Jet cuts TRich

[Mr. Laz]

let the lovefest and longing for the glory days commence...

[BIG K]

Originally Posted by Phobia

Heh. Of course not. I'm saying people are fondly remembering that offense. They're associating T-Rich with those days. He's the only "active" player we could sign that has an attachment to those days. That's why everybody is so overwhelmingly in favor of signing TRich. It's not going to happen for any other reason than him filing his retirement papers as a Chief. He'll not be playing for the Chiefs this year, next, or any other year.

I cannot imagine anyone on this board thinking that the possible signing of T-Rich will bring back the glory days of Roaf, Shields, Green, Holmes or any other player that helped the Chiefs attain the 40 point games. If they do, they are just plain dumb.

The Chiefs THIS year, have through trial and very many errors, stumbled onto the fact that they can run the ball decently. Whether that carries into the regular season remains to be seen. If so, it will return full circle to the Marty era, where T-Rich thrived. He would be a huge upgrade to what we have. Sure, keep one of the FB's to learn behind one of the games best FB's.

The Chiefs this year will not return to the Vermeil era of pass it out but, they will return to the philoshophy of our 63 million dollar QB not attempting to win the game, just take care of the ball. Let the ball carriers do their thing and let the defense keep it close. Sad, but that is the way it appears to be.

T-Rich may be old, but he could step in for us as a great lead blocker and most importantly, a locker room leader.

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by LaChapelle

If you go back and look
I do believe he chose to move on

If I remember right, a lot of why he chose to move on was because the Saunders offense did not call for a lot of FB playing time. I don't think he had a problem blocking for Priest.

[-King-]

Originally Posted by petegz28

If I remember right, a lot of why he chose to move on was because the Saunders offense did not call for a lot of FB playing time. I don't think he had a problem blocking for Priest.

Uh....

[BIG K]

Originally Posted by petegz28

If I remember right, a lot of why he chose to move on was because the Saunders offense did not call for a lot of FB playing time. I don't think he had a problem blocking for Priest.

That may be true however, I do believe the Chief's released him. I seem to remember Herm stating that FB was not a priority, I could be mistaken though...

[BossChief]

I wouldn't be a bit surprised to see us bring him in.

It would be another "lets help Cassel" type move.

[googlegoogle]

speed?

Originally Posted by BIG K

I cannot imagine anyone on this board thinking that the possible signing of T-Rich will bring back the glory days of Roaf, Shields, Green, Holmes or any other player that helped the Chiefs attain the 40 point games. If they do, they are just plain dumb.

The Chiefs THIS year, have through trial and very many errors, stumbled onto the fact that they can run the ball decently. Whether that carries into the regular season remains to be seen. If so, it will return full circle to the Marty era, where T-Rich thrived. He would be a huge upgrade to what we have. Sure, keep one of the FB's to learn behind one of the games best FB's.

The Chiefs this year will not return to the Vermeil era of pass it out but, they will return to the philoshophy of our 63 million dollar QB not attempting to win the game, just take care of the ball. Let the ball carriers do their thing and let the defense keep it close. Sad, but that is the way it appears to be.

T-Rich may be old, but he could step in for us as a great lead blocker and most importantly, a locker room leader.

You're still taking me far too literally. TRich signifies the last time the Chiefs offense could score at will. This is why he's remembered so fondly - despite the fact he's nearly 40 years old. Clearly, TRich has been a very good lead blocker in his career. But he's not coming back to KC as a player.

[Fire Me Boy!]

Originally Posted by noa

Posnakski's article on him in Sports Illustrated was great.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vau...3397/index.htm

God, I miss Joe Pos.....

[C-Mac]

Originally Posted by noa

Posnakski's article on him in Sports Illustrated was great.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vau...3397/index.htm

Thanks for posting this, long read but great written article about a great player.
Laz needs to link it in his he thread post.

[FAX]

It's an excellent article. Probably the best ever written about our kidney.

It's silly to think about him coming back, though ... as a player, anyhow. We never should have let him go.

FAX

[Stinger]

Tony Richardson could rejoin Jets as soon as today

Posted by Mike Florio on September 6, 2010 10:23 AM ET

Jets fans could have multiple reasons to be happy today, one week before the team opens the stadium it will share with the Giants.

Apart from the return of Darrelle Revis, the Jets are expected to bring back fullback Tony Richardson.

Per a source with knowledge of the situation, Richardson could be re-signing as soon as this afternoon. (Actually, the source says that Richardson "should be" returning on Monday.)

We're in the process of figuring out why the Jets would need to cut Richardson for one day -- and why G.M. Mike Tannenbaum's comments about Richardson's release carried a strong whiff of finality: "Each season, there are difficult choices when constructing the 53-man roster and this year is no exception. We appreciate Tony's contributions and leadership over the past two seasons and have nothing but the highest respect for him as a person and as a player."

Many believed that the Jets were simply trying to avoid having to essentially guarantee Richardson's base salary of $855,000 by cutting him before Week One and bringing him back immediately thereafter. The truth simply could be that with an influx of three new players via waivers on Sunday the Jets had to scramble to decide which player(s) to cut. Any players with fewer than four years of service would have been subject to waivers. Since Richardson is a vested veteran, he became a free agent. Though other teams may have tried to sign him, no one had the ability to "claim" him against his will.

Our guess (and it's just a guess) is that the Jets opted not to cut one of their cornerbacks before finalizing the Revis agreement -- and that one of the six cornerbacks will be getting the heave-ho today so that Richardson can be re-signed. Look for the Jets to get a short-term roster exemption for Revis, so that they can figure out in the next day or so who else needs to go so before activating Revis in time for Monday night.


http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...soon-as-today/

[Rausch]

Originally Posted by Phobia

I understand that. But the people on this thread are likely pining for the days of Vermeil's...

Nein...

[-King-]

Originally Posted by Phobia

You're still taking me far too literally. TRich signifies the last time the Chiefs offense could score at will. This is why he's remembered so fondly - despite the fact he's nearly 40 years old. Clearly, TRich has been a very good lead blocker in his career. But he's not coming back to KC as a player.

You realize that hes still a top 3 FB right now right?
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[Sweet Daddy Hate]

T-Rich is the kind of "veteran leadership" I can get behind. Bring 'em home.

Originally Posted by KcChiefsKing

You realize that hes still a top 3 FB right now right?
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That's kinda arbitrary, isn't it?