Cruz is listed as "released" by ESPN.

He's listed on the team, though on KFFL.

Only thing I can think to say is wait and see. But I doubt he'll be there.

It shows Casey Printers. I thought we gave him the axe last year?

He's not listed as on the team by the team, I'll take that over kffl.

Practice squad

You have to release players before you can pick them up on the practice squad. They're not part of the 53-man active roster.

It's amazing how the rb position has changed. The "franchis back" is no more. Teams will get a back run him into the ground and go forward in the draft. Unless they have an extremely rare talent ie. tomlinson, for the most part the back is as good as his offensive line.

We actually signed Printers in December to a three year deal.

He'll probably be a perennial practice squad player, since he hasn't shown much in preseasons.

And only two C's. Ouch.

Oh, the good ol' days.

Chiefs | Printers struggles in debut - from www.KFFL.com
Sun, 13 Aug 2006 21:03:09 -0700

Adam Teicher, of the Kansas City Star, reports Kansas City Chiefs QB Casey Printers struggled in his NFL debut Saturday, Aug. 12, completing 6-of-12 passes for 71 yards and one interception, in addition to being sacked five times, losing a fumble, and committing an intentional grounding penalty that cost the team a field-goal opportunity.

Chiefs | Printers continues to struggle - from www.KFFL.com
Sat, 5 Aug 2006 10:32:25 -0700

Bob Gretz, of KCChiefs.com, reports Kansas City Chiefs QB Casey Printers continues to take off and run with the football at the slightest hint of pressure and has yet to develop consistent pocket presence.

Centers, you mean?

Yep.

I assume you mean "ouch" because we look shallow at the C position? I wouldn't worry about it that much.

The main reason I wouldn't worry about it is because we have Casey Weigmann. If he starts, if he doesn't start, it doesn't matter. The guy's an iron man that stays healthy and shows up week in and week out. He's like Will Shields Jr.

Second of all, even if we somehow did end up with both centers injured, the role of center is different from the role of a guard in exactly one way: he hikes the ball to the QB. Other than that, the center is basically a third guard -- making it possible for an OG to slide over to his position without much problem in that regard.

The big difference, obviously, is snapping the ball. It's not that hard of a procedure, and most any OG can do that motion, but it's a biiiiiiig rhythm thing. C's need to have a rhythm with their QB's, otherwise you're looking at a few fumbles out of the snap.

Do the chiefs have practices open to the public? Or would I have to go to the mini camp thing to see one?

Shrug. Camp at River Falls seems to be open to the public, but that's a ways off.

I do know that they do have an outdoor practice facility. I've been there. You could easily watch them if they practiced there from the TSC parking lot. But I wouldn't know how to go about it.

Okay, where did everyone go? I'm sure I can think of some more questions. :)