Fox Sports Gets "Addicted"

by Chiefs

No, that’s not a typo. For some reason, Fox Sports has brought me on board to cover the NFL for the rest of the season with a weekly special feature. No, I don’t have a cubby next to Jason Whitlock‘s, since I know you all will ask. That’s the good news. The bad news? I rip the Chiefs (and the Rams) a new one in my first column. What? They deserve it. From Fox Sports:

Lamar Hunt and Madame Ram, bless their souls, must be turning over in their graves right about now.

The Chiefs and Rams are so bad they’ve taken the “rah” out of “Missourah.” The Chiefs are so atrocious that Kansas City fans now actually look forward to the Royals. Meanwhile, the Greatest Show on Turf is no longer the Rams, but their opponent. Rumor has it that the entire state of Missouri just ran out of brown paper bags. The rest of the fans will just have to skip the home games for now.

In addition to my lead-in feature, I also take a humorous look around the rest of the league. Additionally, the column links out to thorough divisional breakdowns from eight other Fan-Sided Blogs sites. That will be the case every week. Lots of good stuff, so be sure to check those out, too.

I want to send a big shot out to Dewey and the crew at YardBarker, too, for helping make this happen!

(And sorry for the shameless self-promotion…)

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You had me until the P.S. Now I've heard it all :)

I really appreciate it. Two of our goals were to challenge the Chiefs when they needed to be challenged and provide Chiefs fans with a voice. This never would have worked so well without the whole community (staff and readers) being so damn passionate about this team. Thanks, Lobo!

Adam:
I think that I speak for more than just myself when I tell you that we are proud and supportive of what you are doing for all of us loyal Chiefs fans. You; along with all the other contributors on your staff are bringing to the attention of the Chiefs organization and the nationwide fan base how frustrated we as Chiefs fans are with the lackluster performance and decisions that are being made from Carl down to the position coaches. We knew that this would be a tough year, but it doesn't need to be as bad as it is if only better decisions were being made.

From all of us who read your articles and appreciate your well informed opinions(even if we might not agree 100% of the time) ; THANK YOU FOR HAVING THE BEST DAMN CHIEFS SITE THAT THERE IS

ps:
don't forget us when you are a national celeb.........ok?

Big time congratulations Adam!

Hope you remember to bring along your brothers in arms.

Glad I climbed aboard Adam.

That sucks, Randy.

And thanks! A-Train--yes! That's what I'm known as in my longtime fantasy league.

Its a big part of my life thats being destroyed.
Sorry CONGRATS A-TRAIN

You know my friend who is a 15 year season ticket holder asked me if I wanted h is four seats today for the Broncos game. Twenty five hundred dollars he he said as he sadly tore them from the folder and said no more for me Randy, Im sorry. Last year.

Glad to see your football analyst career taking off. Now please, work hard so that maybe you can replace Terrel Davis on NFLN soon. That guy makes me want to shoot myself.

congrats on getting your work on fox sports, man that's awesome.

“He’s an awful evaluator,” said one veteran pro evaluator with firsthand knowledge of Edwards’ personnel acumen. “First of all, he can’t stay awake long enough to watch the film. He’s one of those guys that can watch 15 snaps and then go off for a half hour about what the guy could or could not do for him in his system.”

Good to see that I'm not the only one who feels this way. Eye opening to say the least. Thanks, Jeremy!

Down — but definitely out

Chiefs’ rebuilding job is only just beginning

By Dan Arkush
Sept. 22, 2008

With 15 rookies on their 53-man roster and 32 players with three years of experience or less, not too many people realistically expected a Chiefs team that lost its 12th straight regular-season game in Atlanta on Sunday to be anything close to a contending team this season.

That said, we hear there are many league observers who believe the Chiefs should be a lot better than they’ve performed three weeks into the season, including some higher-ups in the team’s organization who just might eventually consider making some changes at the top if the team continues to look so inferior to its competition.

Brodie Croyle, Herm Edwards

Said one veteran NFL evaluator a few days before the Chiefs’ 38-14 shellacking by the Falcons: “When you are sitting on the five-yard line and you cannot score against New England (in Week One), and then you get whipped by an organization as dysfunctional as Oakland (in Week Two), I don’t know how you could have any hope.
“On paper, it looked like they could be 3-2 through the first five games. After what I’ve seen, I don’t think they could be any better than 0-5, and they are likely looking at the top pick in the draft.”

Should that indeed be the case, don’t be surprised if the Chiefs use that pick on the best quarterback available in 2009. With a lot of major concerns from which to choose, the Chiefs’ QB situation is particularly tenuous, with four different signalcallers getting thrown into the fire in the first three games.

The quarterback currently under center for the Chiefs is Tyler Thigpen, a third-stringer entering the season who made his first start on Sunday, with Brodie Croyle, who has suffered three injuries in his seven pro starts, out with a separated shoulder, and veteran backup Damon Huard sidelined with a sore neck.

Fox insider Jay Glazer’s report Sunday morning that the Chiefs tried to work a trade earlier this week for Browns backup QB Brady Quinn didn’t surprise league insiders, some of whom believe Chiefs GM Carl Peterson could be feeling a real sense of urgency to accelerate the team’s progress and, as a result, solidify his job security.

Don’t be surprised if the Chiefs continue to seriously explore other possible “quick fix” solutions in the coming weeks (Jeff Garcia? Daunte Culpepper?) — to the extent that there might be any feasible help available.

“They need so much at core positions — it’s not just a quarterback,” said one league source. “It’s the offensive line, rush end, cornerback. It’s going to take more than another draft to make them competitive.

“The biggest problem is they do not have a quarterback. And it’s scary to think they were going to pass up a franchise quarterback (Matt Ryan, who scorched the Chiefs on Sunday) last year if he were there at No. 5 (in the 2008 draft).”

Chiefs head coach Herm Edwards continues to put up as good a front as he can in his exchanges with the media.

“We’re building,” Edwards said earlier this week.” I’m going through it with everybody else, and I don’t like it. But it’s the best thing for this organization.”

What might not be the best thing for the organization, according to some sources close to the scene, is for Edwards to have any significant input in the team’s personnel decisions.

“He’s an awful evaluator,” said one veteran pro evaluator with firsthand knowledge of Edwards’ personnel acumen. “First of all, he can’t stay awake long enough to watch the film. He’s one of those guys that can watch 15 snaps and then go off for a half hour about what the guy could or could not do for him in his system.”

From were I am sitting....Jesus hates the Chiefs.... and the Rams...... oh and the Bengals.........and the Lions.......

Jesus loves the Chiefs. But even He can't make us win a game, or send us a QB from upon high. *Sigh*

You'll see the Abominable Snowman sunbathing at the Equator before you see me at lunches with those two.

Thanks for the props, fellas!

And, sorry, Jesus. You're a tough act to follow.

"You just became AND uber tard."

All your base are belong to us!

Adam,

A gig with Rupert Murdoch? What's next, lunches with Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly? :)

Remember, keep it fair and balanced.

Seriously, congrats!

You just became and uber tard.

You sound like an idiot. And you're bashing the Chiefs.

I saw it on fox before here, and quickly came over to give you props. I think you are starting to see the rewards of all your hard work, and it is great to see (read). Your on your way to making your hobby/obsesssion a career; hopefully, ala florio over at PFT.

Keep it up Adam, It nice to see it happen to you. I will be rooting for you. Could you be the next Jay Glazer? Maybe a little MMA reporting too huh?

Adam is blowing up like Tom Brady's left knee.