The COAT Tournament
Everyone has heard of The GOAT, but what the hell is The COAT?
Greatest Chief Of All Time Tournament.
The best ever. The baddest of them all. Greatest player to ever slip on the red, white and gold and step onto the field at Municipal Stadium or Arrowhead.
Plus, if the late, great Hank Stram was still alive today, he’d give the winner of this contest a snazzy signature Stram sportscoat with our logo on the breast.
Here’s how The COAT Tournament works:
Over the next month or so you will be voting for the greatest Kansas City Chiefs player of all time. The process begins with our voters selecting two players (the two highest vote getters) to advance to the next round from each of the eight groups — QB, RB, WR/TE, OL, DL, LB, DB and Special Teams. Once the field has been narrowed down to 16 players, we will seed the players based on votes and proceed with a single-elimination tournament. A panel will break all ties. Match-up by match-up you will choose The COAT out of that last select group!
To vote just head over to our right sidebar and vote in our poll. We will put a new poll up every two or three days, so keep checking back and voting. If you want anybody added to this list, please leave a comment and we will consider your suggestion. Thanks!
Here’s The COAT list:
QB:
Len Dawson
Trent Green
Joe Montana
Steve Fuller
Bill Kenney
Mike Livingston
Jim Kearney
Steve Deberg
Steve Bono
RB:
Abner Haynes
Stone Johnson
Mack Lee Hill
Priest Holmes
Larry Johnson
Mike Garrett
Curtis McClinton
Ed Podolak
Tony Richardson
Christian Okoye
Joe Delaney
Kimble Anders
Barry Word
WR/TE:
Otis Taylor
Eddie Kennison
Stephone Paige
JT Smith
Carlos Carson
Chris Burford
Tony Gonzalez
Fred Arbanas
OL:
Willie Roaf
Jim Tyrer
John Alt
Dave Hill
Will Shields
Ed Budde
Brian Waters
EJ Holub
Jack Rudnay
Tim Grunhard
Casey Wiegmann
Jerry Mays
DL:
Buck Buchanan
Curly Culp
Bill Maas
Art Still
Neil Smith
Dan Saleaumua
LB:
EJ Holub
Jim Lynch
Sherrill Headrick
Bobby Bell
Willie Lanier
Dino Hackett
Derrick Thomas
Gary Spani
Donnie Edwards
DB:
Dale Carter
Lloyd Burruss
Emmitt Thomas
Gary Barbaro
Fred Williamson
Bobby Hunt
Albert Lewis
Kevin Ross
James Hasty
Johnny Robinson
Deron Cherry
Special Teams:
Jan Stenerud
Dante Hall
Tamarick Vanover
Dustin Colquitt
Jerrel Wilson
Nick Lowry
Gary Stills
Bennie Thompson
Monty Beisel
Albert Lewis
Bernard Pollard
Remember to choose wisely — there can only be one The COAT.
Well, i’ve only been a fan for about 11 years, so i never got to see most of those players, but i did get to see derrick thomas. that guy was unreal, i remember seeing him blow up seattle a couple of times when they were still in the division. if i remember right, i think one of those games had a big flood too, but that was a while ago. tou also gotta consider holmes just for his exposivness and game changing ability. he was just so exciting to watch, too bad for injuries. where’s the ledgend ardre rison at?
May 15th, 2007 at 11:40 amWow. I’m going to have to think about these votes…
May 15th, 2007 at 11:45 amHow about Kicker Jan Stenerud? He is only in the hall of fame.
Merlinnj
May 15th, 2007 at 2:17 pmSorry, must have just forgot to add him. He is added now and thanks for the reminder.
Who did you guys go with at QB?
I had to go with Dawson.
May 15th, 2007 at 2:50 pmOne other thought. How about adding Safety Johnny Robinson? He did make the all-time AFL team.
Merlinnj
May 15th, 2007 at 3:07 pmopps, so much for my reading skills, lol He is already there. I must have missed him.
Merlinnj
May 15th, 2007 at 3:09 pmno worries, we want to get the best Chief of All Time so we appreciate all the help.
May 15th, 2007 at 4:09 pmI made this list at 3 am last night so I might have missed a few… but I think overall we have it pretty well covered. Thanks for the suggestions and reminders, everybody!!
May 15th, 2007 at 4:30 pmyou left out *steadmans first round QB*…
May 15th, 2007 at 10:10 pmBlackledge…rotflol
by the way when the Chiefs went to the SuperBowl…
the QB that took us there isnt on your list…
Dawson was hurt the first game and then Livingston got hurt…
Our third string QB took us there.
May 15th, 2007 at 10:15 pmsorry his name was Jacky Lee
May 15th, 2007 at 10:19 pmJacky Lee didn’t play enough to really warrant consideration. But I can add him to the list if you’d like.
May 15th, 2007 at 10:22 pmno thats ok …I didnt know if people knew of him…
May 15th, 2007 at 10:32 pmand he played he just handed the ball off…lol
the running backs thru more touchdowns
too bad joe horn didn’t do here what he did in NO. our wr list is a bit short.
May 17th, 2007 at 11:52 amhe could have but as Montana so aptly pointed out on a Monday night game for The Saints…..
May 17th, 2007 at 2:47 pmDown there he finally had a QB who could throw him the ball deep…lol
*walking out on limb* For special teams I have to go with Jan Stenerud and Nick Lowery. yeah kickers! Both enjoyed extremely long careers in KC and as far as I’m concerned set the standard for place kickers in the league. Oh and Stenerud is the only place kicker in the Hall….
May 17th, 2007 at 3:01 pmI think I’m going with Bennie. For some reason I just loved his crazy ass!
May 17th, 2007 at 3:37 pm*now I wondering if my age is showing*
May 17th, 2007 at 3:40 pmi gotta roll with hall even though i don’t like him. that return against denver was probably in the top three plays in football i’ve seen.
May 17th, 2007 at 9:27 pmYah I was at that game. It was simply amazing. I had a pack of Denver fans in front of me and I gave them a ton of shit.
May 18th, 2007 at 12:34 amhahahahahahahaha!
May 18th, 2007 at 11:43 amI understand we have not got many great TE’s coming from our Chiefs, but Tony G. is gonna knock the hell outta the receivers since he is all but, a cinch to make the hall of fame….in my opinion.
We have had very good to great receivers,the old time receivers could put on a camp of blocking down field…
May 18th, 2007 at 1:51 pmAnd the newer more recent receivers,…as with Page he could catch about anything, to me the best third down receiver we have had.
And with Carson and Kennison they could fly with the wind when they wanted.
and as for the other TE Arbanas well for his time he was one of the best, but his numbers fell off his last four years or so….
after Tony G. this will be the next toughest decision for me I think…
Other than the Wideouts who took us to the big dance,
with Dawson…on the bench…it’s hard not to go with Tony
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June 11th, 2007 at 9:04 pmGo Emmitt GO!!!!!!
June 11th, 2007 at 11:27 pm