"Pop" Hoyte: The Chiefs' Oliver Twist
Oliver Hoyte is no longer a fullback. But the twist to Oliver’s situation is that he never really was a fullback in the first place. In both high school and at North Carolina State he played linebacker. After seeing how average the Chiefs‘ linebacking corps has been so far, can you blame Hoyte for wanting to go back to his old school roots?
Donnie Edwards is hurt, and I’m afraid he’s caught a bad case of the Ken Griffey Jr.-Kevin Johnson-Emmitt Smith hammy disease. Derrick Johnson has not really elevated his play yet. Napoleon Harris has completely disintegrated, Boba Fett-style. Demorrio Williams has not stepped up like we expected him, or at least wanted, him to. As for Pat Thomas, well, he’s the unheralded Pat Thomas.
Hoyte is massive, and if he can play fullback then he’s fast enough to play in the middle for sure. Pop was basically as out of position as Boomer Grigsby was at fullback, so this is a smart move. Nonetheless, he has his work cut out for him if he wants to make the final roster, let alone play.
By the way, “Pop” is listed as his nickname over on his official site, which I refuse to link until they pull all of that lame Dallas Cowboys‘ shit off of there.
Donnie Edwards will be back. Derrick Johnson will continue to improve and be underrated. Perhaps Pat Thomas will emerge as star.
As or the Charles Haley story, that’s just insane. Is he retarded or something? I would have punched that motherfucker in the face.
August 5th, 2008 at 1:29 pmIf he didn’t punch you first with his third arm…lol. That dude has issues.
As for our LBs, just saying they have been underwhelming so far.
August 5th, 2008 at 1:31 pmThird arm, gross lmao
August 5th, 2008 at 2:02 pmCharles Haley is gross!
August 5th, 2008 at 2:16 pmKind of makes Haley sound like he’s the original “Brokeback” Cowboy or something? LOL
Back to what’s important – unlike I think most people, last spring I was feeling that our LB situation was neither solid nor settled and probably our area of biggest concern (on defense) coming out of the draft. Right now, DJ playing Will is only the spot I feel good about. Donnie’s at that point in his career where you just never know and Williams is not a guy that ever really impressed me. For me, Nap is the biggest disappoint so far. Assuming Edwards can get/stay healthy then I imagine he’ll be alright at Sam so we’ll just have to wait and see about who ends up in the middle.
The quality of competition at Mike right now is of concern and bears watching but let’s not lose sight of the fact that we’re only about a week in right now so it’s a bit premature to be punching the panic button. The really great news is that Gun is all over the LBs, and not just the first teamers either.
Bottom line, I’m not as worried. Gun will figure out who his first teamers are and wouldn’t be all that surprised to see another new face added in the 3 to 4 weeks either. What’s more, I have full faith that he’ll coach all his guys up to a level that we’ve not seen around here in some time AND as a result, we’ll be blessed with much better depth at all 3 positions. It’s all good.
August 5th, 2008 at 2:34 pmuh, i don’t know where u get you info from, haha, but Hoyte is a fullback. RTFM. Amatuar writing skills as well.
August 6th, 2008 at 10:14 ammyspace.com/kcchiefsfootball
uh, i don’t know where u get you info from, haha, but Hoyte is a fullback. RTFM. Amateur writing skills as well.
August 6th, 2008 at 10:15 ammyspace.com/kcchiefsfootball
Amateur writing skills? I’m not the one who starts each sentence with “uh” or “um,” genius. NEWSFLASH: Hoyte is a linebacker…
http://www.kcchiefs.com/player/oliver_hoyte/
The Chiefs even have him listed as a linebacker. So you go RTFM, genius. If you are going to be a prick, just crawl back to your little MySpace page and let us grown-ups do our thing, Captain Haterade. I’m sure people are lining up to visit your site after the behavior you displayed here.
August 6th, 2008 at 12:18 pmChiefs Space Mafia is one of those fans that thinks he knows what the hell he’s talking about and wants to argue with the people who spend an almost unhealthy amount of time on this shit (that’s not a knock on you bloggers.. I’m including myself in that. You know how much I’m here.)
CSM, get your facts straight if you want to tussle with the big dogs.
August 6th, 2008 at 1:11 pmLet ‘em know, SeanB. We may be a dysfunctional family that likes to argue over supper at times, but here at A.A. we are family. Step to the Addict and you will get served. And not supper either.
August 6th, 2008 at 1:17 pmyea… served a steaming pile of yer own bile…
August 6th, 2008 at 2:00 pm1. “Napoleon Harris has completely disintegrated, Boba Fett-style.” Holy shit. That was good.
2. Haley? Again, holy shit. He’d have got a cleat in the nuts from me. What a freak.
3. CSM = Jackass. Do some research before you open your mouth, son. Did I hear someone say…amateur?
August 6th, 2008 at 3:09 pm