07 Mar
Pro Football Talk is reporting that Cleveland may be open to trading Shaun Rodgers.
The Cleveland Browns have already traded one defensive lineman this off-season, shipping Corey Williams to the Detroit Lions. Could they trade another?
Terry Pluto of the Cleveland Plain Dealer writes that they could and Shaun Rogers could be gone.
Pluto doesn’t name a source [...]
Posted in Chiefs, Rumors by: merlin
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03 Mar
Last week, I published Part One of my recent interview with Longball, the Big Board guru for Drafttek.com. In this, final part we cover some more Combine questions, his take on the Chiefs’ needs and some thoughts on some prospects the Chiefs may be looking at after round one.
Posted in Chiefs, Draft, Features, Merlin's Magic by: merlin
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24 Feb
Any good mock draft is a combination of two factors. Team analysis matched up with a rating of talent, the Big Board. Often, we talk about the team analysis part, but what about the Big Board? What goes into making one? Well, to answer that question, I wanted to interview a friend of mine, Long [...]
Posted in Chiefs, Draft, Features, Merlin's Magic by: merlin
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17 Feb
As we continue the ramp up to the draft, I want to talk about the concept of functional speed. The Combine is fast approaching, so we are going to get inundated with talk about someone’s time in the 40 yard dash. However, when you listen to NFL scouts, they will use the concept of ‘functional [...]
Posted in Chiefs, Draft, Features, Merlin's Magic by: merlin
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10 Feb
Trades, trades, trades. As we build towards the NFL Draft, trading draft picks is always a hot topic. Inevitably in that discussion, the Jimmy Johnson created Trade Chart comes up. People love to hate the trade chart. This is exemplified by a recent comment from a pretty level-headed commenter on another blog had this to [...]
Posted in Chiefs, Draft, Features, Merlin's Magic by: merlin
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03 Feb
Now that the Chiefs are in the off-season, Chief fans of all types get to engage in the fun pastime of armchair GM. It makes for great discussions but there is a pitfall I see people falling into. That pitfall is the ‘empty vessel syndrome’.
The empty vessel syndrome is when someone presents themselves in a [...]
Posted in Chiefs, Features, Merlin's Magic by: merlin
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23 Jan
Mock drafts are always tricky. People love to construct mocks. It’s a fun exercise, but often they look perfect (from their perspective). Usually, this involves players that person covets falling conveniently into their laps. I am not a big one for doing mocks, but I thought I would give it my best shot. I am [...]
Posted in Chiefs, Draft, Features, Merlin's Magic, Mock Draft by: merlin
10 Comments
18 Jan
Pro Football Talk is reporting that Chan Gailey is expected to be named Head Coach of the Bills soon. Who knows, maybe he will offer Todd Haley a job. Good for Chan.
Posted in Chiefs by: merlin
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15 Jan
As I have mentioned in the past, in addition to writing on Arrowhead Addict, I also serve as the Chiefs Analyst for Drafttek.com. Draft Tek is a fun site. It has a different approach to doing mock drafts. Draft Tek has analysts who set team needs for one or two teams. A computer program actually [...]
Posted in Chiefs, Draft, Features, Merlin's Magic by: merlin
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30 Dec
Wow it’s nice to have Adam tossing out a post. Nothing seems to get me working on a quick article faster. Today, it was Adam’s throwaway comment labeling Haley “somewhat of an offensive mastermind”. Now, I grant you, Haley did come to KC with a reputation for running high powered offenses. Critics pointed to Haley’s [...]
Posted in AADQ, Chiefs by: merlin
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