Teicher: Chiefs look at a wrestler
 

Chiefs look at a wrestler

As proof they are making an honest effort to find better offensive linemen, the Chiefs worked out a former All-American college wrestler who didn't play football at Kent State or even in high school, for that matter.

He is Jermail Porter, who had a brief trial in camp this year with the Patriots. There are no indications the Chiefs will sign Porter any time soon, but it's possible he could wind up as an off-season developmental project.

Now we're scraping the bottom of the barrel.

the 80's ruled the 90's sucked

round and round......

pathetic

Yay! This ****ing team blows for good reason

Awww and I was expecting that they were trying to get the Big Show as our new center.

WTF is this shit?

HUH?

Okay this is getting laughable...

Clark Hunt sucks the penis.

IF this is true, Pioli and Haley's approval rating is going to take a big hit.... Carl and Herm were a Joke, these two are catching up rather quickly!

Oh, pipe down you reeruns.

It's not like he's starting at guard Sunday.

So basically he's only getting looked at because the Patriots looked at him.

I just checked the calendar, this isnt April 1st either...


WOW, desperate people do stupid things....

:hmmm:

Sad isnt it....

Who you calling a reerun. This team blows. Look at the moves they make and try to make. And Im not specifically referring to this move only. It's all the moves they've made in the last 3 years.

Wasn't one of the Pats' linemen the same type of guy they looked at?

I think they might of looked at him because hes 6'5" 310 pounds and can obviously move well and **** some people up.

the big show is one of the people on earth that could run NT in a 3-4

Yeah Neal was a college wrestler, not football player.

Hulkamaniacs want a new RT.... OHhhhhhhhhh yeahhhhhhhhhhh..... can you hear me brother?

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I wonder if he'll hit a DE with a folding chair.

If he did he'd probably get disqualified. I think NFL referees are more competent than WWF referees - barely.

maybe they will sign the Hulkster next-lol

Hulkamania will sweep Arrowhead-I can see him running from side to side getting the crowd pumped up.

beat me to it

Yep.

It took this for you to know that, really?

I applaud the effort. Talent comes from all over, and you never overlook anyone.

At least try the guy out and see what he's got.

You would hope that scouts and coaches would have better things to do during the season than trying out guys who are obviously not going to make an impact this year. Scouting draft choices and opponents and implimenting a gameplan are not the least of them.

Wrestling does provide a lot of the physical skills needed for football. Balance, core strength, conditioning, leverage, etc.

It's just ****ing crazy enough to work fellas....... :BLVD:

There aren't many guys this time of the year who could make an impact on this year... I have no problems at all with trying to find good players even if it effect this year.

That's my point, why bother with him right now? who's spot would he take if we signed him? Shouldn't we be trying to figure out how to spend the number one pick in 2010?

Reading is FUNdamental... the post/article he would not be signed till the official off season begins (lets be honest - we are already in the unofficial off season).

Guys like this are like free draft choices. Its not like the scouts can have any contact with college players anyways right now. All they can do is look at the tapes and talk to coaches. I assure you, that is being handled.

And, clearly, draft picks next year aren't going to make an impact this year either.

I love that people are pissed that SP is leaving no stone unturned... and in the same breath saying how much the team sucks.

**** having a wrestler on the team... but what about the Lovely Elizabeth as one of our Cheerleaders?

http://www.quickstopentertainment.co...05/jan27/3.jpg


wait.... I just read that she died of a Drug overdose in 2003... WTF?

Why not? I mean, it's not like we have real offensive linemen anyway.

Far be it from me to ever agree with anything GC says but....

Wait, what about Pruneda? I think that was his name, the big boy from Mexico we had on the practice squad a couple of years ago.

Next thing you know we'll be looking at basketball players. Finding athletes from other sports will never work....

He was pruned.

Bo Jackson
Deion Sanders
Jim Thorpe
Willie Gault
Jim Brown (he's in the Lacrosse HOF... yeah I know)
Danny Ainge
Michael Jordan (ok that's not such a good example)

And then there was Antonio Gates...

Brock Lesnar FTW

Pretty sure he was being sarcastic.

Hey, you never know. A few years ago the Vikings had a pro wrestler trying to make the team as a defensive lineman, and now they have the best DL in the league... :)

That's what I get for missing that Captain Obvious made the post... :)

They like wrestlers up there. Heck, they'd probably make one the govenor if they had the chance.

Didn't Brock Lesnar play for the Vikings for a time? It's not unheard of that a life-long competitive wrestler could be a developmental prospect for an NFL team.

I find it easy to miss sarcasm in here, because there is so much sincere ignorance, it is hard to discern someone feigning it.

How many more people off the street do we need to get 22?

The practice squad.. your seriously stupid as shit if you think the Chiefs should not do a single thing besides prep for the draft. Thats what our scouting department is for, and we also have guy who look into other areas... trying out guys doesn't hurt the team in any way or get in the way of scouting for the draft.

1000...

He was in training camp as a defensive end, but it was a failure. Despite being a physical freak, he couldn't play football.

He sacked a Chiefs QB in the preseason once and started a fight during the annual scrimmage/brawl. That's about all I can remember.

Just relax dildo no need to get your nuts bunched up. I figured the whole first pick in 2010 would clue you in that I was joking. I'll put up road flares next time.

maybe he's trying out the whole "22 guys off the street" thing??

The elipsis should have tipped me off. Sarcasm fail.

They asked him to go to NFL Europe but he said no. My guess is that this is the sort of developmental interest we have with this person.

Well as long as he had time in the New England camp...

ROFL ROFL...

A ****ing wrestler?

ROFL ROFL

Shocked that he worked out for the Pats before, as well.

An honest effort?

Teicher should have the ****ing swine flu forced on him or making such an ignorant comment.

They overlooked the deepest OL draft in years, but they weren't good enough - so we're looking at a wrester that has never played football before?

Shocking that he was in the Pats camp, next up is a Haitian refugee WR who spent a few days in Dolphins camp.

****.

Me.

Running.

No... Next it'll be a 6'4 320 plumber who LIVES in New England.

LMAO

I still don't get why you all bitch whenever they look at someone who once had a cup of coffee in New England.

1.) They're players Pioli has a little familiarity with. Which is much better than looking at players he has no f**king clue about.

2.) They're players who've been on one of the NFL's best-run and most-successful teams. Which is much better than signing ex-Lions or ex-Rams, no?

And, yes, Neal was a wrestler and has turned out pretty damn good. But don't let something like that get in the way of the constant Pioli/Haley bitchfest.

Sign a player, they get ripped. Cut a player, they get ripped. DON'T sign a player (like Braylon Edwards), they get ripped. Trade a player, they get ripped. Look at a wrestler, they get ripped. Look at an ex-Patriot, they get ripped.

It's four games into their tenure, and already I can see the tar and feathers being gathered. Jesus H on a raft. Can they at least have one full season?

Wrestler to O lineman is not a huge leap. Footwork, maintaining and athletic stance and balance, creating leverage. Many, many offensive linemen have storong wrestling backgrounds.
While all of this is true, yes we are scraping the bottom of the barrel, but then again who the hell's suprised we are looking for more talent then what we have now?

We need Bob Sapp.

Yeah, it's really intelligent to excise 90% of the NFL because they aren't one of three teams.

the dude is 23 years old, 6'6 300 pounds with the frame to add a lot of muscle and has been one of the better college heavyweight wrestlers in the past few years. It's just a look...He's never going to sign anywhere but it's not nearly the joke that some are taking it as.

I am not pleased with much of the way things have went.

That said, the most important thing right now is to establish a way of doing things, a chemistry, an atmosphere....

It isn't about this year. One of the best ways to establish the atmosphere that they are looking for is to bring players in that have been in similar environments.

Once the system is in place, the environment secure, the team leaders installed, then they can start branching out and consider some of the players that they don't have the luxury of considering right now.

This...

And it goes for all of our players as well.
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Wrestling isn't even a real sport. It's like hop scotch, or hooker bashing.

I would think that this would be something done in camp, but the fact that we are looking at projects like this tells us how crappy the talent we have right now is.

The wrasslin' you see on TV most often is not a sport, its entertainment disguised as sport. Olympic and collegiate wresting is definitely a sport.

With his size & wrestling background, he should probably be trying out on tonights Ultimate Fighter instead.

Its a Vince Papale longshot look.

Yup. All grappling is fake and any NFL player would own even the best grapplers.

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If they worked a monkey's tit we would bring it for a look after they release him.

I think 265 would be a problem for him. I've only seen him wrestle a couple of times but honestly he's not athletic enough for the NFL. If he was...he would have won at least 2 NCAA titles. He's not Stephen Neal...but I could see why teams would take a look

The right 53...(as long as they all possess the whiff of NE)

Embarrassing.

I apologize to Dayton Moore for ever comparing him to Pioli.

LMAO

Any of you reeruns ever heard of Curly Culp? NCAA wrestling champion. How about Goldberg? O-lineman for the Falcons.

Culp played football in college, and I'd imagine he probably played in high school, too.

The douche whom the Executive of the Century brought in had done neither.