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Game Film: Pioli’s Pre-Draft Press Conference

Any Chiefs press conference used to be must-see TV for me.  This all started after Marty left in ’99.  At the time I thought it would just be business as usual.  Great defense, bunch of wins,…Read More

The Other Side

We are passionate fans of the Kansas City Chiefs.  So much so that even though very few of us know each other, we meet on the internet and talk about them.  What this essentially means is that each…Read More

How Did We Get Here?

Former chiefs GM Carl Peterson wore leather, used mousse, lied constantly, and had a predatory smile.  Quite the combination.  Players didn’t like him, agents hated him, and he had to have been…Read More

A Nose For Double-Teams

The Kansas City Chiefs do not have a great nose tackle.  We all know this.  Sweet Ron is a good guy (I think?) and we all like him, but he’s clearly not a world-beater.  It might even be a stretch…Read More

Remembrance Of Things Past: The Arrowhead Addict Interview Process

It was when I moved to Brooklyn that I first started writing about the Chiefs.  I had come here, like so many, with vague dreams but few real plans.  My first few months were spent in a state of limbo. …Read More

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Don’t Be Fooled

This is an easy one.  No preamble necessary.  The owners opted out of the old collective bargaining…Read More

Chiefs Will Tinker, But Don’t Expect An Overhaul

note: I’m writing this under the assumption that free agency will eventually happen. Maybe not…Read More

Chiefs To Unleash Thom Jones In 2011

Remember when the Chiefs signed Kendrell Bell?  I don’t think I’ll ever forget it.  It…Read More

Chiefs Draft Picks Done Right

As much as I want to, I figured you guys probably didn’t want to listen to me rant about the…Read More

Hali Negotiations Reveal Much

On Friday, my esteemed colleague Mr. Jeremy Hanson esquire wrote that he didn’t want the Chiefs to…Read More

Big Matt’s Chiefs Chat: In Pioli We Trust?

My initial intention was to give Pioli a grade like everyone else. However, I quickly realized any letter…Read More

Big Matt’s Chiefs Chat: The 2010 I Was Wrong Awards

    We all want to believe we know what we’re talking about.  We want to trust our instincts,…Read More

Big Matt’s Chiefs Chat: Grading The Chiefs’ Coaches

This one is going to be tough.  I can’t recall ever ending a season more unsure of my coaching…Read More

Big Matt’s Chiefs Chat- Grading the Chiefs Defense

I think we were all pretty surprised at how well our defense played this year.  This was a unit that…Read More

Grading The Chiefs: Big Matt’s End Of Season Report Card – Offense

I should be used to this by now.  Should be, but most definitely am not.  I had actually tricked myself…Read More

A Reaction To Whitlock

If you haven’t read Jason Whitlock’s piece on the Chiefs yet, you need to.  It’s…Read More

A Promise Kept, A Demand Made

  At the beginning of the season I promised I’d get a tattoo if the Chiefs made the playoffs. …Read More

Chiefs Land On The Moon

I rose from my post-game coma, and the Chiefs were in the playoffs.  Unless I’m ever woken…Read More

The Super Bowl Of Missouri

I had assumed the Kansas City Chiefs and St. Louis Rams were on roughly the same level.  Young, formerly…Read More

The Kid With The Golden Arm, by (Big) Matt Christopher

From the moment I heard about Matt Cassel’s appendectomy, I knew how this was going to play out. …Read More