5 Questions with Arrowhead Pride

by MaPatsFan on Sep 3, 2008 9:21 AM EDT Comment 10 comments

Pats Pulpit faithful,

this coming Sunday, we have our season opener with the Kansas City Chiefs. Instead of me coming up with all the questions, I'd like to solicit questions from you all. Please add a comment with your Chiefs question and I'll pass along to Arrowhead Pride's blogger.

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QB issues

My questions relate to the QB, so maybe than can be mashed into one.

Do you see Brodie Croyle as the future of the Chiefs, or a patch until something better comes along? Should the Chiefs keep to expectations and have a losing season, will you hope for a 1st round QB draft pick? Were you frustrated that no QBs were drafted this season?

by Mainiac on Sep 3, 2008 9:38 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Draft reactions

Chris will give you the official answers, but I’ll give you my take on the draft as a Chiefs fan.

No I wasn’t surprised or disappointed we didn’t draft a QB. Just too many other needs.

Pretty thrilled with the first three picks – then and now. Dorsey at DT because he’s good. Albert because he’s athletic and LT was a need. We moved up to get the last of the top tier guys for that position. Flowers at the beginning of the second round was excellent. We’ll see how he does with Moss this weekend. I s’pose since Randy burned CBs 23 times for TDs last year, I won’t be surprised if it happens Sunday. But Flowers will be an excellent player. As will our other Brandon rookie CB – Carr.

We had three third round picks, and I couldn’t believe any of them on draft day. I just kept wanting another o lineman out of the draft. Jamaal Charles? Did we need a RB? Cottam? Really a tight end? Morgan? A safety, when we have two promising rookies and two decent vets as backups?

In each of these cases, it appears the Chiefs took the best player on the board. They have all generated some enthusiasm for fans in the preseason. So it’s a long-term plan. Croyle may or may not be the QB of the future. He’s getting the entire 2008 season to make his case. And he’s growing on me. Serious QB shopping will commence if the evaluation is poor. But of the 12 draft picks, non have been cut, although two are on injured status.

by sunny D on Sep 5, 2008 6:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Here are some:

How is the Brode Croyle experience?

Herm Edwards is entering his 5th season with the Chiefs. From the outside (outside of the mid-west, that is) his tenure has looked uneven at best. He seemed to figure out how best to use LJ, finally, but is it too late? The big guy takes a pounding. Herm also seems to vacillate between wimpy and reckless with his play-calling. Does the addition of Chan Gailey look like a sound decision? What is AP’s opinion on the Edwards era so far?

The Chefs (great googly-woogly! Still the best NFL-related commercial in a while) have an offensive line (here I go again) that’s even shakier than our own right now. With a wet-behind-the-ears Croyle and a feature back who needs 3-4 yards to build up a head of steam, how does AP think they’ll cope? Do they want to go in with us on a couple-three linemen and trade off weekends?

As Mr. Sloan always says, there is no "I" in team, but there is an "I" in pie. And there's an "I" in meat pie. Anagram of meat is team... I don't know what he's talking about. --Shaun of the Dead

by JohnHannahRules on Sep 3, 2008 9:49 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

FYI

This is only Herms 3rd year with the Chiefs.

by ChiefDJ on Sep 5, 2008 5:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks and sorry.

As Mr. Sloan always says, there is no "I" in team, but there is an "I" in pie. And there's an "I" in meat pie. Anagram of meat is team... I don't know what he's talking about. --Shaun of the Dead

by JohnHannahRules on Sep 5, 2008 7:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

As Joe Pesci would put it, "Youts"

Can’t talk Kansas City without acknowledging the sheer number of babes on the team, and I’m not talking cheerleaders. Fifteen rookies, four players over the age of 30, only six players on the whole team who have participated in more than one post-season game in their career…that has to be a concern for this season, regardless if they’ll all be hitting their prime a few years down the road. How do you view the youth on the team, help or hinderance?

Keep the faith!

by Marima on Sep 3, 2008 11:01 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

CNNSI

You might also ask how AP manages to get picked up by the team site on CNNSI.com. That would be pretty nice for us…

As Mr. Sloan always says, there is no "I" in team, but there is an "I" in pie. And there's an "I" in meat pie. Anagram of meat is team... I don't know what he's talking about. --Shaun of the Dead

by JohnHannahRules on Sep 3, 2008 12:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Luck I suppose

It generates a TON of traffic being on there. And we’re not even in the blog section. We’re “News”!

Arrowhead Pride

by Chris Thorman on Sep 5, 2008 5:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Mine would be

Do you think Bowe and Gonzalez (and, of course, a healthy LJ) are enough to help the progression of Croyle? Is there a legit Nr.2 WR on the team?

by bartHML on Sep 3, 2008 3:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Cool!!

You guys rock. As a warning, I’ll be making this a regular feature. That is, prior to every game, I’ll put up a fanpost soliciting questions. I’ll give it until tonight aroun 8pm and then submit these questions.

Blogger at SBNation's New England Patriots blog, Pats Pulpit

by MaPatsFan on Sep 3, 2008 4:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs