense was absolutely GR horrible.

[gblowfish]

You can't vote for Albert Lewis over Burruss. Lewis CHOSE to go free agent to the Raiders.

Burruss is in the Chiefs HOF and never defected to the Fade.

[Rain Man]

You can't vote for Albert Lewis over Burruss. Lewis CHOSE to go free agent to the Raiders.

Burruss is in the Chiefs HOF and never defected to the Fade.


It's interesting that of our top three votegetters so far, Carter became a Bronco, Ross became a Charger, and Lewis became a Raider. Perhaps I should've voted for Burruss.

Of course, maybe we can forgive Carter because I seem to recall that he basically just stole a bunch of money from the Broncos.

[nychief]

took Lewis, Ross and Burress.... why no Cherry?

[Rain Man]

Another interesting bit of trivia about the Chiefs all-time defensive backfield.

Deron Cherry was in a Chiefs uniform from 1981-1991 - 11 seasons.
Lloyd Burruss was in a Chiefs uniform from 1981-1991 - 11 seasons.
Albert Lewis was in a Chiefs uniform from 1983-1993 - 11 seasons.
Kevin Ross was in a Chiefs uniform from 1984-1993 and then again in 1997 - 11 seasons.

[Rain Man]

It bugs me to see Wesley getting more votes than Burruss. Wesley was an athlete, but Burruss was a football player.

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Where's mighty mouse, he was my all time favorite.

[Discuss Thrower]

Where's mighty mouse, he was my all time favorite.

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[Dartgod]

The best backfield we've ever fielded.

Lewis
Ross
Burress

[gblowfish]

The best backfield we've ever fielded.

Lewis
Ross
Burress

Dart: The other safety in that mix was Cherry. That was arguably the best defensive secondary in Chiefs history.

Another good one was Emmitt Thomas (NFLHOF), Johnny Robinson (All time AFL team, 9 time All Pro, should be in the NFLHOF) Jim Kearney (very under-rated safety, 11th round pick by Detroit in 1965, started for KC for 8 years) and Jim Marsalis (played for KC 7 years, 2 time Pro-Bowler).

That was a great secondary too.

[EPodolak]

Voted the same as the top three, pretty basic.

How did Greg Wesley manage to make the team for seven years, seemed to me to be lacking some basic coverage skills.

[Garcia Bronco]

Bartee
Warfield
Burress

[Rain Man]

Bartee
Warfield
Burress


I can easily see why Bartee would be a favorite of yours, and maybe some minor argument could be made for Warfield. But not Burruss. He was a destroyer of Broncos.

[srvy]

Jim Kearney
Lloyd Burruss
Keven Ross

Loved Albert Lewis till he turned on us.
Dale Carter was a great corner just if you were in Quincys after a game you might get a gun pulled on you from him.

Kearney and Burruss were the 2 best strong safeties in Chiefs history IMO.

[Rausch]

Still no Hasty...

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[Deberg_1990]

Wow, no James Hasty luv?

[Rain Man]

Don't be hasty in your judgments. He's on deck.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

AND I PULL OUT MY GUN!

ftw.

[Bowser]

William Bartee sacked Michael Vick once.

[wazu]

I will be rooting for Kevin Ross and/or Deron Cherry to win the whole thing in this bracket.

[Rain Man]

Lewis, Ross, and Carter move on. Sorry, Lloyd.

[ChiefsChoke010414]

Where's mighty mouse, he was my all time favorite.

Where's James Hasty, my all time favorite.

And where's my favorite gone, but not forgotten, waste of time and money, Carlton Gray?