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Arrowhead half-empty: The realist view of the Chiefs season

This has been one of the most questionable off-seasons in recent years. You would be hard pressed to convince me that there are not many areas of concern the Chiefs have not addressed outright ignored or made worse. Yes six pro bowlers are returning but what help have we given them.

Coach: Andy Reid not only has never won “the big one” but he has squandered some of the most talent collections of players any one team has had in recent memory. The chiefs also have big questions and OC and DC.

GM: Almost any move here would have been an upgrade; however there were many proven guys available. Unfortunately we were hel bent on hiring Reid so we had to get a GM who would play second fiddle.

QB: Smith is leaps and bounds better than ANYTHING we have had here in years. But he was widely regarded as a bust before the last two years in SF. He is oft-injured and we gave up ALOT to get him. If we get marginal plaay out of him and go .500 this year we are on the hook for ANOTHER 2^nd rd. Daniels is talented college QB but has never proven he could contribute in the pros. He was redrafted and the QB starved Redskins didn't keep him. The Saints showed no interest in bringing him back either. In fact the seemed desperate this off-season to upgrade. Stanzi doesn't seem to have a future and Bray, though huge talent and potential, is immature and a head case.

O line: Wasted the first overall pick on a RT. It hurts to write that. Never in league history has any team done that. And Fisher is a project to boot. We have questions at guard and center and it doesn't look like we did much to upgrade.

WR: Bowe is back, that is the only positive of this group. Baldwin is a good practice guy and nothing more. Dexter has yet to find a role or produce consistently. There is nothing more here to work with.

RB: Charles is amazing and nothing else. Past back-ups have never contributed and we wasted a pick on prospect Davis. He had one good year since his sophomore year in high-school. Their were so many better RB in the draft when we used a pick on a guy who will be lucky to make it out of the pre-season healthy. For some reason Reid is serious about this upgrading the FB, a position he almost has never used in the past and is about non-existent in pistol formations. We used a draft pick and traded a decent CB prospect as well as bringing in a FA. Only one guy is going to stick and we will have wasted a lot here.

TE: Moeaki is back but he won't make it a whole year. Everything else here is unproven projects.

D Line- We lost or best lineman and possibly or best defender when Dorsey left for a contract we could have easily matched. He went to a 34 team so that was not a consideration. Jackson is a bust and Poe and Powe are unproven and projects. DeVito seems like a good pick up, but the Jets would have kept him if he is as good as fans say he is.

LB-Only Inside LB needed help. And we did next to nothing to upgrade the position. We lack depth and the guy we drafted wasn't even a starter in college. One injury here and we have huge problems. If the D-line cannot play better than last year Hali and Houston will be handled easily.

DB: Was a weakness last year and they were upgraded but with old men we would be lucky to get a year or two out of. We got rid of young prospects and seemed to be rolling the dice here.

K: AS good as these guys are I would have liked to seen some challenge here or at least a new long snapper.

There you have it. This year seems to be a big roll of the dice. A lot of things have to break just right. We haven't built a contender but rather tried to gamble on the Pro-Bowl players we have and a bunch of Maybes