Where to begin? May has been a busy
month for the Chiefs front office, and with draft day on the horizon,
their work is far from over. It all started with the official signing
of Alex Smith (and subsequent release of Matt Cassel.) Following this
moment, the entire organization, and its fan base, seemed freed by
the shackles of the past and intrigued by the openness of the future
ahead. Clark Hunt started dropping serious cash to make the 2013
Chiefs into a serious contender by re-signing vital parts of the team
and grabbing talented free agents to fill glaring holes. Less than
two months after the Super Bowl, KC has re-signed their top-shelf
receiver in Bowe, come to terms with their most important offensive
lineman in Brandon Albert, and signed a long-term deal with their
most underrated weapon- Pro Bowl punter Dustin Colquitt. The Chiefs
also paid big for a CB demanding figures in the “playmaker range”,
acquired their first legitimate deep-threat WR in ages, and added
tons of veteran talent for the sake of depth and leadership. But, I'm
getting way ahead of myself. Clearly, we should be taking things one
step at a time.
Late March is never a time when all
eyes are on football. The Madness of college hoops takes control of
its huge fan-base and delivers approximately a billion exciting
moments per day, for weeks. NBA fans have a close eye on professional
ball as their teams edge closer to the end of the regular season. The
intrigue of the upcoming baseball season and the World Baseball
Classic are enough to leave their fans contently tuned into the MLB
Network for the entire month.
This March, however, has been markedly
different. Even with the constant action from other sports, many
Chiefs fans still have football on their minds- and this time, it's
for all the right reasons. I'm not sure, but I think that intrigue
comes from this feeling of freedom- an open slate, I guess you'd call
it.
There's a new coach, a new GM and a new
quarterback in town. All the major figures that represented last
year's failures are gone now. That feeling of freedom is being
expressed by Clark Hunt in the beautiful language of dollar signs.
Now that they've begun anew, he is clearly content on spending the
money necessary to build a winner here in KC. With input from Dorsey
and Reid, Clark's already done major work to fix the ship thank sank
so dreadfully last season. So, I guess the first step that I should
take has make itself clear-
Thank you, Mr. Hunt, for making me give
a shit about the Chiefs- even in the middle of March.
The Report will return two times a week
and sort out all these changes as best as possible. This week, I'll
start off with the three aforementioned key players that were quickly
re-signed, and how keeping them will affect the team. Make sure to tune in Monday, and make sure to leave a
comment expressing just how lame/awesome I am. Probably lame. That's
fine.
