Better late than never.

85? Holy F@k

You're slacking, boy. We may have to let you go.

I wish my current employer took that attitude. I'd gladly go for the severance package right now.

up, up

Watch out for the cheap shots, boys. These are the Vikings, remember?

Bump.

I don't like Holcombe being out six weeks. He is a nice insurance policy in the backfield. I guess this means Ronnie Cruz makes the team, for at least the first month of the season.

Sampson having turf toe isn't a good thing, either. He needs to be planting that foot every play and can't take a play off or half speed. Hopefully (but not likely), that problem will be taken care of before preseason is over. Good thing Jordan Black has had a nice showing at RT.

Tynes is Scottish. Of course he was drunk! :D Competition for him will only be a good thing.

Mitch said the team will likely look to bring in another FB, Cruz isn't going to cut it if TRich goes down.

The biggest bummer is that this likely limits what they can do at the WR position.

Yeah, didn't look at it that way. Who'd be the five, and do they risk putting Thorpe on the practice squad? Or keep him and throw Horn on the P/S?

Kennison
Parker
Hall
Boerigter
Horn/Thorpe

I'm still not sold on Freddie Mitchell making this team.

Right now, I don't see any way we put Thorpe on PS. He looked very good catching the ball and he's obviously fast. Route running just takes some work. He'll get it.

I'd go Kennison, Parker, Hall, Bo, and Thorpe.

After watching the game yesterday, Wilkerson was consistantly getting pressure on the QB. Granted he was working against 2nd and 3rd string tackles but I thought he played really well. I also thought that Sims actually was impressive pushing the pocket when he wasn't double teamed. The unfortunate thing is that none of the other 1st unit linemen took advantage.

The injury to Sampson will only hurt him individually, which sucks because he played really well in the game. I hope he is healthy and starting Week1.
Collins never sees the field anyway so I don't know what him being out really does to the team. On the one hand, maybe Green might have to take a few more throws in practice now, and I hope he doesnt wear out. On the other hand, this might be a blessing as it gives Huard and Kilian more reps, both are younger and looked like they were a bit a more mobile. Never the less, I am concerned about the QB depth chart after Green.
Losing Holcombe is disappointing, I think he was propably a pretty important pickup and a quality backup FB and HB. It looks like the Chiefs are pretty thin at the position already. I don't see Wilson being moved there. Does anyone know about #48 Edwin Thompson? He made a few solid blocks playing the second TE. He looks like he has the ability to play some FB?
I believe Tynes will pull through and get more consistant as the season approaches. Im not really for bringing in competition. I cant see anyone that has the potential of Tynes. I saw him kick in the CFL a few seasons back and had a record setting year. He has a strong leg and was forced to kick in some pretty bad weather.
Having Shields back is great.

I would say there's a good possibility that Allen was with Wesley and Siavii at the bar.
The Holcombe thing sucks, mostly because it limits our options on roster space.
Wilson probably won't be counted on as a fulltime FB, if T Rich went down, but I know he practices at the position. Saunders has mentioned bringing him in at 3 positons; WR, TE and FB.

There's absolutely no evidence to suggest Allen was there, why would you suggest it?

Yeah, he probably wasn't there. I just know the guy really likes to party and he was demoted on the same day.
This is a second year player that is coming off a 9 sack rookie year. Either the Chiefs are trying to use the demotion to motivate Allen or Allen did something more to piss off the staff (mostly likely the first scenario). I can't see them permanently benching Allen because he was overly aggressive on two plays in the first preseason game.