The man I'm going to be talking about is obviously none other than Jacoby Ford.... ok not really it's Dwayne Bowe of course. The man formally known as the D-Bowe show. Dwayne Bowe is the exact WR that I used to scream for the Chiefs to have when we had Trent Green and Priest. A man who can make catches and make plays to take heat off the running game. Dwayne Bowe is highly underrated here on AP. You know who you are out there. All the people trying to trade him to get a draft pick or just to flat out get rid of him. Dwayne Bowe is flat out the best receiver the Chiefs have ever had. He is a top 5 WR in this league and I feel has HOF potential depending on if we can get him a QB of course. Lets look at some stats and some more of my crazy way of convincing people I'm right after the jump.
Trade Bowe and get RGIII is it worth it?
I just finished reading Brian Daboll: Another Perspective by Chris Sembower, and it got me thinking about our QB situation in relation to the Daboll hire. BTW, if you haven't already, take the time to read it. It'll get the off-season juices flowing! Here's the link: http://www.arrowheadpride.com/2012/2/6/2778606/brian-daboll-another-perspective
I've been all over the board thinking about the future KC QB. Should it be Cassel, Orton, trade for Manning, trade up to draft RG3, etc. etc.? We need a franchise QB, and NOW would be better than later!
Through all of the anticipation that FA and the draft brings, I forgot about one thing, and that's that we may already have our QBOTF in Ricky Stanzi. Now, I can already hear the naysayers warming up their arguments, but bear with me.
He has an incredible work ethic and ability to learn. He proved that in Iowa. He has good size, he's smart, has good instincts, throws an excellent ball, and he has an ability to shift in the pocket while keeping his eyes down-field. Unlike Cassel, he has shown an ability to go through his progressions, and find open receivers.
IF Sembower's perspective on Daboll is right, he could be exactly what we need moving forward. Daboll could design the offense using Stanzi's current ability. (not try to force him into a system). With the offensive weapons we already have in Bowe (hopefully), Baldwin, Breaston, Moeaki, Charles, and McCluster already in place, we could spend the off-season improving the O-line and filling in the missing pieces on D. We wouldn't have to trade the farm to land RG3 or Manning.
Now, the naysayers will argue that he needs more time. I say bolster the O-line, set up the system for success, give him a full off-season and training camps to learn the playbook (unlike last season), and prepare for the playoffs.What's he going to learn playing 2nd fiddle to Cassel? Let him start NOW!
Forget about the other 2011 rookie Cam Newton, that guys from another athletic planet, but Andy Dalton led the Bengals to the post season coming out of one of the toughest divisions in football, with far less talent than the Chiefs! I know it's debatable, but at times Christian Ponder even looked good playing for one of the worst teams in the NFL!
He's a leader on the field, has a high ceiling, and we could enjoy years of playoffs watching the Chiefs if Romeo and Daboll would just make the decision to cut ties with Cassel and Orton. We could pick up a serviceable back-up through free agency for cheap in the likes of Mcnabb or Grossman. (Not that I'd really want either, but could be had for cheap).
Using the "Chicken Salad out of chicken shit" argument, how about take something besides shit (Cassel) to make the chicken salad.
Just saying.
From the FanPosts. Good stuff here. -Joel
First off, let me say: I don't honestly believe the Chiefs are absolutely sold on Cassel. Part gut instinct, part taking into account what has been said about the QB position over the last month... but I think they'll make an attempt to do something big. I think that might be RG3, but again, it's just a gut feeling.
That said...
If they do decide to roll into 2012 with Cassel as the QB, then I expect a similarly built team to what we had in 2010: a dynamic run game, and a tough defense. In 2010, the Chiefs ran nearly twice as many times as they passed, running 556 times and passing 274 times. This averaged out to about 35 runs per game. Jamaal can't do that alone. No way, not with his future uncertain after coming off a serious injury.
So the apparent goal, with Cassel, should be to run the ball better than anyone else. In today's NFL, that's becoming the exception to the rule, as more teams are moving away from this and becoming more and more pass oriented. If this is the route we are going to take, then we absolutely need to do this better than ANYONE else. Build a run game that is historically badass.
Most of us believe we are a few players away from being Super Bowl contenders. There are a couple of places on the O-line that either need an upgrade or depth needs to be added. We also need to add quality depth at TE and RB. Defensively, we need to upgrade the NT position and acquire quality depth at safety.
The most glaring need, nay, the one position holding us back right now from being contenders, is at QB. I'm not going to go into my usual rant about Matt Cassel, because honestly, I like Matt as a person. I also believe that, at the time, Pioli's decision to trade for Cassel was a good decision. I mean, c'mon, he is better than Tyler Thigpen.
If you'll allow me to play GM, after the jump I will give you the triple trade-up scenario I think could work and wouldn't cost us too much.
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After reading MtHammers post on AP's predictions for the 2011 season (great post, IO recommend it if you haven't read it yet) I thought I'd make some 2012 season predictions of my own. These are going to be some pretty bold predictions, but I will stand behind them for the next full year! Going into this, I am assuming that Dwayne Bowe and Brandon Carr remain on the roster, and Kyle Orton will be the Quarterback. It's fairly unlikely that that may not even happen, but let's just go along with it! Here we go!
Well, I am back with my defensive edition. And as a reminder, these are my favorite players, not who I think are the All Time Chiefs. There are some names on there who may appear on both lists but there are also some names that make you scratch your heads. At any rate, they are guys that I always liked, through good and bad. I'm going to run a 3-4 defense and take two safeties, ignoring the free and strong designations. Here we go...
Posted this list to be talked about and other opinions on where people of arrowhead pride feel guys should be higher or lower, or even if its amazing how a guy like QB Brock Osweiler can be rated at #21 all the sudden when a month ago he was talked about as a late round prospect. Its just one big 32 board from one site and its prior to the combine, we are in a stage before the combine and before free agency where it gets stale in talks, things are repeated over and over, no new news is brought about unless its about peyton manning and talks of another neck operation making it 4, or even getting away from Linsanity to just escape in some good old prospect talk.
information was acquired from ESPN NFL http://espn.go.com/nfl/draft
I decided that I would give Cassel and Orton supporters some numbers for what would be required to expect a Super Bowl season with Cassel or Orton at the helm. I did some number crunching of the numbers SB QB's put up on avg all the way back to 2000 during the regular season (so that does mean Trent Dilfer's cruddy numbers factor in) and compare them to Cassel and Orton. Not suprisingly, our chances are not great. One thing to note here is that these do not include playoff stats. These are more of an indication of how the QBs will need to perform during the season to be likely to make the Super Bowl. via sportsandrec.files.wordpress.com
| GP | CMP | ATT | CMP% | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | FUM | RAT | ||
| Avg SB QB | 15.2 | 311.9 | 490.8 | 63.3 | 3773.6 | 7.7 | 26.3 | 12.5 | 5.8 | 93.7 | |
| Avg Cassel: | 0.2 | -25.2 | -4.5 | -4.4 | -529.3 | -1.0 | -5.0 | -1.1 | -1.8 | -9.5 | |
| Avg Orton: | -0.5 | -11.5 | 10.5 | -3.5 | -298.0 | -0.7 | -6.7 | -1.5 | -3.5 | -9.0 | |
| Best Cassel: | -0.2 | -49.9 | -40.8 | -5.1 | -657.6 | -0.7 | 0.7 | -5.5 | -3.8 | -0.6 | |
| Best Orton: | 0.8 | 24.1 | 50.2 | -1.2 | 28.4 | -0.6 | -5.3 | -0.5 | -2.8 | -6.8 |
This is my first fanpost on here, I figured I would give it a try. I have a scenario for how the Chiefs can handle the pending free agency of Dwayne Bowe and Brandon Carr.
I've been saying for weeks that the Chiefs should franchise tag Bowe and sign Carr long-term. As free agency nears, it looks like that is less likely to happen because Brandon Carr is regarded as the top CB in this year's free agent class. So keeping him will be harder than keeping Bowe.
So I change my stance:
Re-sign Dwayne Bowe long-term and then put the non-exclusive franchise tag on Brandon Carr which will be around $10.6 mil. And here's why: The Chiefs need both of these players and can't afford to let either of these 2 players to walk. It will be harder to find a WR to replace Bowe than a CB to replace Carr (Stanford Routt visited the team and the Chiefs have showed interest).
What this does:
It locks up Dwayne Bowe long-term which is a win-win for both sides. Then with Carr it gives the team flexibilty. With the non-exclusive franchise tag it gives the Chiefs more time to negotiate long-term or see what another team will do. The non-exclusive tag gives Carr the opportunity to talk and negotiate with other teams. If another team makes an offer the Chiefs can either match the offer and sign Carr to that deal or decline to match. If the Chiefs don't match the offer then they lose Carr but, receive (2) 1st round picks in return for Carr. If that happens then the Chiefs should sign Stanford Routt who is a decent number 2 CB. That way the Chiefs have a plan B plus a 1st round pick in this years draft and next years draft.
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