02 Jul
Tank Tyler, All Grown Up
Tank Tyler offers pearls of wisdom to this year’s crop of NFL rookies. Here’s hoping that he has taken his own advice and is going to be far enough along to start for the Chiefs in ‘08. We really need at least either Tank or Turk McBride to work out. Typically a pessimist, I’m actually still quite confident in T-N-T. We shall see…
I think he’ll be a key part of the rotation this year, as will a couple other key guys, and then next year (or sometime in the second half of this coming season) we will see longer periods of certain guys. If Tank can just keep his weight down, he’ll be fine. He’s already strong as hell, and has a ‘decent’ first step. If he can trip a bit of fat off, get just a tad more explosive, and Dorsey lives up to the hype… Hallelujah.
July 2nd, 2008 at 5:06 pm*trim a bit of fat off.
July 2nd, 2008 at 5:07 pmWhether or not you like Herm Edwards, you have to give him this:
Herm Edwards consistently drafts guy who are dedicated and hard-working. I really like that. It fits the character I like to see in Chiefs players.
July 2nd, 2008 at 7:39 pmSBC – exactly. Herm knows football players. Vermeil picked on potential talent and is one reason why we are were we are at today.
July 2nd, 2008 at 8:43 pmDick Vermeil — offensive genius, shit drafter.
July 2nd, 2008 at 9:13 pmLook at the traps on that guy! He’s a beast. Im calling it now, best DT tandem in the league 2009. I think he’ll be ready to play this year
July 2nd, 2008 at 9:26 pmAnd will people please stop using the word “genius” to describe football coaches. Seriously, I didn’t know Dick Vermeil developed a cure for cancer or invented the first internal combustion engine to revolutionize travel.
July 2nd, 2008 at 9:28 pmWill people please stop criticizing my use of the English language (which I have a fair mastery of, thank you very much)? Seriously, I didn’t know you were a dictionary.
Genius can be defined as “natural ability or capacity; strong inclination”.
Bite me.
July 2nd, 2008 at 11:47 pmI actually agree with SeanBCool on this one.
There are genius painters, writers, filmmakers, musicians…tell me Stevie Wonder isn’t a musical genius. Or George Carlin and Richard Pryor weren’t comic geniuses. Genius doesn’t necessarily have to be regulated to science and industry, friend. I’ve always been frustrated by that sentiment. Coaches can be geniuses within their respective fields. Was the way that Bill Walsh revolutionized football not genius? Sure, it’s all relative and some genius contributes more to mankind, but let’s not skew what the word means.
July 3rd, 2008 at 12:38 amAnd let’s not have a pier six brawl over this one either.
July 3rd, 2008 at 12:39 amNo need for a brawl. I’ve already owned schmuck34 like a yard dog.
July 3rd, 2008 at 1:35 amThey say “Genius runs in narrow strips – and it is quite often associated with other odd or eccentric behaviours”. For instance; Einstein could never be bothered to wear socks of the same color – most likely he was simply too busy to be bothered with noticing the color of his socks. In this light, it’s not too hard to see why football coaches as a class are often called geniuses – their singular talent not withstanding… they ARE a fairly odd and eccentric collection of personalities.
July 3rd, 2008 at 2:55 amSpeaking of brawls:
http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/07/02/rumble-at-the-symposium/
http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/07/02/symposium-sluggers-identified/
July 3rd, 2008 at 8:04 am