Other than a few tidbits, this Chiefs Fix will be solely dedicated to rookie defensive lineman Claude “Turk” McBride and DeMarcus “Tank” Tyler — The TNT Connection, or simply just TNT. Hey, trust me, the name is warranted. Next year they’ll be blowing up offenses left and right. With a little help from their friends, that is.
First off, I want to publicly thank TNT for ridding us of the two most-overpaid Kansas City Chiefs — Eric Hicks and Ryan Sims. I will probably send TNT Christmas cards, along with King Carl, for the crucial part they played in the Sims trade. That guy just made my blood boil. From this day forth, in honor of Ryan Sims, dogging it and generally playing like a piece of you know what will be known as “pulling a Sims.”
I dropped a new Chiefs article over on RealFootball365 — Tamba, Tank, Turk and, err, “Tanked”
Connor J. Byrne of RealFootball365 listed Tank as one of his five biggest steals of the entire draft. Here’s what he had to say:
“5.) DeMarcus “Tank” Tyler, DT, Kansas City Chiefs (third round, No. 82 overall): In the 323-pound Tyler, Chiefs head coach Herm Edwards got a real space eater for his defense. As early as a month ago, the former North Carolina State standout was projected as a late first-round pick, but he dropped to Kansas City during the latter part of Saturday, in the third round. The Chiefs’ defense should vastly improve next season with Tyler clogging the middle. He has the quickness and athleticism to take up multiple offensive linemen, allowing the rest of his ‘D’ mates to stymie the rushing attack and let the linebackers (Derrick Johnson and Co.) run free. An outstanding value pick for Kansas City.”
TheDraftGeek raves about our entire draft, but mostly TNT.
Found our list of signed undrafted free agents over on DraftDaddy.com:
- DB Marlon Fair, Hampton
- DT Matt McGlothlin, Tennessee
- WR Ean Randolph, South Florida (funny MJD post on Randolph)
- QB Josh Swogger, Washington State/Montana
- WR Brad Ekwerekwu, Missouri
- S Randy Kelly, Arkansas (Try-out)
Check out this crazy excerpt on Matt McGlothlin I found over at Rookiepedia:
“During position drills at the Vols’ recent Pro Day, McGlothin threw former N.F.L. nose tackle/current Kansas City Chiefs D-Line coach Tim Krumrie to the ground. Krummie, a former Big 10 Wrestling champ, is still a very big and powerful man at the age of 46 and he loves to persoanlly test some prospects’ toughness and make-up by wrestling them. Other high profile prospects have seen their draft stock fall by not performing well in this specific situation. Anyone challenging McGlothlin to a wrestling match will have a tough time, as Matt holds a black belt in four different styles of Martial Arts, (Brazilian, Jiu-Jitsu, Karate & Hapkido) earning a Brazilian Black Belt in 2 ½ years (takes a normal person 10 years). Some close to Matt “Bam Bam” McGlothin have suggested the 24 year old strong man could have a bright future as WWE wrestler, once his football career is over. Krumrie’s comments on his experience wrestling McGlothin have earned him the further nickname of “Pit Bull.””
I’ll also tell you right now that Brad Ekwerekwu, aka Eck, can play. I used to live in Columbia and have seen him play extensively. He’s a big target that plays fast, probably faster than his 40 time. He simply needs to put it all together. He has the tools.
Jason Whitlock, or “Jabba the Whitlock” to disapproving Chiefs fans, really bashed our draft yesterday. He was somewhat complimentary of TNT, but bashed D-Bo referring to him as “Sylvester Bowe or Dwayne Morris or SlyBowe.” That’s just flat out wrong. I like that he compares Dwayne Bowe to T.J. Houshmandzadeh, but I prefer the Anquan Boldin comparison, personally. Maybe Whitlock should stick to doing big media and let us small fries who do our research cover the Chiefs. This was not a bad draft at all, he’s totally not seeing the big picture. But he’s from Indiana, so of course he wants us to be the Colts.
If today is half as busy as yesterday, we’ll be back…
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