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Chiefs Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:15:31 PDT

Since late June and July are times for contract negotiating in the NFL, it will be interesting to see if the Chiefs and Matt Cassel can work out a long-term deal.

Currently, Cassel is playing on the franchise player tender given to him by the New England Patriots earlier this year: $14.65 million for this season. When they picked Cassel up in a trade with the Patriots, the Chiefs inherited that tender offer.

It's a situation that Cassel says is irrelevant to his 2009 season on the field.

"You always love the fact you have some stability," Cassel said. "This to me isn't a one-year deal. I want to come here and build this team and work towards a common goal of getting better, making the playoffs and winning championships.

"If I go into the year with just the...

NFP: Five defenders who may surprise (Yahoo! Sports)

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:02:00 PDT

New Jets safety Jim Leonhard is among the defenders projected to raise his profile this upcoming season.

Chiefs sign 5th-round pick Colin Brown (AP)

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:59:37 PDT

The Kansas City Chiefs have signed their fifth-round draft pick, offensive tackle Colin Brown. Terms were not disclosed Tuesday. Brown earned Big 12 honors as a junior and senior at Missouri, which finished both of those seasons ranked in the top 10 nationally in total offense. The 6-foot-7-inch, 335-pound lineman played in 43 games for the Tigers, starting 28.

Ex-Chief Baldinger won't be charged in fatal crash (AP)

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:11:45 PDT

Former Kansas City Chiefs offensive lineman Rich Baldinger will not face charges in a traffic accident that left a 61-year-old woman dead. Jackson County (Mo.) prosecutor's office spokeswoman Velda Cook said Monday that investigators have determined that a car collision Saturday in Blue Springs between Baldinger and Marilyn Walters of Grain Valley was accidental.

Chiefs sign 7th-rounder TE O'Connell (AP)

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:18:43 PDT

The Kansas City Chiefs have agreed to terms with tight end Jake O'Connell, one of the team's three seventh-round draft picks. O'Connell played 41 games at Miami of Ohio, catching 46 passes for 453 yards and four touchdowns, including 25 catches for 258 yards last season. Terms of the deal, announced Friday, weren't released.

Chiefs to retire number of Derrick Thomas (AP)

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:01:50 PDT

The Kansas City Chiefs will retire the number of the late Hall of Fame linebacker Derrick Thomas during a ceremony Dec. 6. Thomas' family will also be presented his Pro Football Hall of Fame ring at halftime of the Chiefs' game against Denver at Arrowhead Stadium. It's fitting that the ceremony will take place as Kansas City faces an AFC West rival whose Hall of Fame quarterback Thomas...

Chiefs, K Succop agree to terms (AP)

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:47:40 PDT

The Kansas City Chiefs have signed kicker Ryan Succop, one of the team's three seventh-round draft picks. Succop, taken with the 256th overall pick in last month's NFL draft, played 50 games in four seasons at South Carolina, hitting 71 percent of his field goals with a long of 55 yards. He hit 66 percent his senior season and converted all 30 of his PATs.

NFP: Focus on QBs Russell, Cassel (Yahoo! Sports)

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:29:00 PDT

With NFL training camps approaching, let's look at some players in the AFC West who will be counted on to...

Kansas City Chiefs players have lost 340 pounds (Yahoo! Sports)

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 05:08:46 PDT

The Kansas City Chiefs are already the biggest losers in the NFL and they haven't even played a game yet.

Haley taking blunt approach to coaching Chiefs (AP)

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 12:39:36 PDT

Herm Edwards was the kind of coach who would put his arm around players walking through the locker room. Todd Haley takes a little different tack. Fiery and blunt, Kansas City's first-year coach is using his no-nonsense approach to try to change a losing culture that's bogged the Chiefs down the past two seasons.

Chiefs release 4 players (AP)

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:17:38 PDT

The Kansas City Chiefs have waived four players. The team on Friday released long snapper Thomas Gafford, wide receiver C.J. Jones, defensive tackle T.J. Jackson and linebacker Darrell Robertson. Gafford played nine games as the Chief's long snapper last season while Jackson played in four games a year ago.

Mr. Irrelevant makes good with big paychecks, big parties (Yahoo! Sports)

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:34:23 PDT

Ryan Succop, the man who was picked dead last in the NFL draft, and thus dubbed "Mr. Irrelevant", will...

Mo. board revises training camp deal for Chiefs (AP)

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:08:43 PDT

Missouri officials approved a deal Thursday to bring the Kansas City Chiefs training camp back to Missouri for at least 10 years. The package from the Missouri Development Finance Board guarantees the Chiefs will train in Missouri over that span in exchange for $25 million in tax credits. If the Chiefs don't follow through, they would owe penalties to the state.

Linebacker Derrick Brooks says he'll play in '09 (AP)

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:02:41 PDT

Free agent Derrick Brooks said Wednesday he plans to play in the NFL this fall and possibly even return to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a team he led to a Super Bowl victory. The NFL Defensive Player of the Year when Tampa Bay won the Super Bowl after the 2002 season, Brooks was among five players the Bucs cut in a February purge that included his former Florida State teammate, Warrick Dunn.

Chargers' Smith doesn't like new competition in AFC West (Yahoo! Sports)

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 05:55:11 PDT

San Diego Chargers general manager A.J. Smith doesn't like the new look of the AFC West.

League flooded with new defensive coordinators (Yahoo! Sports)

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:32:00 PDT

Not including the special cases in Philadelphia and Dallas, 19 franchises have different guys leading the way.

Extra weight coming off the Chiefs (AP)

Sun, 07 Jun 2009 13:05:54 PDT

The Kansas City Chiefs are a lesser team than they used to be, and not just because record-breaking tight end Tony Gonzalez was traded to Atlanta. Since Todd Haley began his offseason conditioning program, the Chiefs players have shed almost 340 pounds of unwanted fat. The average loss for NFL teams trying to work off winter flab, Haley figures, is about 125-150 pounds.

Cassel finally finds his team (AP)

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 15:25:39 PDT

Everywhere Matt Cassel went, a great quarterback got in the way. Not one but two Heisman Trophy winners kept him on the bench throughout his college career at Southern California, denying him even one start. Then he was drafted by New England, where a Super Bowl MVP was running the offense. Now he's in Kansas City, and are things ever different.

Waters attends Chiefs minicamp (AP)

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:31:54 PDT

Pro Bowl guard Brian Waters showed up for the first day of Kansas City's mandatory minicamp Friday, admitting he was a bit out of shape but refusing to say whether he still wants a trade. Surrounded by reporters following a 90-minute workout, Waters did make one thing abundantly clear: He did not knowingly stand up a charity event on Wednesday, as had been reported.