Boy are the Chiefs dumb.  They have traded the NFL’s sack leader from last season, DE Jared Allen, to the Minnesota Vikings.  In return for Allen, the Chiefs will receive  the Vikings’ 1st round pick (#17) and both of their 3rd rounders (#72) and (#82) for Allen.  Allen played in 14 games for the Chiefs last season and he made 64 tackles, had 15.5 sacks (#1 in NFL) and he defensed 10 passes.  Allen has now played in 61 games (55 starts) in his NFL career and he has made 227 tackles, has 43 sacks, defended 25 passes and had 1 interception.  Add DE to the Chiefs’ needs at the NFL Draft this weekend.

The Chiefs have signed return man B.J. Sams to a 1-year deal.  Sams returned 4 punts for 37 yards (9.3 avg) and 5 kickoffs for 140 yards (28.0 avg) last season for the Ravens.  Sams has now returned 121 punts for 1,320 yards (10.9 avg) with 2 TD returns in his career.  Sams also has returned 138 kickoffs for 3,161 yards (22.9 avg) in his career.  This was a decent signing as Sams can help out the Chiefs if he stays healthy.

The Chiefs have signed linebacker Demorrio Williams to a 5-year, $16 million dollar contract.  Williams played in 16 games last season for the Falcons and he made 78 tackles, defensed 2 passes and he intercepted 2 passes.  He has now played in 64 games in his NFL career and he has made 355 tackles, defensed 8 passes, sacked the QB 6.5 times, forced 3 fumbles and intercepted 5 passes.  Williams will probably replace Napoleon Harris in the starting lineup.

Rookie QB Tyler Thigpen is done for the season after tearing his MCL.  He only played in 1 game for the Chiefs this season and it was last week.  In that game, Thigpen completed 2 of 6 passes (33.3%) for 41 yards with 1 interception (18.7 QB Rating).  The Chiefs have signed lefty throwing David Greene to the practice squad to take over the role as the #3 QB.

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Larry Johnson has a serious foot injury that could cost him to miss the remainder of the season.  Johnson has carried the ball 158 times for 559 yards (3.5 ypc) with 3 TD runs.  He also has caught 30 passes for 186 yards (6.2 avg) with 1 TD grab.  Losing him will be a big blow unless……Priest Holmes can shake off the rust.  Holmes will be the main man until Johnson can return….if he can.  Holmes has carried the football 7 times for 17 yards (2.4 ypc) and he’s also caught 2 passes for 2 yards (1.0 avg).  Rookie Kolby Smith should also get a big boost in playing time.  He hasn’t carried the ball this season but he has caught 2 passes for 21 yards (10.5 avg).