RYAN LILJA RUMORS & GOSSIP
Chiefs Have Approached OG Ryan Lilja About Returning, According To Source
The Chiefs have approached Ryan Lilja about playing another season, and the veteran offensive lineman was receptive to the idea, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.
Lilja, who played in high school at Shawnee Mission Northwest and in college at Kansas State, said immediately after the end of last season that he would retire. Lilja, 31, has played nine NFL seasons...
Report: Chiefs Contact OL Ryan Lilja About Returning For Another Season
Adam Teicher of the Kansas City Star reports the Chiefs have reached out to retired OL Ryan Lilja about possibly returning for another season.
Teicher’s source added that Lilja is “receptive to the idea.”
Lilja, 31, was set to become an unrestricted free agent, but his decision to retire had a lot to do with the toll that football was taking on his body.
“Physically, you...
Chiefs' Lilja announces retirement
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Veteran offensive lineman Ryan Lilja, who helped block for Peyton Manning during the Colts' Super Bowl-winning 2006 season, announced his retirement Monday.
Lilja said he was going to "hang it up" after the Kansas City Chiefs finished a 2-14 season with a 38-3 loss to the Denver Broncos on Sunday. Lilja had played guard his entire career until...
Via Fox Sports Kansas City
January 01, 2013
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Chiefs OG Ryan Lilja To Retire, Ending 9-Year NFL Career
The 31-year old offensive lineman called it a career, saying he's unlikely to reconsider.
Ryan Lilja's NFL career will end where it began, right in Kansas City. Lilja told the Kansas City media on Monday that he has decided to retire, ending his eight-year career.
Lilja had been on the injury report almost every week down the stretch of the season. It's no surprise...
Veteran Chiefs lineman Lilja announces retirement
Chiefs veteran offensive lineman Ryan Lilja, who helped block for Peyton Manning during the Indianapolis Colts' Super Bowl-winning 2006 season, announced his retirement Monday.
Lilja said he was going to ''hang it up'' after the Chiefs finished a 2-14 season with a 38-3 loss to the Denver Broncos on Sunday. Lilja played guard his entire career until injuries...
Via AP on Fox
December 31, 2012
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Stress of playing for Chiefs getting to Ryan Lilja
If you were watching the Kansas City/Oakland game at all, it isn’t overly surprising to you that I let my mind and my eyes wander while it was on TV from the play on the field to the sidelines. There, I discovered Chiefs centre Ryan Lilja. Lilja, formerly of the Colts, has moved into the …
Ready or not, Chiefs' Lilja takes center stage
KANSAS CITY, Mo. The last time Chiefs guard Ryan Lilja had to play center in an NFL game before last Sunday was...well...never.
In fact, Lilja, who now becomes the Chiefs' starting center because of Rodney Hudson's season-ending injury, can't remember playing the position in college or high school or even Pee Wee football, for that matter.
OK, there was that one time...
Via Fox Sports Kansas City
September 26, 2012
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Chiefs OG Ryan Lilja Gets Some Snaps At Center
Ryan Lilja is currently slotted in as a guard for the Kansas City Chiefs. Whether he's on the first team or second team will depend on how his position battle with Jeff Allen goes during training camp but right now it would appear he'll likely open the season as the starting guard. He could also see snaps at center in an emergency situation. Chiefs coach Romeo Crennel told...
Chiefs Improve Line By Signing Lilja
Ex-Colts offensive lineman Ryan Lilja agreed to terms today with the Kansas City Chiefs. The contract is said to be a three-year deal according to the KC Star.Roughly twenty-four hours after Lilja visited with the Chiefs organization he had already agree to become a Chief. I'll give GM Scott Pioli this, when he sets his sight on a free agent he gets them. The first big...
Chiefs Host Guard Ryan Lilja
The Chiefs have made the improvement of the offensive line a top priority this off-season. As the O-line gradually improved throughout 2009, there remains a few holes on that line that need to be filled. The Chiefs hope to have filled one of those holes last week with the signing of veteran Center and ex-Chief Casey Wiegmann last week. Another hole is speculated to be filled...
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