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NFL Lockout Update
With the NFL lockout in full effect, all eyes are now on the court in Minnesota where the players, lead by Tom Brady, have filed an injunction asking for relief of the lockout. If the ruling goes the way of the players, the lockout will be lifted and football would continue, presumably under the same or similar rules used during the 2010 season. Various sources have been reporting...
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March 14, 2011
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Report: Chiefs To Work Out QB Andy Dalton
Adam Caplan of Fox Sports is reporting that the Kansas City Chiefs will have hold a private workout with former TCU QB Andy Dalton. While this doesn’t come as a great surprise to me, it does confirm my thoughts that 2010 was the final straw of the Brodie Croyle era. Croyle has failed to impress each and every time he has stepped on the field for the Chiefs and his 0-10 record...
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March 13, 2011
The Morning Fix: Clark Hunt Speaks Edition
The Morning Fix is back! After one day, I decided to stop depriving you, the reader, of your Kansas City Chiefs news and thus I have ended the Lockout Fix. Just wanted to give you a heads up to check out the first article below from the Kansas City Star. Adam Teicher got a hold of Clark Hunt, who has remained fairly silent throughout this process. There are a lot of Hunt quotes in...
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March 13, 2011
Kansas City Chiefs Release Statement On The NFL Lockout
Teams all around the league are releasing individual statements to their fans about the NFL lockout and the Kansas City Chiefs are no different. The team released a statement on KCChiefs.com just about an hour ago. The Kansas City Chiefs still believe the fastest way to a fair agreement is through the mediation process. While we are disappointed that the union walked away from the...
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March 12, 2011
The Lockout Fix: Morning Edition
Today for the Morning Fix, I’m locking you all out of your Kansas City Chiefs news. That’s right. No Kansas City Chiefs news for you. Instead, I am going to force you to read a bunch of articles about the lockout because until this whole thing gets worked out, we won’t have a ton of exciting Kansas City Chiefs news. Here is hoping the courts ask swiftly and force the NFL to...
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March 12, 2011
NFL Lockout: Required Reading
Mike Silver of Yahoo! Sports has been tapped into the labor negotiations for some time now and his stuff has been absolutely illuminating throughout this process. That is why you have to read his latest article breaking down the events that went down yesterday. If you want to understand how things happened then this is required reading. It is Silver’s most illuminating article...
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March 12, 2011
NFL Lockout: League PR Blitz
The NFL and the players are all now scrambling around trying to make themselves look good in the wake of the NFL lockout. The owners are doing so by releasing a series of statements, press releases and summaries. Thrilling. Almost as thrilling as WATCHING FOOTBALL! I’m going to play some Madden now, drink some coffee and pretend this isn’t happening for a few hours. If you want...
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March 12, 2011
NFL Commissioner Writes Letter To NFL Fans
In the wake of the failure of the players and the NFL to come to a labor agreement, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has written a letter to the fans. Dear NFL Fan, When I wrote to you last on behalf of the NFL, we promised you that we would work tirelessly to find a collectively bargained solution to our differences with the players’ union. Subsequent to that letter to you, we agreed...
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March 11, 2011
Tom Brady, Peyton Manning And Eight Others File Antitrust Suit Against The NFL
The NFLPA has decertified the union and now a group of players, including Tom Brady, Drew Brees, Peyton Manning and Kansas city Chiefs LB Mike Vrabel and a few others have filed an antitrust lawsuit against the NFL to prevent the owners from locking out the players when the CBA expires tonight at midnight. This will likely mean football will continue in 2011. Some folks were asking...
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March 11, 2011
Friday Week In Review
So Chiefs fans, the NFLPA filed decertification paperwork today. Fairly monumental I must admit. Yet as much as this sucks, and it does, it may make the off season just that much more interesting. I’m being optimistic here. I think that this could be very enjoyable if you have a bad sense of humor. I have a notoriously bad sense of humor. Watching the drama unfold and...
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March 11, 2011
NFL Rleases Summary Of Their Last Proposal To The Union
The union has decertified and some of the NFL’s most recognizable stars have filed an antitrust lawsuit against the NFL. The NFL’s response? Release a summary of their last proposal to the players. Check it out below. 1. We more than split the economic difference between us, increasing our proposed cap for 2011 significantly and accepting the Union’s proposed cap...
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March 11, 2011
NFLPA Files Decertification Papers
The players union is a union no more. At 5PM (EST) tonight the news broke that the players have filed papers to dissolve their union. It is expected that the NFL will now attempt to lock the players out and the players will file an antitrust suit against the league. There are a lot of intricacies to be worked out but it is now likely that there will be football next season while...
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March 11, 2011
NFL Labor Watch
Just wanted to drop a note to all five of you still following this site in the midst of the NFL labor negotiations that I am keeping an eye on things and I will drop a post as soon as we hear anything. The NFL reportedly gave the players one last offer this morning and that offer is being looked over. The players were supposed to get an update from union rep DeMaurice Smith at 2...
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March 11, 2011
Report: DeMaurice Smith Tells Players The Union Plans To DeCertify
Uh-oh. Adam Schefter of ESPN.com just tweeted the following: AdamSchefter Adam Schefter We’ll see if anything changes, it always could, but De Smith told players during his conference call the plan is to decertify. This does not look good at all. The union must decertify by 5PM tonight…just a little over two hours from now.
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March 11, 2011
Arrowhead Adventures 2011?
As our owner continues to wage battle to preserve our 2011 season, my third payment of six to the Kansas City Chiefs organization is on its way. It’s especially bad timing for my wallet, and for my outlook on the state of the NFL in general. Don’t get me wrong I love football, and love the Kansas City Chiefs. But it sure feels like the NFL and the players are biting the hand...
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March 11, 2011
Broncos Scout Gets Destroyed
Sometimes it is nice to get a reminder about how ridiculously athletic NFL players are. We sit around here all day talking about how terrible guys like Ryan Simms and Junior Siavi were as football players and while that is most certainly true, we had better hope we never run into them on the football field ourselves. Check out this video below. It is great for two reasons. First...
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March 11, 2011
My Chief Concerns: Counting On Cottam
In the NFL you cannot succeed without the opportunity to do so. Opportunity simply means playing time. Unfortunately, Kansas City Chiefs TE Brad Cottam has not received much of it. For two (2) straight seasons he has been placed on injured reserve. With Tony Moeaki having a wonderful rookie season, and Leonard Pope doing a decent job, Brad’s chances are getting dim. Or...
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March 11, 2011
The Morning Fix: D-Day Edition
Well this is it. The NFL and NFLPA have until 5PM today to reach an agreement. Actually, it might even be earlier than that. The labor deal expires at midnight tonight but the NFLPA must decertify the union by 5PM (EST). Union rep DeMaurice Smith sent a tweet out to players last night telling them to expect an update by 2PM today. Chances are we’ll know how this thing is going...
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March 11, 2011
NFL Armageddon Approaches
The labor extension agreed upon by the NFL and the NFLPA will come to an end tomorrow night and if an agreement is not reached by around midday Friday, chaos will begin to ensue. NFLPA executive director Demaurice Smith took to Twitter this evening with a message for the players. “Players stay strong! Stay informed, update by 2pm tomorrow.” What does it all mean? Well in short...
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March 10, 2011
Post-Combine Kansas City Chiefs Mock Draft
The 2011 Scouting Combine has come and gone and Big Boards have been shuffled based on Combine results. Some players’ stock rose. Other players’ stock fell. While other players’ performances has scouts quoting Dennis Greens’ line of, “They are who we thought they were.” However, since there has been a reshuffle of Big Boards, it’s time for another Kansas City...
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March 10, 2011
Chiefs Seven-Round Mock Draft
I was busy catching up on so AA business on Monday so I didn’t have time to throw together my weekly column. I still wanted to bust out a feature this week and I decided that what better way to make a splash then to enter the Mock Draft fray on Draft Thursday at Arrowhead Addict. First, I want to just take a minute to thank Adam and Merlin for taking the lead on Draft Thursday...
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March 10, 2011
Merlin’s Post Combine Chiefs Mock Draft
Now that the Combine is behind us and draft boards have gone through the last big reshuffling, it’s time for Adam and I to do our second Kansas City Chiefs mock drafts. Let’s review the rules. The big board on Draft Tek is the official board to make picks from. You can go up five positions from your draft position. For example, The Chiefs first round pick is #21. So, players...
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March 10, 2011
AA Reder Poll: 18 Games Anyone?
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March 10, 2011
NFL Labor Roundup
Yesterday Jason Cole of Yahoo! Sports reported that the NFL and the NFLPA had agreed on the basic terms of a new rookie wage scale. Cole sited two unnamed sources to backup his report. Good news, right? Not so fast. Later in the day, a couple more reports popped up claiming that no deal had been reached. The guys at Pro Football Talk reached out to Cole via email and they report...
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March 10, 2011
Arrowhead Trivia! Lamar Hunt!
Lamar Hunt came up with the name “Super Bowl ” while watching his daughter play with a “super ball” in the backyard one fine summer evening. The first member of the Chiefs ever to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame was owner and founder Lamar Hunt who went in with the 1972 class. The first Chiefs player inducted was linebacker Bobby Bell in 1983. Before his...
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March 09, 2011
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