Joey's Top 15 Chiefs

[Rain Man]

It's easy to have favorite players who are multiple pro bowlers. I present to you my list of my 15 favorite Chiefs who never made a pro bowl (as a Chief). Again, these are not my impressions of the best Chiefs who never made a pro bowl (apologies for excluding Dave Szott, Tamarick Vanover, and Joe Phillips from my list), but rather guys that I particularly liked.

I will only include non-active players since most or all of our active players will end up in the pro bowl soon.


15. Ed Beckman. Ed Beckman was a tight end for the Chiefs for eight years, and he only started in 11 games during that time. But there was a time when he was about the only consistent presence the Chiefs had, and for half of my youth Ed Beckman was on the bench. I liked Ed just because he hung in there during the worst years.

14. Damien Williams. I don't understand why this guy wasn't a superstar. He made some amazingly great plays during the Super Bowl season, and he was Mr. Playoffs.

13. Willie Davis. He was a fast and shifty guy. I liked JJ Birden too, but Davis seemed like a slightly larger version.

12. Sean Smith. I like good cornerback play, and it was really interesting to watch a really tall guy play the position well.

11. Danan Hughes. Special teams! He lived for it, and I loved that.

10. Shaunard Harts. I still think this guy could've been great. He was a truck at hitting, and he was productive any time he got on the field.

9, Andy Studebaker. He made plays. He knew football. I'm surprised that his career didn't take off. He did everything he needed to do.

8. Tracy Simien. Run stuffer. Run stuffing inside linebackers never get the fame, but Simien was one of the best.

7. Allen Bailey. This is mostly because of how intimidating he would have been getting off the bus. Does anyone look more like a football player than Allen Bailey?

6. John Welbourn. See above. Welbourn looked like a giant out there on the field. I liked seeing him dwarfing the other players.

5. Bashaud Breeland. Good cornerback play. Bashaud was dancing Swan Lake out there. He was so smooth and graceful.

4. Anthony Davis. DT got all of the credit at OLB, but Anthony Davis was really good over on the strong side. He could do anything. The LB corps of DT, Simien, and Davis was spectacular.

3. Todd McNair. Has there ever been a more fun third-down back? He did that and destroyed people on special teams as well.

2. Jason Dunn. Yep, another giant. How can you not like watching Jason Dunn plow people under as the world's greatest blocking tight end?

1. Stephone Paige. How did this guy not make a pro bowl? He was the third WR for a while behind (I think) Henry Marshall and Carlos Carson, and I thought he was a great slippery WR.