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The Replacement

“I wish I could say something classy and inspirational, but that just wouldn’t be our style.” —Shane Falco, The Replacements (2000) Yes, it’s hard to know what to say right now. It’s been…Read More

The 2011 Chiefs Are Halfway There… But Halfway To Where?

Apparently, the Chiefs don’t do so well against AFC East opponents at home in 2011. That is one thing we did learn this weekend. Not only did the winless Miami Dolphins’ streak of, you know, being…Read More

Assessing The Chiefs’ Schedule: Undead Edition

Honestly, I wish we could play the Raiders and Chargers every week. These last two games have been pure orgasmic joy to watch. But, alas, we’re done with San Diego for the year, and won’t see Oakland…Read More

A Good Bye (Week) For Now

I’m not much of an NBA fan*, so upon hearing the latest news of that league’s lockout—Commissioner David Stern has cancelled the first two weeks of the NBA season—all I could think was this: Ah,…Read More

Chiefs Now Within A Game Of First Place In AFC West

What? Is there something wrong with that headline? It’s true, or at least factual. And so are these: Chiefs Only Two Back In Race For AFC’s Top Seed Chiefs Will Need To Settle For 14-2 Season Chiefs…Read More

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The Chiefs’ 2011 Season Finally Begins: A Mad-Libs Pep Talk

As of the time of this post, the kick off of the Kansas City Chiefs’ 2011 season is a mere 120 hours…Read More

No More “Hard Knocks” Life For Chiefs

  WARNING: This post ends with a bad rap parody. It’s hard to believe, maybe, that this week…Read More

Post-FA Pre-Preseason Opponent Power Rankings

  What a crazy couple of weeks. If you’re like me, you’re still struggling to put together…Read More

A Short Letter Of Welcome To Our Family’s Newest Chiefs Fan

July 12, 2011   Dear Vivien, I am writing you this letter—okay, so it’s a blog post for…Read More

Smoke Signals: Two Surprise FA’s We Should (Re)sign

Now, it’s obvious who the top Chief free agents are. I’m not talking about them. Resigning Tamba…Read More

The Perfect Storm

  Chiefs fans, living in the Midwest during the spring is tumultuous to say the least.  This week…Read More

It’s Not That Easy To Pick A Lock

Last week, the Kansas City Chiefs named Kevin Ross to the team’s Hall of Fame. It was an unassailable…Read More

And The Oscar Goes To…

So here I was, all ready to dissect the shocking, fifth-round-fortune-shaping impact of the recent Kansas…Read More

XLVI Reasons

Four weeks after the Kansas City Chiefs played their last game, the 2010 NFL season is finally, officially…Read More

Chiefs-Raiders: Championship Edition

The Kansas City Chiefs are the 2010 AFC West Champs, and it’s not even 2011 yet. Before Sunday, so…Read More

The New Regime: Mr. “Inside The Box”

In this second installment, I break down a few of the key decisions made and, for lack of a better…Read More

Jamie Dukes: Tampa 2 A "Robot" Defense

NFLN analyst Jamie Dukes just tweeted this on his Twitter. Found it interesting: Here’s a good…Read More

Musket Fire Breaks Down Cassel, Vrabel

Matt DeLucia, lead blogger of Musket Fire and die-hard Patriots fan, was nice enough to write this up…Read More

The Man Who Bought A Cassel For Pennies

King Carl, eat your heart out. Scott Pioli is quickly becoming the real king of Kansas City. Not some…Read More

Chiefs Bring In Mike Vrabel

It’s official! The Chiefs have traded the Patriots for outside linebacker/mean mofo Mike Vrabel.…Read More