[the Talking Can]

Gretz has a long article on Mike Brown

http://www.bobgretz.com/chiefs-footb...html#more-9898

“Every year someone gets hurt, someone has a serious, serious injury,” Brown said. “It just happened to be me all the time. The first injury I had in 2004 with the Achilles I was devastated. That was the first injury I had in football where I couldn’t come back and play.

“After all of them, I felt like I could still play and all I needed was an opportunity. Now my opportunity comes here with the Chiefs.”

And just what is that opportunity? The Chiefs seem solid at the safety position with returning starters Jarrad Page and Bernard Pollard.

“I was signed for depth reasons,” Brown said. “There are two really good young safeties here and I feel like I was brought here to provide depth and to play on some special teams. I feel like my role as an older player is to help those guys out with the mental game, if they needed it. I’ll answer any questions they might have. I’m here to bounce ideas off those guys and be someone they can lean on if they have any troubles.

“It’s not like I’m not going to compete with those guys. I’m here to compete for a job. But I know it’s going to be extremely difficult to bump one of those guys out of those positions. I’m here for depth. Injuries due happen, I know that.”