http://www.chiefslocker.com Daily Blog for Kansas City Chiefs Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:41:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Chiefs were happy to see one of the best corners in the draft waiting for them in the second round.  Brandon Flowers is a tad short at 5'10", 200 pounds but he's built well enough to be very tough in run support.  He lacks top end speed as he runs ... http://www.chiefslocker.com/2008/04/29/2-35-brandon-flowers-cb/ The Chiefs decided to move back up a couple of spots to snare OG/T Branden Albert in the first round.  Albert is a big guy at 6'7", 315 pounds and he runs a 5.2 40.  Albert is a little bit raw as he has only played football for 5 years ... http://www.chiefslocker.com/2008/04/29/1-15-branden-albert-ogt/ The Chiefs were excited to see the top player on their draft board fall to them at #5.  Dorsey is a 6'1", 313 pound tackle that runs a 5.0 40.  Dorsey is a very good athlete that blows up the run when teams take him on.  He's not much of a ... http://www.chiefslocker.com/2008/04/29/1-5-glenn-dorsey-dt/ 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 ... http://www.chiefslocker.com/2008/04/22/the-kansas-city-chiefs-trade-de-jared-allen-to-the-vikings/ The Chiefs have signed OT/G Wade Smith to a 2-year contract.  Smith played in 14 games (0 starts) for the Jets last season.  Smith has now played in 43 games (18 starts) in his 6-year NFL career.  The Chiefs better hope that they don't have to start Smith or it ... http://www.chiefslocker.com/2008/04/22/the-kansas-city-chiefs-sign-otg-wade-smith/ 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 ... http://www.chiefslocker.com/2008/04/18/the-kansas-city-chiefs-sign-krpr-bj-sams/ Sure, the Chiefs got a couple of nice players for the offense in WR Dwayne Bowe and RB Kolby Smith, but the rest of the draft was a disaster.  Dwayne Bowe was the 1st round pick of the Chiefs last season and he was outstanding despite the poor play turned ... http://www.chiefslocker.com/2008/04/12/the-kansas-city-chiefs-didnt-make-the-most-of-their-picks-in-last-aprils-draft/ The Chiefs have signed WR Devard Darling to a 3-year contract.  Darling played in 16 games last season for the Ravens and he made 18 grabs for 326 yards (18.1 avg) with 3 TD grabs.  Darling has now played in 30 games in his NFL career and he has caught ... http://www.chiefslocker.com/2008/03/12/the-kansas-city-chiefs-sign-wr-devard-darling/ 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 ... http://www.chiefslocker.com/2008/03/03/demorrio-williams-signs-on-with-the-kansas-city-chiefs/ Injuries to Larry Johnson and Priest Holmes doomed the running game of the Chiefs in 2007.  Larry Johnson never got it going in 2007 before he was injured.  He played in 8 games (all starts) for the Chiefs last season and he carried the ball 158 times for 559 yards ... http://www.chiefslocker.com/2008/02/04/the-running-game-of-the-kansas-city-chiefs-stunk-in-2007/