So far in training camp the Chiefs defense has outperformed the offense. As Adam Teicher reports, a big reason for that is the play of safeties Bernard Pollard and Jarrad Page, two players Kansas City is counting on in 2009. The Chiefs drafted both players in 2006, Pollard in the second round and Page in [...]
National writers are making their tour through training camps and this past Wednesday it was Peter King from Sports Illustrated visiting River Falls. And according to King’s MMQB column, Bernard Pollard came eerily close to a repeat of the play that gave Matt Cassel his chance to play last year in New England. It’s midway [...]
Former Yale University All-American and Chiefs mini-camp participant Bobby Abare has been named linebackers coach at Wagner College. Abare was a Buck Buchanan Award Finalist (Top Defensive Player), a Walter Camp First-team All-America and a Sporting Network Second-team All-America selection in 2008. A First-team All-Ivy and All-New England selection, he led Yale with 86 tackles [...]
Tony Gonzalez is long gone, but left in his wake were several players vying for his starting spot. As Kent Babb notes, the competition for that spot is fiercer than coach Todd Haley might have predicted. The starting job was supposed to be Brad Cottam’s job to take. Now, it could go to any of [...]
Last week the story surrounding Tom Brady was his complete absence from the Patriots workouts due to his knee rehabilitation. Yesterday, Brady finally returned to football activities and spoke out for the first time at length about his injury and trail back. SI’s Peter King has a lengthy discussion with Brady in this week’s issue [...]
Glenn Dorsey has been a favorite target of fans and media alike, but Bob Gretz is coming to the defense of last year’s first round pick. The rush to judgment on the part of some in the media on Dorsey’s rookie season had less to do with what the young man did on the field, [...]
More good stuff from Adam Teicher, this time on the Red Zone Blog, at the league meetings. He talks about how Brandon Carr signed his contract as a fifth round pick for $295,000 but ended up making over $700,00. I love how the league takes care of players like Carr who clearly outperformed their contract. [...]