The COAT: Chief Sixteen Bracket
There it is — The COAT Chief Sixteen. You narrowed the field to 16, and then Zach and I served as the two-bracketologist panel. The seeds are a result of six different factors: COAT votes, popularity, statistics, accolades, how long each player played for the Chiefs (loyalty), and team success. The individual match-ups will run one at a time beginning tomorrow, with the tournament concluding right on time — just before Hard Knocks kicks off.
Now it’s time we heard from you in our comments section. Just click on “Leave A Comment” bellow and let us know your answers for the following questions:
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Who are the favorites?
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How would you have seeded the 16 players?
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What are the best opening-round match-ups?
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What are the best potential match-ups?
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Which player who’s been eliminated still deserves to be in the tourney? Which active participant shouldn’t still be around?
alright, we have gotten rid of Montana, thank you thank you thank you…what you mean we havnt voted yet…he's gone….yes!!!!!!! *when does the voting begin?*I'll get back and answer your other questions after work…bye.
June 25th, 2007 at 7:20 am[...] The COAT tournament is down to the final 16. [...]
June 25th, 2007 at 8:31 amDT should take the right side of the bracket.TG and Willie Roaf should be a tight vote.
June 25th, 2007 at 9:38 amPriest & DT will be a good matchup if they both get there.
LJ and Lanier might be best first round matchup but I have to go with Lanier. Larry is too young in his career to top Lanier.
TG should beat Willie Roaf in my mind. Roaf was only a Chief for a few seasons. Even though they were great, Tony G has been a Chief forever and changed a position in the NFL. I could even see Tony G going to the finals but getting past Shields and Dawson will be no easy task.
June 25th, 2007 at 9:47 amThis is going to be fun. I really want to hear what everybody thinks, though, before I start breaking this puppy down.
To answer Rebeard's question, the voting begins tomorrow with Dawson vs. Stenerud.
June 25th, 2007 at 11:59 amThe 8/9 and 5/12 are tough choices. I suspect I'll have to penalize Roaf for being more of a Saint than a Chief, though.
June 25th, 2007 at 1:03 pmI was thinking the same thing about Roaf. Despite not being able to enter the Hall with a specific team, he did say he wanted to go in as a Saint.
June 25th, 2007 at 3:41 pmOn that note, Adam. I don't think Jack Stenerud stands much of a chance against Len Dawson. I hear his brother, Jan Stenerud was a pretty good kicker in his day. He might get a few votes.
June 25th, 2007 at 3:42 pmIt was late when I made that bracket. Yah he is a kicker, lol. I will bring a new bracket soon cause the current one looks like the KC Star boys made it.
June 25th, 2007 at 4:36 pmwell, I couldn't help but tease about the name. The bracket I am curious about is Willie Lanier versus Larry Johnson. It will be a good test of the ageism process. Willie should win in a walk, but so many people never saw him play.
June 25th, 2007 at 4:53 pmI agree somewhat about the Lanier-Johnson match-up, but here's a different POV — Larry Johnson is on pace to be the greatest Chief ever when his career is all said and done. It's easy to say Willie should win in a walk, but L.J. has been downright scary thus far. He's probably started off his career better than any Chiefs player ever has. There definitely is an arguement that he has.
I think Willie will, and should, win. But we could come back three or four years from now and do this again and L.J. could very well win the whole thing. I think people have projected a little when it comes to L.J. — it's hard not to given his early success.
June 25th, 2007 at 6:07 pmI like Jack…
And I see things breaking down…to a final four of Dawson vs. Shields on the left side of the bracket…………………………….. and on the right side I see a cunfusing or rather more close vote with a couple early votes deciding who the final two are to be…….Preist has what may be the fans behind him to overtake Willie Lanier and even LJ………….. And in the bottom of the right side bracket…DT and either Buck or Emmitt will be more an age vote I think….so I can see Dawson, Shields, Priest, and one of three others, Buck , Emmitt, or DT as the fourth person. I would have liked to see Dawson and Shield on opposite sides of this bracket as they,(one of them) should take …*The COAT*
June 25th, 2007 at 6:10 pmWe cant vote as to what we think a player may do in the future…. that would be silly… and Age has alott to do with , how people vote……. Nothing against people younger or older for that matter, but even *Big Chief says he votes for players he has seen play. So yes age has a part in the voting here. But enough of my madness…lol, have fun and VOTE allready yet…lol
June 25th, 2007 at 6:22 pmAdam:I hear what you are saying about LJ. However, on pace does not mean is. How good did John Brockington look for 2 years? Redbeard:I am basically with you. I see Dawson versus Will or Tony ( my money is on Tony) on one side and Priest versus DT on the other. You are very correct, Buck vs DT should be very close based on their performance. However, I think DT will win in a walk due to the age factor.
June 25th, 2007 at 6:32 pm