Are the Chiefs Already ready to give up on Tyson Jackson (picture source kcchiefsblog.com)

I decided that in order to better fully grasp how well some of the rookies are doing around the league, I am only one man after all. I would reach out to different bloggers around the web to get a more critical and “in the know” version of rookie performances. This week I reached out to Patrick Allen of the Kansas City Chiefs blog Arrow Head Addict. This is what he had to say.

1) Are fans excited about the two recent two victories or depressed that they’ve lost ground in the “suck for luck” race?

While I am sure every Chiefs fan would be intrigued to have a QB with the potential of Andrew Luck, most don’t want to lose a season to get there. KC fans want wins and they want to see the boys they have on the field now do something special.
2) They say it takes three years to truly evaluate a draft class. How is the 2009 Draft class looking? Is Tyson Jackson a bust?

There isn’t really anyone from the 2009 class left. Most have been cut. Donald Washington, Ryan Succop and T-Jax are all that remain. Succop appears to be the best of them but Jackson appears to finally be coming around a bit. I doubt he’ll ever be as good as the Chiefs hoped when they drafted him and he certainly isn’t worth his salary but he is playing well enough now to stick around in the league. He could eventually develop into a solid run defender but he will likely always have trouble getting after the QB.

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Andrew Luck is the Prize for the Worst Team in the League next year. Who's winning that "honor"?

If you’re a Seattle Seahawks fan or Kansas City Chiefs fan something awful happened this weekend: your team won it’s second game of the season already. Apparently the ‘Hawks and Chiefs missed the memo because they have been showing a lot of signs of life the past two, especially the Chiefs where Matt Cassel and Dwayne Bowe did their best Tom Brady-Wes Welker impersonation as Matt Cassel threw for four touchdowns and zero interceptions and Bowe was running free through the Colts secondary like a gazelle in a meadow.

Not to be out-done the Seattle Seahawks traveled across country to Metlife Stadium in New Jersey to play a 1 o’clock game. They had all the built in excuses in the world to lose, but they came out strong and beat around the Giants. And then the Seahawks lost starting quarterback Tavaris Jackson and were down by three late in the fourth quarter, which meant that Seahawks fans were forefitting the game and picking up points in the Luck standings, but No! Charlie Whitehurst drove the team right down the field for a go-ahead touchdown.

The Giants responded with a big drive that brought them down to the Seahawks five yard line with a minute thirty to go and all three timeouts. This game was over. But a Giants false start and a tipped ball off Cruz’s hand that went the distance the other way sealed the fate for the Giants and Seahawks…who were both loses on Sunday. The Giants lost a great chance to go to 4-1 in the division to be all alone at the top of the division (they would lead the Redskins by a half a game) the Seahawks picked up another win to go 2 games behind the Colts and Dolphins in the “suck for Luck”. The Seahawks are proving to be better than advertised, but in the long run is that good for this franchise? Only time will tell. But with the Seahawks paying in the relatively weak N.F.C. West and with more games vs the sloppy and overrated N.F.C. East the Hawks might pull out even a few more victories.

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The Chiefs Won Today! Bad News for Chiefs Fans Who moved one win away from Andrew Luck

The Kansas City Chiefs did the worst thing they could to today, when they beat the Minnesota Vikings 22-17 today in Kansas City. The loss vaults the Vikings to first place in “Suck for Luck”, depending on what the Colts do on Monday night vs the Buccaneers. The Vikings are also currently tied with the Miami Dolphins as the front runners in the Andrew Luck sweepstakes.  The Vikings will continue to battle the Seahawks, Chiefs, Colts, and Dolphins for the privlege to draft Andrew Luck. While it’s a tough pill to swallow for fans, their best shot at a great future might be to be so unbearably bad the rest of the season that they are guranteed the first overall pick. I, for one, am rooting for the Colts, or Vikings to win the sweepstakes for Luck. I want to see what happens. Will the Colts spend a number one overall pick on Luckif Peyton Manning might be able to play for the next three seasons? That’s a tough call. Likewise the Vikings just sent their 12th overall pick on a player they think will be a Franchise Quarterback. Would they dare draft another franchise Quarterback the very next year. I’ts a very exciting proposition and really adds intrigue into what might happen for Luck.

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1) What are the Chiefs biggest needs heading into the N.F.L. off-season

From a broad perspective, KC’s biggest need is depth. While they were good enough to win 10 games last season they still have a ways to go before they can be considered a legit contender for the Super Bowl. The good news is that they are now a team that is talented enough to beat NFL’s poor to average teams but they are not ready to take on the big boys.

The Chiefs are terribly thin at just about every position. They are probably the deepest at CB and G but they need help everywhere else.

Biggest priorities have to be WR, NT and C. They could use another rush OLB and some depth at safety and tackle but those aresecondary needs in my opinion. They have got to get a couple of decent WR’s and a center.

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