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It's a four-year deal for Eric Winston, according to a league source

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It's a four-year deal for Eric Winston, according to a league source

When I look at the three offensive signings the Chiefs made a see a situation where the sum could be greater then the total of the individual parts.

250lb RB/FB+TE+RT all working together = massive improvement for this team.

Woohoo!

Just stop

LMAO

This is what we've been reduced to, Pioli. We're having orgasms because of RTs. Thank you.

(It's a great signing, though.)

Have you started an official Water Buffalo thread yet?

We needed one when we signed Breaston as the 3rd Killer B last year.

When you factor in all 4, it's pretty good.

Lose Carr, but gain Routte, Winson, Boss, and Hillis.

That's a pretty exceptional haul.

True, but this does restore a little bit of respect for Pioli IMO. Who really knows why Manning snubbed us, but this was a guy we needed to get, other teams wanted him and we got it done. Whatever else happens or doesn't happen in FA is fine with me now.

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That fat, stupid sonofabitch!

Alright Pioli.....now let's not let Quinn out of the bulding without a contract.

:D

Getting Routt before FA started became a steal when you look at what the other CBs gave been signed for.

We've made solid signings, but I sure as hell wish we had Carr + Winston, Boss, and Hillis.

yeah, it took him till today to read it all. :thumb:

The QB may not matter so much. We are gonna run it down peoples throats .

Soooo what's the excuse going to be when Cassel still sucks next season? That it will take 5 years to recover from an injured hand?

I approve this message. /Pioli

Iss juss buttahr and oarllll!!!

To that motha****in' ship!

Now I want an Eric Winston jersey!!

Hmm, 5 might've been better, but 4 also hedges against a downward trend. Hopefully we get all 4 healthy, great years from him.

Maybe $29M total, say $18M gtd?

32m 20g would be my guess

There's a real truth to that.

Hopefully Romeo embraces this identity, unlike Haley who never seemed to figure out what we had. If we can run at will - with this line and these targets - even Cassel might appear competent.

Loving the wifi at 38000 feet btw...

Not good enough



/OTW

Just be careful not to jump up and down too much on the plane!

:D

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh......from the literal worst RT in football to a top 5 guy

we now have bookends, thank you Clark for cutting the check

and thank you Scott for getting it done

i really don't want to ruin the good vibe by saying it.....but if we only had a QB...we damn near have everything else

That's actually the problem.

With Charles to hand the ball to, and Thomas Jones effectively running it in the first half of 2010, Cassel looked competent.

It was an illusion, and that illusion can be recreated in 2012 with this cast.

The problem is that any good team can reveal the truth.

yeah, as long as they used Carr's money to address a need I'm good...and they did

Well atleast we signed Winston to protect Brady Quinn

:facepalm:

Hamas is my daddy

/OTW

Don't be doubting Brady ****ing Quinn.
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Brady Quinn was the deal breaker. Winston was going to leave Friday until they he heard Quinn would be visiting.

It isn't.

We're still a 1 and done team in the playoffs.

I was really looking forward to how many people were going to fall all over themselves, ignoring the "competition for Cassel" horseshit as well as the half-assed Manning chase and the Soliai miss once we signed a RT, backup TE and backup RB.

The guy still hasn't addressed the 2 biggest holes on the team - but lets all start sucking his dick...

I'll wait to hear on why Manning didn't sign here that's a strike for sure but Soliai? That's reaching. He had not interest in leaving Miami.

It won't be until that shit hole known as Cassel is gone.

It's not all about Cassel. The same people who were bitching about Peyton Hillis were wanting us to trade for Brandon Marshall a few years ago. Point being no matter what move is made people overreact.

Yippie Kai YeahhhH!

My wife says; To much info :p

Well this team is solid. Needs depth in places but very solid.

With Cassel we may win some games. If we had Peyton we'd win the Super Bowl.

Next year too.

But given what we've done in the past I'm pleased with what we've got...

we could go C, NT, S in rounds 1,2,3 an basically have everything we need...

except QB....and we've seen this movie before...

Now who do we pick at 11?

BFBA (Best Full Back Available)

That was for you, Titus.

YOU sir are a prophet

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If Tannehill or Richardson is their I assume KC will attempt to trade down then pick Dunt'a Robinson or Dontari Poe.

Usually I'd be against drafting a guard in the first round, but I wouldn't be too upset if we drafted DeCastro.

Sometimes being telepathically connected to Pioli makes me look like an asshole :(

11 trade down and get Decastro or another pass rusher.

Some good news, FFS.

i'll bet knowmo's life that pioli won't draft a ****ing guard at #11

I was just lurking till I read this, then I had to sign in and make a comment.



Rep for funniest shit i've ever read on the planet. ROFL

What pick was Mankins? I wouldn't draft DeCastro at 11 but if you trade down it's not that bad of a pick. I think we draft Kulechy though seems like a Pioli guy.

No points for this. Good signing, but Pioli's last ditch effort to get us a RT since he had failed by every other method. The equivalent of a 40-year old virgin ****ing a diseased 400 pound hooker.

he was like 24 or later...and they have Brady, so you can basically draft what the **** ever

if we trade down, I don't care who we pick even though I still wouldn't draft a guard, I'd draft konz or a pass rusher

but i think pioli is smart enough to not use the #11 pick on a guard

If we get Poe does that mean Powe gets the pow!

Not only this, but that illusion is more than enough for a majority of Chiefs fans (and apparently the front office) to be perfectly fine with Cassel for awhile afterward. I've seen people as recently as a month ago post things like "He was a Pro Bowler" and "We won the division with him" on the Chiefs' Facebook page when someone comments that we still need a QB.


I'll be entirely honest, I almost wanted us to not sign anyone and go into the season with a garbage OL so that when Cassel looked like crap, there would be more than enough evidence to ship him out. Now, it looks like he's here for at least one more season as the unquestioned starter...

I do like the Winston signing. But I can't get too excited considering the QB he'll be protecting.

HAHAHA! No points for upgrading from last 5 to a top 5 RT - ok...

You do know that if we addressed the issues you mentioned (and I believe we will in the draft or FA) that we will be arguably the most complete team in the leauge?

I would give Polio props for making this team a player or two away from being a dream or a perfect team.

OMG! THIS IS THE GREATEST DAY OF MY LIFE!

As opposed to using it on a NT that couldn't excel in the Sun Belt competition?

DeCastro is a fine pick, even at 11. He doesn't play a premium position, but at least he plays it well. His position is no less important to our offense than Kuechly as the Ted linebacker would be in Romeo's defense. And DeCastro is a better prospect relative to his position.

We need to trade down, but if we can't, taking a guy that is likely to be a HOF caliber player in a couple of years isn't the end of the world. I'll take another Will Shields at 11...

Maybe Soliali wanted to play in a 4-3?

A quick shot of Winston at the conclusion of negotiations. Looks like he'll have to do the presser from the Matt Cassel Memorial Audio Booth...

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IDK about that. He certainly has failed in the Cassel area and thats the one that matters. This signing did come because of mistakes he made, but atleast he saw it and fixed it. Imagine if he acted the same way about the QB spot? Thats his problem and I am guessing thats your real problem as well. If we had a real QB we could say, well he fixed his mistake at RT and be pumped about the season, instead of talking about Quinn.

I am having a hard time wrapping my mind around taking a guard at #11 overall.

It is just a waste of value.

Guard is a position that you can find talent in every round more consistently than almost any position on the field.

Any news on Marcus McNeill?

What about Geoff Schwartz?

It's kind of funny for the franchise as a whole: it's taken them nearly a decade to find a RT.

He's better at guard, still a possibility I'd bet.

Not interested in McNeill with the addition of Winston, but Schwartz would be a great addition to compete inside for a guard spot, and be depth behind the tackle spots.

Good signing, line should be complete. Get some depth in the draft or maybe upgrade on Lilja. Concentrate on defense. We just have to call QB a fail this year. Our only hope is that Stanzi really impresses.

Yep... Schwartz would be gravy on the o-line...