Roster Moves: Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2009
Yesterday the Chiefs officially parted ways with three veteran players:
LB Donnie Edwards - unspectacular in his return to the Chiefs - 36 in August
CB Patrick Surtain - Outplayed by rookies last year - 33 in June
QB Damon Huard - I believe “unofficially” retired after the first Denver game last season - he never played the same - 36 in July
Also cut was 7th round TE Michael Merritt after being arrested for marijuana charges Feb. 5th
For a team that is in the process of “rebuilding” these moves make sense. They are all aging and have been out performed by their younger brethren.
The three moves combined (not including Merritt) will save the Chiefs almost an additional $10 million in salary cap this season. Not that we weren’t far enough under already, but this will now leave us with upwards of $50 million to work with through free agency and the draft. If Pioli and Haley are serious about winning now and making a real impact, at least one thing is certain…money shouldn’t be an issue.
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Kansas City Chiefs Injuries halfway through 2008
(sorry I thought a picture of Croyle would be appropriate here)
The Chiefs had quite a few players come down with injuries this year so I thought I would make a list. This is just off of the top of my head so if I have forgotten anyone please let me know in the comments section below.
Any Chiefs who has had an injury this season (missed time and/or listed on an injury report):
Donnie Edwards
Branden Albert
Nap Harris (former Chiefs with Vikings now)
Brodie Croyle (IR)
Damon Huard (IR)
Patrick Surtain
Brandon Flowers
Kolby Smith (IR)
Tamba Hali
Turk McBride
Glenn Dorsey
Jamaal Charles
Dustin Colquitt
Demorrio Williams
Will Franklin
Jarrad Page
Jean-Philippe Darche (IR)
Weston Dacus
Maurice Price
Dimitri Patterson
Erik Walden
J.P. Foschi
Derrick Johnson
In case you don’t believe this the official Chiefs Injury reports can be found by clicking the link.
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Chiefs put QB Damon Huard on IR; Larry Johnson Deactivated for Sunday
Well, to be honest this came as quite a surprise to me, but I am not all that shook up about Damon Huard joining Brodie Croyle on IR. The Chiefs are looking for the QB of the future right now and we all know Huard does not fit into that plan. However this does worry me a little bit in the ‘win now’ department, but whatever.
This leaves the Chiefs with Tyler ‘Getin’ Thiggy with it’ Thigpen, Ingle Martin, and new Chiefs QB Quinn Gray as the Chiefs only options as of right now.
I guess we will see what happens.
Also, as many of you could/would have guessed Larry Johnson will be deactivated this Sunday as well. To that I say, “whippidy do da”. At this point it doesn’t really matter who is out there to me because the production seems to be about the same regardless. LJ might be gone before next season anyway, so this gives the Chiefs another chance to see what their future can be without him. Come on Jamaal Charles and Kolby Smith! Git-r-done!
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One good thing from Chiefs loss to Panthers
If you watched the “game” on Sunday you already know that not much good came out of the Chiefs 34-0 loss to the Carolina Panthers. One that thing that was good for the future of the team was the QB play.
I can hear you already “hhhWHHAAAT?!!?” and “he said WHAT?” and yes that’s right, I said it. By having Damon Huard play so bad that they had to put in Thigpen for relief was a good thing for the future of the Chiefs. If Damon Huard would have went out and played a great game (win or lose) there would have been a QB controversy. Herm (and Carl) would have been in a tough spot, they would have been asking themselves this question:
Do we want to try to win now in what appears to be a wide open AFC West or give Croyle one lost shot and see if he can stay healthy and be our future QB?
While the Chiefs seem committed to this youth movement we all know that in Carl Peterson’s history he has always tried to win now. How do we know that he wouldn’t try to pull this again in one last “last ditch” effort to regain some respect (what little he has left).
So I would just like to say “Thank You” to Damon Huard for sucking it up last Sunday and allowing the Chiefs to move on. At least now when if Croyle gets hurt the Chiefs can finally move on and try something different.
I don’t mean to hate on Croyle, in fact I like what he brings to the table, but you can’t help a team win from the sidelines and the thing that the Chiefs need more than anything else if they want to buid a team that can contend is solid, consistant play from the quarterback position. A good OL wouldn’t hurt either…
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Damon Huard will start this Sunday against Denver… YES!
News from the KC Star says that Damon Huard will be the starting QB for the Chiefs when they take the field this Sunday against the Denver Donkeys.
I don’t know about you but I am VERY happy about this move. Well, let me rephrase that, I think starting Damon Huard is the best thing to do if you are the Chiefs. To me this shows that the Chiefs actually are trying to win a game.
I wonder who’s idea this was? Herm seemed content with letting Thigpen start and “seeing what he can do” and Carl Peterson is usually the one wants butts in the seats and for that to happen you need to put the player in that gives you the best chance to win. I don’t know if they just now realized this or what… but thank you for starting Huard this week (whoever made the call). I’ll be at the game anyways, but as a fan I actually feel like the Chiefs are trying a little.
In my opinion, baring some catastrophic meltdown, Huard should be the starter until Brodie comes back for the Titans game. That is assuming that Brodie will be back by then… I guess we’ll see, huh?
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