NFL Combine: Chan Gailey

From Indianapolis, Indiana

There were former Chiefs all over Lucas Oil Stadium on Thursday as the NFL Combine really got cooking.

Miami GM and former Chiefs scout Jeff Ireland met with the media. Chiefs GM Scott Pioli is scheduled for the podium in the afternoon. Right before Ireland, new Buffalo Bills head coach Chan Gailey spoke with the assembled scribes and the like.

Gailey talked about the Bills and whether RB Marshawn Lynch is available (he indicated he was not) and the future of WR Terrell Owens (he has not yet spoken to T.O.) Buffalo may be in the market for a quarterback (think Brodie Croyle) but Gailey wouldn’t commit to that.

Here’s Chan talking about the day he was fired by Todd Haley and the aftermath for him.

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Bob At The Super Bowl With … Eli Manning

From Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Eli Manning owns a Super Bowl ring from the New York Giants victory two years ago over the New England Patriots. This Sunday, he’ll be at Sun Financial Field to watch his brother Peyton go for a second championship as the Indianapolis Colts face the New Orleans Saints.

Manning makes no bones about the fact he’ll be rooting for his brother, but he also talks about the Saints, his hometown team when he was a kid growing up in New Orleans.

Those were just some of the subjects Eli talked about as he visited the Gatorade Performance Lab at Super Bowl XLIV. That’s Eli in the red cap, getting in the Bod Pod testing system used by the folks from Gatorade. Enjoy the conversation.

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Podcast: Todd Haley Hired

He’s the 11th head coach in Chiefs history.  Todd Haley was introduced by Clark Hunt and Scott Pioli on Friday at the Chiefs facility.

It was a standard-issue press conference, as Haley answered all the major questions but really didn’t have any answers, given his standing of less than 24 hours as the head coach.

Introduced by Pioli, here are the highlights of what Haley told the Kansas City media.

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Podcast: Quarterback Mark Sanchez

From Tampa, Florida

Thanks to the folks at Gatorade, I got a chance to sit down and talk to Southern Cal quarterback Mark Sanchez. He’s rated either No. 1 or No. 2 among quarterbacks coming out of the college ranks this year and headed to the NFL.

So, it wasn’t a surprise that Sanchez asked me more questions than I asked him. He wanted to know all about the Chiefs and who the head coach was going to be. Sanchez met Tony Gonzalez for the first time on Thursday night in Tampa and got an earful from the Chiefs tight end as well.

I can tell you already that he’s a very polished young man when it comes to dealing with the media and the stuff that comes from being the in the spotlight quarterback. Very intelligent answers, well spoken and polite.

The kid has those tools to make it big.  The question the Chiefs and 31 other teams must address is whether he has the physical and mental tools to be a successful NFL quarterback.  That’s all coming up with the NFL Combine, workouts and then April’s NFL Draft.

My first question to Sanchez was whether he was prepared to start his career with a football team that will likely not be very good.  Here’s what he had to say:

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Podcasting: Carl Peterson 1/2

Carl Peterson employment with the Chiefs ended with the turn of the calendar to 2009 at midnight Thursday.  Since the decision to move up his departure to this season, Peterson has not talked publicly.

He does so here for the first time.

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Podcasting: Football with Goose 1/1

As the wildcard weekend is upon us, we check in with the best pro football writer in America, Rick Gosselin of the Dallas Morning News.  Goose talks about the situation in Denver with the firing of Mike Shanahan and the fall out from that surprise.  We also talk about his selections as MVP, coach of the year and rookie of the year.  Plus, we cover all four games for this weekend.  Goose thinks three teams playing this weekend could go all the way to Tampa for the Super Bowl.

Enjoy.

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Podcasting: Len’s Look 12/31

An end of the 2008 season look at the Chiefs with Hall of Fame quarterback Len Dawson.  He speaks of the Chiefs performance in Cincinnati, what he saw during the ‘08 season and what’s ahead for this team as they wait for the arrival of a new general manager.

Happy new year and enjoy!

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Podcasting: The NFL & Czar 12/30

John Czarnecki, the information man for the Fox-TV NFL Pre-Game Show and columnist for FOXSPORTS.com joins us for our weekly chat and we cover all the NFL ground, including the stunning dismissal of Mike Shanahan in Denver, the search for a Chiefs GM, the situations in Cleveland, Detroit and the New York Jets, along with what may happen in St. Louis and Oakland, where Czar sees Al Davis hiring Stanford coach Jim Harbaugh any day now.  Plus, we talk about this weekend’s wildcard games.

Enjoy!

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Podcasting: Post-Game Cincinnati with L.J.

From Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati

Here’s a post-game report from the Chiefs locker room after their 16-6 loss to the Bengals.  I’ve kept it short and the real meat here is my interview with Larry Johnson and his comments that he wants out of Kansas City.

Check it out.

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Podcasting: Football with Goose 12/26

America’s best pro football writer Rick Gosselin joins us for our weekly chat and you don’t want to miss this one.  In clear and concise terms, Goose spells out the qualities that make for a top talent evaluator in the NFL.  We also talk about how the best evaluators are worthless if the entire organization isn’t on the same page when it comes to identifying and then developing talent.   Rick then talks about Scott Pioli, the No. 1 personnel man in New England and the person who is likely on the top of any list of a team seeking a GM-type.  Plus, the conversation includes disussion of the finaly weeks of the NFL season, as we cover Tennessee, Pittsburgh, San Diego and Denver in the AFC, and the New York Giants, Carolina and Arizona in the NFC. 

Enjoy!

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Podcasting: Len’s Look 12/25

Hall of Fame quarterback Len Dawson joins us for a discussion on many things Chiefs and football related on this holiday.  Len speaks of Tyler Thigpen’s recent performances, whether football players and teams need to learn how to win, what he would do if he were to be become Chiefs GM and as the Chiefs close out the season at Paul Brown Stadium against the Bengals on Sunday, Len remembers some stories about the great coach.

Enjoy!

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Podcasting: The NFL & Czar 12/24

Our man John Czarnecki of the FOX-TV NFL Pre-Game Show and FOXSPORTS.com joins us to talk about the Chiefs search for a general manager, Scott Pioli and his interest in the job, the situations with Detroit and St. Louis and their GM jobs, the status of other coaches and GMs around the league as the season comes to an end and his thougths on the hottest team going into the final weekend (San Diego) and the coldest team (Arizona).

Enjoy!

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Len’s Look 12/19

Our Hall of Fame quarterback Len Dawson joins us for another conversation about all  things Chiefs related and you don’t want to miss this one.  Len talks about the resignation of Carl Peterson, the Chiefs performance against San Diego last Sunday, the need for the defense to develop a leader of some sorts and what can be accomplished over the last two games.

Enjoy.

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Podcasting: Football with Goose 12-18

The best pro football writer in America, Rick Gosselin of the Dallas Morning News joins us for our weekly chat.

For those who do not know, Goose spent a long part of his professional career in Kansas City working for United Press International and then the Kansas City Star.  He’s got a wealth of background and knowledge on the Chiefs and their history, past and present.

He’s a perfect voice to listen to about the events of the past week and what the future may hold.  We also talk about the turnaround of the Miami Dolphins and the luck of the NFL that the league’s four best teams are all playing each other this weekend.

This is a good one.  Enjoy.

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Podcasting: The NFL & Czar 12/17

Our man John Czarnecki, the information man for the FOX-TV NFL pre-game show and columnist for FOXSPORTS.com joins us again this week to talk about pro football and obviously our conversation centers around the Chiefs and who may be the team’s new GM. 

Enjoy.

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