Chiefs Contact Daunte Culpepper and Connor Barth
All I can say is “Thank You”. It can be argued that this may not be the right move, but at this point I don’t hear any better options out there. I say give Culpepper a shot, he should have a good 3-4 years left in him.
- The Chiefs talked with Culpepper on Monday, a day after they lost Brodie Croyle for the season because of torn knee ligaments. Croyle was injured in the Chiefs’ 34-10 loss to Tennessee at Arrowhead Stadium.
A decision on whether the Chiefs would sign Culpepper did not appear imminent. A deal might not come until next week if one is reached at all. [KC Star]
The Chiefs are also looking at former Bucs QB Bruce Gradkowski. In my opinion this would a very short term deal, where if they signed Culpepper it could be for a few years.
- In the meantime, the Chiefs were preparing to bring former Tampa Bay quarterback Bruce Gradkowski to Kansas City today for a workout. Gradkowski played for St. Louis in a preseason game against the Chiefs in August at Arrowhead Stadium.[KC Star]
Now this is the part where I say “I told you so”.
- The Chiefs may sign rookie Connor Barth today to replace Novak. Barth was originally signed by the Chiefs in April and battled Novak throughout the offseason, training camp and the preseason.
Both players made two of three field-goal attempts in the preseason. The Chiefs went with Novak mainly because of his previous NFL experience.[KC Star]
Anyone that has read this site or knows me, knows that I thought the Chiefs should have went with Connor Barth from the beginning. I don’t know if he will work out any better than Novak, but one wouldn’t think it could get too much worse, right? BTW I heard Novak has the lowest field goal percentage int the NFL.
Welcome back Connor! We thought you might be back and let’s see what Culpepper can do. If nothing else we can still draft a QB to sit under him for a little bit.
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Out with Barth, Novak is our Kicker…
Well, it looks like one of the first roster cuts has been made. The Red Zone says Nick Novak will be the kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs when they play New England for the season opener.
I’m not sure how I feel about this honestly. I was leaning toward Connor Barth myself. In my opinion Barth outplayed Novak in the preseason. They both missed 48 yard field goals, Barth’s hit the post and Novak’s wasn’t even close! Barth appeared to be better on kick offs and he booted it into the end zone multiple times. I don’t think I ever saw Novak get one into the end zone this preseason. Even when the Chiefs brought in Feely for the tryout Barth made 28 of 30 field goals where Novak made 27 of 30.
I think the Chiefs were scared of having a rookie kicker and didn’t want to take a chance on having another Justin Medlock type situation so they went with the guy that has some experience. Was this the right move? I don’t know… and we won’t know until the season gets going.
Don’t get me wrong, I want Novak to nail every field goal this year, but I’m just saying that I probalby would have went with Barth. Novak would probably be available later even if Barth went Medlock on us. Please prove me wrong Chiefs.
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Hello Jay Felly… oh wait, I meant Goodbye!
After two days the Chiefs told veteran kicker Jay Feely “No! No soup for you!”
When the Chiefs signed Feely I, like a lot of fans, assumed he would be the Kansas City Chiefs’ kicker in 2008. Two days later he has been cut. At first I am thinking “what the crap?” but after I let it stew for a little bit I actually like this.
Yes, Feely has the experience a lot of people like at the kicker position plus he converted a very high percentage of his field goals last year but I’m glad the Chiefs didn’t just go for the player with the name. What it sounds like happened is the Chiefs said, “Ok, we are going to do this two day try-out and whoever finishes with the lowest percentage is gone.” Barth hit 28 of 30 field goals, Novak went 27 of 30 and Feely went 24 of 30 (Red Zone)
Bringing in Feely at this stage in the season it also sends a message to whoever eventually wins the jobs: Your job is not safe unless you perform. Barth and Novak both missed field goals during games this preseason and we all know the Chiefs are going to need all the points the can get this year. At this stage it is also safe to say that both kickers responded well when Feely was brought in by converting a very high percentage of their kicks during the kick or go home contest.
I don’t know if the Chiefs intended to use Feely like this, but hopefully this was a wake up call to Novak and Barth that they won’t soon forget.
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