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Charles’ long run allowed the Chiefs to put together one of their best rushing performances of the season, yet they were not able to consistently move the ball on the Buffalo side of the field. They ran the ball 13 times on the Bills side of the 50-yard line and gained just 35 yards, or 2.7 yards per carry. On their own side of the 50, the Chiefs ran 13 times for 117 yards, or nine yards per carry.

Morning Cup O’ Chiefs at Bob Gretz.com

The former Kent State quarterback was a one-man wrecking ball in the Browns 13-6 victory last Thursday night (yes, I said “Thursday” – Cleveland is the Chiefs third-straight opponent to come off a long week of prep). Cribbs totaled 200 total yards on 13 touches a week ago, while the Cleveland offense gained just 255 yards as a group.

Insider Blog with Josh Looney on KC Chiefs.com

“Ryan I like a lot. I think he’s got the demeanor you want from a kicker. He’s calm, cool and collected and doesn’t seem to get rattled real easy. An example would be at the end of the half extra point where we were running out of time and he looked like he was hurried a little bit. We had to call a time out and I said, ‘sorry, I didn’t mean to freeze my own kicker.’ But he said he was going to call time out anyway because he felt hurried. Pretty calm cool collected guy now. He’s got the right body, is strong and I think he’ll get stronger. I think the kickoffs have got to continue to improve especially playing here after the weather gets back.”

Q & A with Chiefs Coach Todd Haley from 12-16

The Kansas City Chiefs will have their hands full with Cribbs who enters Sunday’s contest coming off arguably his best game of the season. Listed as a receiver, Cribbs lined up in the wildcat formation on multiple occasions rushing the ball eight times for 87 yards.

Chiefs Will Have Their Hands Full With All-Everything Josh Cribs; Joel Throman over at Arrowhead Pride

I don’t have any doubt we’re making progress,” said Haley, a member of the New York Jets staff with Mangini from 1997-99. “It’s tough when you look at the record and see that. I just go on what I see on a daily basis, during the game, after the game, certain responses by players, desire of the players to get better. We’re making progress.

Browns-Chiefs Preview at CBS Sportsline.com

Merlin

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For better or worse, Pioli will not overpay and Brown got a big contract. He was begging a better team to match it since he didn't want to go to the Rams. No one did.

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102win

I have been scratching my head for months, didn't understand the Chiefs off season moves at all. C Jason Brown going to the Rams was painful, they are/were worse than the Chiefs???? I hope there was a plan, but now we need a new CBA signed, or many of the great FA's won't hit the market.

Patrick Allen

Ha! Nice catch.

woody

One day removed...and you already are spelling Prime's name incorrectly...Shame... :)

Double D

Call me crazy but I feel Niswanger has shown decent progress. Sure, he had a couple bad snaps in one game but I don't think you can judge his performance on what ought to be considered a couple of freak (not to mention correctable) miscues in one game out of many.

Besides, he has a good German name. 8)

Just got a post up about it. Terrible.

Randy5k

Man that is so sad I really really liked him.

NFL's Chris Henry has died from injuries suffered in fall from moving truck, Charlotte, North Carolina, police say.

What happened??

Tamba is one of those feel good player stories. A clean team like the Chiefs always has plenty of those.

Interesting stat I just saw, the Chiefs lead the league in dropped passes, Cleaveland is second. I think it might be a long game so Im digging out my "Arctic Chiefs" jacket.

I didn't think Tamba stood a chance in hell of making it at OLB. Goods to him!

I agree that Pioli should have done more for the offensive line but I think there were a couple of things deceiving him. Fist the lines numbers didn't look as bad from 2008 because we were running the Arrowspread with Thiggy. 2nd he did bring in Mike Goff who I assume he thought has more in the tank. This was a huge error on his part.

When you look at it he thought he had a solid LT in Albert, a Pro Bowler in Waters and a veteran presence at Guard in Goff. He also brought in that Center from Cinci hoping to create some competition. I guess he figured he would get them all to camp and get a look. When things didn't look good he brought in Aleman and Ndukwe. While they haven't been stellar I think they will serve as solid backups.

I also like the addition of Ryan O'Callahan. 1 because he is an Irishman and 2 because I think he is steadily improving at the RT position. I don't see him getting burned that much and I really think he might be ok over there.

If I were a betting man I'd say Pioli stands pat with O'Callahan and moves to replace Rudy and the RG position. Now that could mean we draft a franchise LT and move Albert over to RG. If that is the case we are looking pretty good and can maybe go for a Center in round 3...that is, of course, if Waters doesn't retire. If that happens we are in a mess.

Patrick:

Tamba has been the biggest surprise to me on the team. I didn't think he could make the transition to OLB. I do think Pioli's lack of quality additions to the o-line in the offseason was a killer. How much better would we be if he brought in a Matt Birk to settle down the o-line? Edwards I like as a quality backup for the next couple of years. We do need to bring in a new starting NT. While certain players are progressing, others are regressing. Matt Cassel seems to have taken a step backwards. It's going to take a big offseason to get this team to around a .500 club.

I think he is seeing progress. I am seeing it as well. The important thing to remember I thin, is that we won't see as much progress from the TEAM this year. Pioli and Haley have only been able to add so many players to the "team" they are building, their team.

A lot of players on this version of the Chiefs have serious talent deficiencies and no amount of coaching is going to make it all come together for them. I tend to look at the little things as an example of progress. I look at Tamba really improving at OLB. He is as good if not better in his new position than he ever was at DE. I believe his highest sack total for a season was 7 and that was when he was playing opposite Allen and was getting a lot of one on ones. He has nearly matched that total this year. Try to focus on the individuals these last three games. These are the guys that are going to be a part of the future. Ron Edwards, for instance, while being fairly solid for us at the Nose is not part of the long term plan. He isn't the presence we need in the middle with two young defensive ends on the line.

There just aren't enough pieces in place for a total tam turn around yet,however, the fact that these talented players are improving is a good sign. It means once the staff gets more of "their guys" in place that their methods should produce wins.

Haley keeps seeing progress. It would be nice to see it translate to game day. Ten points against the Bills with over 350 yards of offense? Yuck.

You know when Todd tells us he see's progress with the team I believe him and my heart fills with hope. When Herm said it I wanted to kick him in the junk. Not sure how long this feeling will last or if its right or wrong.