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As I walked my way through evaluating this roster it reaffirmed previous considerations on what Scott Pioli and Todd Haley have done since taking over the club. In the secondary, the Chiefs are a much better group than they were in 2008. Despite making a mistake with the release of Bernard Pollard and getting nothing in return, they have what appear to be three solid starters in Brandon Flowers, Brandon Carr and Eric Berry and Javier Arenas appears to have smoothly stepped into the nickel role.

The rest of the defense hasn’t taken a step forward. The defense line remains a question mark. Glenn Dorsey and Wallace Gilberry appear solid, otherwise things are very shaky. At linebacker there are various parts and with some sort of laboratory work it could be a good group. You know like combine Andy Studebaker’s body with Mike Vrabel’s brain. On paper – and that’s where we are playing this game right now – there’s not been an infusion of talent.

Offensively, bits and pieces have been added by Pioli/Haley that could make for a productive attack in the coming season. But in a bigger picture of down the road, there are not enough young, talented offensive players in the pipeline. Last year’s draft class on the offensive side was a major disappointment, with no contributions coming from Colin Brown, Quinten Lawrence, Javarris Williams and Jake O’Connell. Any sort of performance flash would have been a chip in the pile of any of those four players, but they had none in the ‘09 season. It’s one thing to struggle as a rookie. It’s another to be shutout completely.

Wrapping Up The Roster … Tuesday Cup O’Chiefs-BobGretz.com

One year ago, new general manager Scott Pioli took the reigns of a once proud team coming off the losingest season in its history.

Pioli brought in a young new head coach fresh off a Super Bowl appearance as offensive coordinator in Todd Haley. He also made moves to acquire veteran players like Mike Vrabel and Matt Cassel with winning resumes, prompting many to label the Chiefs “New England West”.

Most importantly, Pioli set out to reconstruct a deteriorating Chiefs roster in dire need of a talent infusion through not only the draft, but through free agent acquisitions like Chris Chambers.

Now, coming off a season where the Chiefs doubled their win total and ended the year with a 44-24 rout of rival Denver, Pioli has added even more pieces to the puzzle in hopes of getting the team back to the playoffs in 2010.

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Fifty years ago, professional sports arrived in Texas to stay. The state had virtually no professional success before 1960, when three pro football franchises all came to Texas in the same season. The NFL brought in the Dallas Cowboys as a counterpoint to the upstart AFL’s Dallas Texans and Houston Oilers.

The Cowboys stayed and built a national following. The Texans packed up in a few years and moved to Kansas City to become the Chiefs. The Oilers also left — after 37 seasons in Houston.

50 years later, help pick Houston’s all-time pro football team-caller.com

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