shove it up your ass sideways, nmt. I don't give two shits about what you think. 4321

Typical. Can't debate with facts so you have to call names.

Fact is Rufus is a boring blowhard that does nothing but rail on the media.

I have no urge to debate the guys' takes because they're all the same. So shove it up your ass sideways, you apologist bitch :D

Why post in the thread if you don't want to debate his points? That's what we're here for, right?
Rufus may be boring and he may even be pompous but contrary to what many around want to believe, he knows what he's talking about.
Many around here have a big problem with people they don't agree with.

Rufus is living in his own little dream world. His recommendations for improving the team consist of one thing.......drafting better players. Wake up Rufus. We draft stiffs. When you can't draft, you can either sit back, sign no free agents (because free agents, after all, never are the reason for a team's turnaround), and lose with the bums you drafted (which the Chiefs did this past season), or you can go out and make an effort to acquire better players than the ones you drafted.

Here's Rufus' method for putting together a team...

1) draft good players (like the Pats, Eagles, and Steelers)

2) if you can't draft good players, you just have to suck until you start drafting good players


Hey Rufus...newsflash. This isn't the 1970's or 1980's anymore. If you can't draft, but you still want to win, you can go out and sign free agents to replace the sh*tty players you drafted. Yeah, you may have to spend some of the owner's oil money, but that's the way it is.

Dan Snyder doesn't have oil money but he's sure been successful playing fantasy football.

My post was simply "fuck Rufus"... you brought up the "can you refute his points?". I just wanted to point out that the guy really has only ONE point - always has, always will: the media sucks.

Well duh. It doesn't take 10 paragraphs to get to that point. We got it the first time. He's boring: same take, simply reworded to counter whatever article is 'in' at the time; and he's a blowhard: dozens of paragraphs to reiterate the same old take. *Yawn*

That's why I replied to your post.
The "shove it up your ass" bit was in jest (if you didn't already know) - for telling me to slow down and re-read it. Again, I don't have to: it's a Rufus piece... I already know what it says. :p

You got dat correct!!!!

I can't stand blind homerism! No S.B. in how many years! And, not even a play-off win in .....

One of you said something about evaluating talent.... the Chiefs F.O. doesn't have the talent for doing that????

With these guys writing this non-sense I'm beginning to think that Kingless, D.V., the scouting department can't leave soon enough. But, I've afraid we will have to hit rock bottom and the stands are empty before the Hunt family will tell him to hit the road.... doens't look good.

He also took a franchise that wasn't making a lot of money and turned it into the most profitable franchise in the entire league. The 'Skins are worth more than any team in NFL history. It hasn't translated to on-the-field success (yet); but it sure as hell has got the fanbase interested. You have to admit: the guy goes all-out in attempts to improve his team. IMO where he has failed is in evaluating coaches.

No problem. My post asking for refutation of Rufus' points was to everyone who posted on this thread. You were the one who took time to answer. I know where you stand.

Free agency is why there are more 8-8 teams than ever before. Unless you can assemble the right group of guys, one player is not going to turn around a team.

The idol worship that has taken over the game is more of a detrement to success than productive.

Our trouble is instead of picking players that can play.

DV and company pick nice guys that fit DV profile.

Basically a bunch of crying pussies!

Soooo....It looks like the battle lines have been drawn. This entire 2005 season depends on whether or not KC signs Ty Law.

Actually, he doesn't know what he's talking about. He blatantly contradicts himself by offering up the three examples that he did.

The Pats: Addressed a need at RB by signing a "big name" FA. And according to rufus, Dillon is old (same age as Law).

The Steelers: addressed a need at RB by signing a "big name" RB. He's also old according to Rufus' standards

The Eagles: Adressed a need at WR and pass rush by signing what could easily be considered the top FA at their respective positions.

So tell me agian how these teams built from within and didn't need Free Agency.

No doubt.

I heard a bit of Fatlock's show yesterday as I drove home... what-a-moron! On and on and on about Law being the only player we need to add. Shear stupidity! He's the same guy who bitched because all we did last season was add ONE guy: Gunther Cunningham. It was wrong then, but now it's right because it's Ty Law?! :spock:

I'll take Samari Rolle, Derrick Mason AND Ed Hartwell over just Ty Law (probably cost us the same).