Kansas City Chiefs: Top 50 players of all-time

Aug 2, 2014; Canton, OH, USA; Curley Culp at the TimkenSteel Grand Parade on Cleveland Avenue in advance of the 2014 Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

12. Otis Taylor

Taylor is the Chiefs player most Kansas City fans talk about as a massive Hall of Fame snub. Taylor was utterly dominant during his time in both the AFL and NFL, amassing 7,306 receiving yards and 57 touchdowns during his 11-year career with the Chiefs. Keep in mind, this was for a run-first team in a very run-first era.

Taylor was a three-time Pro Bowler and a two-time First-Team All-Pro, in an age that included Lance Alworth, Fred Biletnikoff and Don Maynard. For his career, Taylor averaged 17.8 yards per catch and in 1966 had 58 catches for 1,297 yards, good for a ridiculous 22.4 yards per reception. Taylor was a giant in the game for a decade, and deserves a spot in Canton.

11. Curley Culp

In 1968, Culp was selected by the Denver Broncos in the second round and projected to be an offensive lineman. However, Culp did not take to the idea and Broncos coach Lou Saban allowed Culp to get away to Kansas City, where he became a dominant nose tackle for the next seven seasons. Culp would move onto the Houston Oilers in 1975 and became the Defensive Player of the Year and a First-Team All-Pro.

However, Culp was every bit as good with the Chiefs. In Kansas City, Culp lined up next to fellow Hall of Famer Buck Buchanan to give head coach Hank Stram an enviable front. The duo was the anchor for a defense that arguably is the greatest single-season unit of all-time, rolling to a Super Bowl title in 1969.

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