Gas on the Fire: Shutdown Corner Gives Chiefs "F" in FA.

[Mr. Laz]

Originally Posted by Saccopoo

Let's see:

Albert sucked.
- Technically one of the worst offensive tackles in the league. Led the team in untimely, dive killing penalties, minor injuries that would destroy the offensive rhythm and seemed to enjoy using the field as a matress as he was laying on it horizontally as much as he was blocking.
Replaced by: Eric Fisher, who already has infinitely more skills for the position than Albert has.

Asamoah sucked.
- Was as good in his fourth season as he was in his rookie season. Couldn't get out of his stance quick enough and was a virtual sieve.
Replaced by: Eric Kush or Rokevious Watkins. Both of whom couldn't be any worse than Asamoah.

McCluster sucked.
- Slow, short and drops passes like the football was on fire. One decent season as a PR/slot guy. Yawn.
Replaced by: Weston Dressler, who is the exact same guy as McCluster with better hands.

Jackson sucked.
- Everybody around here for four years has bitched about this guy wasting a roster spot.
Replaced by: Vance Walker, who is a much better pass rusher from the five tech spot.

The one guy we lost that everyone laments was Schwartz, who is on his fourth team in four years and wasn't good enough to beat that tomato can Asamoah out of a job until he got injured. He was replaced by the identical Jeff Linkenbach. Wash.

The team did not waste any money on any of the over priced, injured, aging locker room cancer type players that typically populate the free agent market.

Addition by subtraction.

Didn't have to piss anyway any excessive monies in order to keep marginal level players on the roster.

Chiefs Free Agency Offseason Grade: A+

we still did next to nothing in free agency.

If we decided that all those guys weren't good enough then we should have replaced them in free agency. Our backups couldn't beat all those 'sucky' guys out of their starting jobs last year but now we expect them to be better than the guys they couldn't win a job from?

Regardless of how you want to spin it, last year and this year represent conflicting philosophies. Last year was a 'add talent wherever/whenever you can to win game'. This year is 'patiently build for the future and avoid spending big money on old guys'.

flip-flopping between philosophies is not a good idea, it almost always ends in failure.