More Moves & Practice Squad
The Chiefs shuffled the deck, but only slightly on Sunday, as they made one change to the roster.
Claimed on waivers was OT Ryan O’Callaghan (6-7, 330 pounds), a four-year veteran who was released by the Patriots. To make room for him, the Chiefs released second-year offensive tackle Barry Richardson.
The Chiefs also filled seven of the eight spots on their practice squad by signing: CB Jackie Bates, TE Tom Crabtree, DE Dion Gales, DE Bobby Greenwood, G Darryl Harris, RB Javarris Williams and WR Rodney Wright.
And the influx of s ‘Patriot Way’ garbage continues. Chiefs released OT Barry Richardson in lieu of New England reject OT Ryan O’Callaghan.
Why? Excellent question. Apparently only raison be because he can say – ‘Pioli’ – sans breaking into a silly simper nee giggle.
How much of an uprgrade is O’Callaghan? Get out your tweezers & a magnifying glass folks.
The guy was dumped by the Pats despite being the #5 draft choice of s in 2006. He is what #4 Will Fanklin was to the Chiefs- “TIMBER” – as in a BUST. And this years #6 BUST-O, Colin Brown (Brown’s already on IR for the entire ‘09 season – appears he’s following O’Callaghan’s footsetps, only faster.)
O’Callaghan has been getting worse by the season. He actually started 6 games in 2006, then aft NE saw what they had, they sat him on the bench for all of 2007 save for 1 start. By 2008 he was not even on the team- out of football on IR. And now come 2009, released outright. Naturally, says “I gotts ta have him!”
Both 2006 his heydey & 2007 his fall from grace, NE did ‘not’ make the Superbowl- which they have done with regularity past decade. A coincidence, I’m certain.
So…KC adds a big 6′6 345 lb. Irish lump to the other four hairy-knuckled types already dragging their hairy knuckles front of Kaycee’s sacrficial lambs headed for slaughter- Chiefs QBs any & all. Last year it was Mssrs. – Huard, Croyle, Thigpen, Gray, Martin, Marques Hagans – even Mark Bradley got into the act & ‘Diapers’ Johnson too.
Enter Egoli & Hailme- dual saviors on the half shell – no waiting. And they give us Mike ‘The Big Goof’ Goff at OG, ‘Chicklets & Clippers’ aka Alleman & Ndukwe – who were rejected by Miami and soon to be waiver wire casualties until KC’s (not so) dynamic duo rescued them, and OT Ryan ‘O’Callaghan – he’s magically delicious.
An entire off season and all we get for help is flotsam nee jetsam, frick & frack & jack squat. Comin soon to a eulogy near you: KC Chiefs 2009 season QBs – DOA.
R.I.P.
With the addition of Ryan & the release of Barry, Bob G will now have to adjust that 63.3% of Herm Chiefs returnees downward; I expect all the way down to about … oh, 61.998574231% probably – give or take.
daddy-o
Totally disagree Rin Ryan was among the tackles mention most reporters say it was a surprise in his release I think we just got an upgrade in that spot.
No doubt that O’Callaghan is an upgrade at RT. The Chiefs went into training camp with complete crapola at this position. The right side will still be weak all season unless Goff finds a fountain of youth and O’Callaghan or Ndukwe really steps up.
Barry Richardson should be signed to the practice squad and one of the DE’s cut loose.
Not sure why Rin has such a hard-on over Colin Brown; the guy was drafted as a project, not a starter. He has the size and athleticism, supposedly has great feet due to his years playing basketball, and from what I’ve read is a hard worker. He may or may not make it in the NFL, but I think he’s worth putting a little time into.
I’m a bit surprised that Richardson was let go; I think that he has potential as well. He’s a brainy one, like Niswanger, and I like those kinds of guys on the O-line.
I’m not sure Richardson is PS eligible. Herm had him on the 53 man squad all year.
The Current state of Herm’s drafts:
2006: 7 picks, 3 left: Hali, Croyle, Page.
2007 7 Picks, 4 left: Bowe, Turk(for now), Tank, Kolby(for now, PUP, likely release after)
2008 12 Picks, 7 left: Dorsey, Albert, Flowers, Charles, Cottam, Morgan, Carr.
This was suppoed to be our foundation draft, with numerous picks to set up this team for at least the next half decade. This draft will be the biggest indictment on Herm, besides his “coaching”. After only 1 year, FIVE picks are gone. I once foolishly bought into the nonsense that he was a good drafter, but the facts paint a FAR different picture. In 3 drafts, there are only 3 picks still here after round 3, Carr, Page, and Kolby(for now). 2 are DB’s, which is the only area Herm was almost adequate in drafting and coaching. Those mid and late round guys are the lifebloood of a good drafter, and they show how bad Herm was at this, actually rivaling his “coaching”, if that’s possible. It shows how laughable his “85% complete” comment was, prior to this draft. Pioli has a daunting task ahead of him, and while he’s NOT a great drafter, he has to be better than this pathetic clown, if we have any hope of getting and staying good.
Im sure all of our QBs are pleased tonight!
When asked in a year end press conference Herm said off the top of his head that “80% – 85%” of the team was in place. That was before a new regime came in – and, even despite that fact when total housecleaning is the norm, both & both affirmed and determined that Herm was correct: they retained more than 60% – almost 63% per Bob G (difference between 63, 80 & 85 being 33, 42 & 45 – 12 players tops 9 at minimum – hardly earth-shattering. And how many Herm starters from 2008 return?
Based on how they are expected to line up Sunday (we shall see of course): Croyle, Bowe, Albert, Waters, Niswanger, Johnson & Cox = 7 or 64% being 2008 Herm starters (yes, Bowe lists 2nd team..right. ‘check’).
On defense: Dorsey, Carr, Flowers, Page, Johnson or Williams and Edwards or Tyler = 6 or 55% being Herm starters ‘08 (yes, Johnson 2nd too…right. ‘check’).
And remains true that 71% of ’search’ & ‘check’s signees have BUSTED just this year – training camp/preseason/final cuts- THAT is quite an indictment nee tribute to their ineptness to date. Said will but continue without question ongoing…Rin has no doubt.
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“THAT is quite an indictment nee tribute to their ineptness to date.”
Stats on – stats off. The analysis is indeed “on” to see if “O” is an upgrade. However, they thought enough of B-Rinch to cut him, just as they did Sackintosh.
And Brown who – even before he went on IR – BOMBED nee BUSTED at RT (so bad he had to be moved inside to OG’dom – 4th team.)
Oh the humanity…
Never seen anyone pulling for 60% of a team and against the other 40% because of who picked them. Let it go Rin either be a fan or don’t be.
Hey, #58 Andy Rice stopped by…hiya Ange! Herm says ‘hi’ too!
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Robertson…Jones…Redd- all of them Patriot Way choices who went BUST just recently – all signed by Egoli for the Chiefs… R.I.P.
“Any 22 will do”, right Hailme? As in -
“I can take any 22 players from off the street and-”
Chiefsfandumb: “OH SHUT-UP!!!”
“OK, I get the message. Right. ‘check’ I’m a buffoon.”
Back to the other new face of the Chiefs
He also signed Gutierrez too … now O’Callaghan (even ex-Pat Way QB K. O’Connell might have been here, save for DET wisely signing him first then flipping him for a draft pick back to the Jets.) Appears that even the lowly Lions have passed KC now as an organization knows what it’s doing.
Gee, I wonder which team will win more games in 2009, the Lions or Rin’s Chiefs?
Take a guess…
daddy-o
O’Callaghan was the first guy on my mind who I wanted the Chiefs to get. He, along with Ndukwe and Alleman are instant upgrades for the line. Wouldn’t at all mind seeing them all start: Alleman at center, Ndukwe at RG and O’Callaghan at RT. We’ll see how long Niswanger and Goff can hold them off.
There’s still other OL out there: Wesley Britt G-T-Patriots, Tony Pashos-T-Jaguars are two I like. Also think Justin Miller might be worth a look as a returner.
Keep up the good work Pioli, Haley.
ok so since herm said he almost had his team in place it must be so? ridiculous
every day it gets harder and harder to believe
That this RT is not an upgrade over…Richardson? CMON…Mcintosh? Sigh. waste of time
colin brown wasnt cut, like half of herm’s picks
What limited yet absolutely horrendous moves by Pioli. This guy is clueless.
Yay! I was wrong but now am right and ’search’ & ‘check’ are the worse for it!
Rin was too generous to & – to wit forgot to include Hali as a defensive starter.
So, the Chiefs defense AS WELL AS their offense be equally 7 men each – or 64% Herm’s Chiefs on both units. Counting 2 specialists Colquitt and Gafford 16 Chiefs starters out of a possible 25 remain Herm’s Chiefs!
Based on how they are expected to line up Sunday (we shall see of course): Croyle, Bowe, Albert, Waters, Niswanger, Johnson & Cox = 7 or 64% being 2008 Herm starters (yes, Bowe lists 2nd team… right. ‘check’).
On defense: Dorsey, Carr, Flowers, Page, Johnson or Williams, Hali and Edwards or Tyler = 7 or 64% being Herm starters ‘08 (yes, Johnson 2nd too… right. ‘check’).
Specialists: Punter Colquitt & LS Gafford = 2 out of 3 or 67% being Herm’s starters from ‘08.
And remains true that 71% of ’search’ & ‘check’s signees have BUSTED just this year – training camp/preseason/final cuts- THAT is quite an indictment & tribute to their being inept to date. Said will but continue – without question ongoing – Rin has no doubt.
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Agree with you 100% Daniel H!
I dont think that taking the first cuts from the Dolphins is an actual upgrade at any position… Ndukewe and alleman… I dont like the fact that the chiefs are NE west now…
Why not, 1978? It’s certainly better than being what we’ve been over the last few years. Or, are you excited about the W-L record over the last few years?
If Ndukwe was playing guard I’d consider it an upgrade. At tackle? We’ll see.
New GM’s & coaches always bring in players they’re familiar with. Better NE west than NYJ west.
Really?
How many old/ex Jets did Herm Edwards bring in? Think hard (will leave the lights on for you.)
Didn’t even trade for his old flame QB Pennington (he could’ve.) Will Gutierrez & Ca$$el prove that knows more – or less? (more or less, of course.)
OG Adrian Jones? That acquisition a former Jet certainly worked out well (O’Callaghan is this year’s Adrian.)
Any others/ Don’t recall them if so…
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Wade Smith…YES! Be healed Chiefs…
daddy-o
Speaking of expertise i.e. NE West (anything beyond Bill’s hoodied purview) -
Charlie Weiss…Romeo Crennel…there be many more of course and will be more to come – – but you get the gist…
daddy-o
Course, Herm came from NY too… but then he got ‘Trumped’ by Jr. (the balance $heet doesn’t fall far from the MBA, growth fund give way high-risk albeit not so high-yield the 0-4 aft to date.)
Wow, Rin. Why so sensitive?
Herm brought in the guys you mentioned and others like James Reed, Ty Law, and Jon McGraw. There may be some others I’m not remembering. A reasonable person would say that this didn’t make the Chiefs into NYJ West, but I’m using the criteria I was given (former Pats exec + 3 former Pats = NE west).
My point, if you care to understand it, was that new coaches and GM’s bring in guys from their old teams all the time; why criticize the practice until you’ve seen them play? And if you’re going to bring in talent from another team the Pats are a better choice than most.
Wow, ILL. Why so oblivious?
Rin saw them play – they’re 0-4 so far – need we see more? You enjoy the weekly train wreck if you like.
Of note, all those Herm Jets brought in actually made the team – already now we have seen several failed ‘Patriot Way’ players: name of Robertson, Jones and Redd fallen the wayside – O’Callaghan this years Jones, my prediction.
Gutierrez? Gesundheit. So then, what difference between and Carl P? Not a thing as the evidence to date affirms – ‘cept for success %.
And THAT is the point – your “better NE west than NYJ west” upchuck proven faux as I’ve enumerated.
As well highlighting your obvious anti-Herm bias – sans any justification where talent’s a concern.
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Rin….who cares? Nobody cares about Herm or what he did anymore. We care about what happens now. The minuite Haley/Pioli finalised the roster, everybody on the roster became thier Chiefs. Herm is gone…..we don’t care about him anymore. Your already boring gibberish has become even more unbelievably boring. That is why I can’t get past more than two sentences that you write before I give up and skip to the next post. You really don’t have much of anything to contribute here….do you? If you find yourself having to bring up Herm then I can only conclude that you really don’t have anything to talk about but you stupidly talk anyway. Makes you look idiotic. You are boring even your few missguided fans….if there ever truly were any. I don’t think anyone is really enjoying this nonsense that you post….except maybe you. I know you can post like a normal person. Why don’t you. People would actuly read what you say and not have the word “IDIOT” going through their mind at the same time. I know you can Rin….you have done it once or twice before. Why contiunue the stupidity? I’m just trying to help you Rin. No….I’m really just trying to help the rest of us I admit.
“Rin”
- yes talking footstool nee horsey’s patute?
“…who cares?”
- an entire extended paragraph just to deny it? Obviously, YOU care Hairy!
“Your already boring”
- but not as fast as you!
“gibberish”
- poppycock…
“has become even more unbelievably boring.”
- as far as poppycock’s go yes, would have to agree, but gibberish? Hardly…
“That is why I can’t get past more than two sentences that you write before I give up and skip to the next post.”
- each & e’ery time, like clockwork…
“You are boring even your few missguided fans”
- had wondered what e’er became of you Rex Reed…
“I don’t think”
- yes, but you don’t do it so well…
“I know you can post like a normal person.”
- only when become bored choose lower my standards that of the everyday blogger…
“Why don’t you.”
- you go first…
“People would actuly read what you say and not have the word “IDIOT” going through their mind at the same time.”
- well “actuly”, people have no idea what you’re talking about Hairy…
“I know you”
- no, you only wish you did…
“can Rin”
- alas, cannot any time soon Hairy; the adulation line mine be long where it forms to the right…
“you have done it once or twice before.”
- have, but most often prefer not signing autographs while I’m working…
“Why contiunue the stupidity? I’m just trying to help you Rin.”
- to “contiunue” as you are is not helping anyone, least of all yourself…
“No….”
- yes…
“I’m really just trying to help the rest of us I admit.”
- tell the ‘rest’ they need to appoint a new Ambassador in your stead…
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Rin says:
“Rin saw them play – they’re 0-4 so far – need we see more?”
Yes, in fact, we do. These players haven’t played one regular season game yet, in case you haven’t noticed. One hasn’t played a game of any kind in a Chief’s uniform.
So far two of those players, Cassel and Vrabel, have played pretty well (I know you disagree, but you’re biased); they still need to prove themselves now that the games count. Gutierrez, a #3 quarterback, has played about like a #3 quarterback.
Your accusation of anti-Herm bias on my part is laughable. I expended quite a bit of effort last season defending Herm from some of the ridiculous things said by the haters. This season will apparently be spent challenging the ridiculous statements of Pioli/Haley haters like yourself.
ILLChiefsFan said
“Yes, in fact, we do.”
- alas no, Rin in fact has seen enough…
“These players haven’t played one regular season game yet, in case you haven’t noticed.”
- they’ve played 4 others and have lost them all, in case you haven’t noticed…
“One hasn’t played a game of any kind in a Chief’s uniform.”
- well that changes everything – probably worth at least 4 wins…
“So far two of those players, Cassel and Vrabel, have played pretty well (I know you disagree, but you’re biased)”
- so far both of our Saviors & have laid an egg as in 0-4 (I know you think they’ve done well as the referenced players, but you’re dense…)
“they still need to prove themselves now that the games count.”
- ’still’? As in KC proved they almost didn’t lose every single game they’ve played to date…
“Gutierrez, a #3 quarterback, has played about like a #3 quarterback.”
- the Patriot Way is wonderful; ‘typecasting’…
“your accusation of anti-Herm bias on my part is laughable.”
- glad to help you out ILL…
“I expended quite a bit of effort last season defending Herm from some of the ridiculous things said by the haters.”
- how noble of you…
“This season will apparently be spent challenging the ridiculous statements of Pioli/Haley haters like yourself.”
- a busybody’s work is ne’er done…
daddy-o
Rin Tin Tin said:
“so far both of our Saviors have laid an egg as in 0-4 (I know you think they’ve done well as the referenced players, but you’re dense…)”
I’ll bet you can’t wait for the season to start so you don’t have to use this lame argument anymore. Whose head were you calling for when the Chiefs went 0-4 two preseasons ago?
“how noble of you…”
So you know you’re wrong but can’t bring yourself to admit it. How typical of you.
“a busybody’s work is ne’er done…”
Heard that. Maybe you’ll remember that next time you reply to a comment not directed at you.
Oh dear, now I’ve upset you… well here, perhaps this will help -
Fifth verse, same as the first (four): “I can take any 22 guys from off the street and… go 0-5.”
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“Fifth verse, same as the first (four): “I can take any 22 guys from off the street and… go 0-5.””
That’s 2-14, regular season. You can gloat when this teams gets there.
I’m starting early… I know who the Hailme is coach
heh heh heh!
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