Kansas City Chiefs Blog Posts

Cowboys Receiver Miles Austin and Daddy Warbucks

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:22:25 EDT

Wide receiver Miles Austin helped lead the Dallas Cowboys to a 37-21 victory over the Atlanta Falcons Sunday at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

Austin, 25, an undrafted free-agent from Monmouth University in New Jersey, had eight receptions for 171 yards and two touchdowns as the Cowboys improved their record to 4-2.

The previous week, Miles established the Cowboys franchise record for receiving yards in game with 250 in a 26-20 overtime win versus the Chiefs in Kansas City and he now has caught 21 passes for 502 yards and five touchdowns to date in this 2009 season.

Austin was a standout athlete at Garfield High School in the "Garden State" where he lettered in football, basketball and track and field.

Despite being honored as a high school senior on the gridiron with All-Bergen County and All-State honors, Austin did not garner much interest from major college football programs.

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The Washington Redskins - a perfect blue chip stock

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:06:24 EDT

BAILOUT the Redskins! Such is the state of things in Washington DC. Like most of the stocks traded on Wall Street, there are many assets that have no real value but continue to produce millions for its shareholders and owners. The Redskins are just like the stock market, look great on paper and generate millions to the owner but filled with high price, former blue chip stocks that have no real value when put to the test. This team is worse than bad, they are horrible and with no young, up-and-coming players to pin our hopes on, no star QB in the making, no player ready to bust out, if there was ever a time to blow the whole thing up it is definitely now!

Fans of the Washington Redskins have grown accustomed in the past decade or so to expect that their team with have a fighting chance to squeak into the playoffs and then, as the cheesy and cliché statement says, anything can happen. This is the hope that fans of this once-proud franchise held, probably fooling themselves into believing that this system, one where the owner is GM and often plays with the team the way that some us enjoy our fantasy football leagues, could ever and will ever work. More and more people are coming to the realization that this is nothing more than a pipe dream and that this system in place will never and has never worked.

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Joes Opening Drive Week 6

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 12:33:50 EDT

With a busier schedule than normal, the Opening Drive was relegated to Sunday morning! Here’s my quick takes on some of the weekend’s NFL match-ups.

(3-2) Baltimore Ravens at (5-0) Minnesota Vikings In one of the better match-ups of the weekend, Brett Favre and the undefeated Vikes get their toughest challenge to date when the surely fuming Ravens come to town. I don’t know if I can imagine that team after losing three straight. I’d be scared. Still, Minnesota has a stout defense of its own. Favre and Joe Flacco need to protect the ball because each offense excels at cashing in on turnovers. Man I hope the Ravens win.

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250 Miles between Austin Kansas City

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:04:12 EDT

Any Cowboys fan who watched Sunday’s game had to be ready to throw themselves out of a 3rd story window when they saw that the Cowboys were getting beaten by the Chiefs nearly the entire game. I, myself, wasn’t able to watch the game but I constantly monitored the score which may be even more maddening.

Fast forward to the 4th quarter and the Cowboys were deadlocked with the Chiefs at 13-13. After coming up with a pivotal stop, the Cowboys had an opportunity to finally put away a team they should’ve beaten in the 1st quarter. At this juncture, Miles Austin made the first big play in what would be the making of the legend of Miles Austin. He caught the ball on a slant route, broke a couple of tackles and scampered 59 yards for what

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History Repeating The Lost Inches

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:14:18 EDT

After the last few years I’m beginning to wonder how many times I’ve thought to myself, “The Cowboys should have won that game.” So many big games come to mind:

In 2007 the Cowboys were 13-3 and hosting the New York Giants in a divisional playoff game. Although the Cowboys had already beaten the Giants twice in the regular season, everyone knew this would be a tough game (except for maybe the Cowboys). On the first drive of the game, not only did Demarcus Ware get called for a bogus offsides penalty to give the Giants a first down, but Amani Toomer (who was way past his prime) managed to shake several Cowboys’ defenders on the next play for a 52 yard touchdown. The rest was history as the Cowboys would lose to the eventual Super Bowl Champions 21-17.

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Welcome to Fantasy Land

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 09:28:13 EDT

Good morning fantasy friends!

Today is Saturday September 26, 2009 so you have a little more than 24 hours to get your fantasy act together or you may end up with that crucial week 3 L.

It has been a very interesting week in fantasy land for me. Lots of wheeling and dealing, some unfortunate attempts at cheating and a hazy injury to Marion the Barbarian. Let’s begin with this “cheating” situation:

So, I am in a random NFL.com fantasy football league. We’ll call it the “Bush League” which is a very appropriate title for so many reasons. One great fantasy insight that I’ve picked up this year is setting up my fantasy alerts. (In most leagues you can set up regular e-mail alerts that notify you of a player’s status, league transactions, starting line-ups, trades, etc). These alerts are very useful because it allows me to check on important league activity without having to log into the site every five minutes. My fantasy alerts proved to be very useful this week.

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The Toughest Season

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:27:55 EDT

Pre-season predictions are probably one of my favorite things about the NFL off-season. I love this time so much because it absolutely validates my opinions of specific football analyst as well as football analysis as a whole. I mean seriously, has anyone listened to Mark Schlereth talk football. I’ll credit him on being a handsome and well spoken former football player, but he is no analyst. Same goes for “Dat Dude” Marcellus Wiley. I know he went to an Ivy League school, but I’m starting to seriously question this guy’s football intelligence. But I am digressing. Pre-season predictions are great because nearly everyone is wrong at the end of the season (not just Mark and Marc…that would be a great show huh?). There might be one or two people that actually predict the outcome of the Super Bowl, but to try and anticipate what will happen at the top end of the National Football League is nearly impossible. Notice I say “top end” because there are some teams that are guaranteed to be at the bottom of the food chain: Lions, Raiders, Rams, Bills, Chiefs, Broncos, Buccaneers, etc. But, predicting who will make the playoffs and who will ultimately win the Super Bowl is about as close to a crapshoot as you can get in professional sports. This is why I like that the Dallas Cowboys are ranked no higher than 15th on any major power rankings.

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Foreigners in NFL History

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:32:30 EDT

We know that football, or should I say American football, has been growing for years. It's just that the mainstream media does not cover American style football as much as, say, the NCAA or NFL.
And since Americans don't really realize the game is being played in other countries, my thoughts revolved around one question: "What foreigners have played American football professionally?"

Denmark
Morten Andersen (born in Copenhagen, Denmark) is the all-time leading scorer in the NFL with two different teams (New Orleans Saints and Atlanta Falcons). In college, Anderson played for the Michigan State Spartans. He set several kicking records, including a Big 10 Conference record: a 63-yard field goal against Ohio State. In 1981, Anderson was named an All-American.

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A Burgess Believer

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:38 EDT

OK, now I’m sold.

Since the end of the regular season I’ve been waiting for the Patriots to get a rush linebacker I could believe in. Whether it was a rookie day one draft pick, a free agent, or by trade, I wanted someone that could get to the quarterback better than Mike Vrabel did in 2008. His trade to Kansas City made the need urgent.

I had been hoping, praying, begging, pleading, making blood sacrifices, and negotiating with the Devil (my soul for eternity was asking too much) that sometime, somehow, a DE/OLB would join the Patriots and bring teeth to a pass rush that had just 31 sacks last season.

By finally completing a trade they’ve discussed with Oakland since the NFL Draft for DE Derrick Burgess, I finally believe the Patriots are a Super Bowl-caliber team.

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Ninkovich in the Cards

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 23:11:57 EDT

I’m not much of a poker player, but since the beginning of training camp, head coach Bill Belichick has been exchanging cards, looking for a full house.

They looked at QB Cleo Lemon. DE Kevin Carter seems to be getting serious consideration. QB Matt Gutierrez was cut and QB Andrew Walter signed to replace Gutz.

But no position has been as active since the end of the regular season as OLB. Even before Mike Vrabel was traded to Kansas City, we’ve seen Angelo Craig and Darrell Robertson signed. Both were cut before training camp got underway.

In between that action, Tully Banta-Cain came back from two disappointing years with San Francisco.

The latest player shown the door was Vince Redd on Sunday.

And there has been no shortage of rumors for the vacant spot. The Pats were incorrectly tabbed as interested in Carolina DE Julius Peppers, even though he was an unsigned franchised player. Oakland’s Derrick Burgess might be in New England’s crosshairs. And Willie McGinest is interested in coming back if he’s wanted.

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