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Despite a loss in Super Bowl XLIV, the Colts have the inside track on winning Super Bowl XLV according to bodog.com. The Chiefs are right now 100/1 to win the SB in the 2010 season. Below are all the odds on all the teams making the Super Bowl in Dallas in 2011:

Indianapolis Colts 13/2
San Diego Chargers 8/1
New England Patriots 10/1
New Orleans Saints 10/1
Pittsburgh Steelers 11/1
Dallas Cowboys 12/1
Green Bay Packers 12/1
Minnesota Vikings 12/1
Philadelphia Eagles 16/1
Baltimore Ravens 20/1
New York Giants 20/1
New York Jets 25/1
Tennessee Titans 25/1
Atlanta Falcons 30/1
Cincinnati Bengals 30/1
Arizona Cardinals 35/1
Chicago Bears 35/1
Houston Texans 35/1
Carolina Panthers 40/1
Miami Dolphins 45/1
San Francisco 49ers 45/1
Seattle Seahawks 45/1
Denver Broncos 50/1
Jacksonville Jaguars 50/1
Washington Redskins 50/1
Buffalo Bills 100/1
Cleveland Browns 100/1
Detroit Lions 100/1
Kansas City Chiefs 100/1
Oakland Raiders 100/1
St. Louis Rams 100/1
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 100/1

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1. Where was the first Super Bowl Played between the Packers and Chiefs?

2. Who scored the first touchdown in Super Bowl history?

3. Who is the leading lifetime rusher in Super Bowl history?

4. What team has won the most Super Bowls with 6?

5. Who is the youngest head coach to have ever won a Super Bowl?

6. What wide out caught the game winning TD with less than a minute to go in Super Bowl XXIII?

7. What kicker missed the game-winning field goal in the final seconds of Super Bowl XXV?

8. Where was Super Bowl XX held?

9. Name the four current Franchises that have never been to a Super Bowl

10. Who was the MVP of Super Bowl XVI?

11. What was odd about the first points scored in Super Bowl IX?

12. Where was last years Super Bowl (XLIII) held?

13. Name the four coaches to have lost four Super Bowls

14. What Falcon took back a kickoff for a touchdown in Super Bowl XXXIII?

15. What Colt kicker hit the game-winning kick in Super Bowl V vs Dallas?

16. Who was the MVP of Super Bowl XIV?

17. How many touchdowns did Steve Young throw in Super Bowl XXIX?

18. Who was the coach of the Colts when they lost to the Jets in SB III?

19. Who sang the National Anthem at last years Super Bowl (XLIII)?

20. What WR came up a yard short of the game-tying TD on the final play of Super Bowl XXXIV?

KansasCity.com reports that the GA ticket prices for the Chiefs won’t go up in 2010

Chiefs Chairman Clark Hunt said the ticket prices would remain the same on the field and upper levels. Club-level season tickets are sold on a long-term contractual basis and are subject to annual price increases. Field-level seats range in price on a seasonal basis through the four seating areas from $760 to $1,050 and the per-game price ranges from $95 to $145, though a notice on the Chiefs Web site said single-game prices are subject to change.

The Chiefs announced today they will not be bringing back defensive coordinator Clancy Pendergast or two other assistant coaches for the 2010 season. Also gone are tight ends coach Bob Bicknell and wide receivers coach Dedric Ward.

Pendergast was hired as defensive coordinator last year only because Romeo Crennel wasn’t available. Crennel accepted that job earlier this month, putting Pendergast out of the job.

In other moves, Richie Anderson will become wide receivers coach and Anthony Pleasant will be a defensive assistant. Both served minority coaching fellowships with the team last year. Pat Perles was reassigned to assistant offensive line coach. He was defensive quality control coach.

The National Football Post talks about a tidbit concerning the future of Chiefs LB Derrick Johnson and moving him this offseason:

There was a buzz during the season that the Kansas City Chiefs would move to trade former first-round draft pick Derrick Johnson but that never happened as he rode the pine all season instead. Johnson’s a starting-caliber outside linebacker for a 4-3 defense who didn’t fit in the Chiefs 3-4 scheme and there should be a market for him if they decide to trade him. Kansas City will be able to control his rights as a restricted free agent or perhaps place the franchise or transition tag on him with hopes of moving him in a trade.

Of course when it comes to the draft hindsight is 20/20, every team has picks they believe are sure things who turn out to be busts and players they pick to fill roster spots who turn out to be studs. The draft is the ultimate crap shoot and even the best miss from time to time case in point Scott Pioli got little production from his draft class this year and this is not necessarily a indictment on Pioli in three years this class may look a lot better than it does now. I will take you thru a redo of last years Chief’s draft and take a look at the player they should have picked not necessarily based on 2009 production but on how big of a hole they would have filled on the Chiefs roster. Remember the second round pick was traded for Matt Cassel and Mike Vrabel.

Round 1

Actual pick: Tyson Jackson DE LSU

Should have picked: B.J. Raji DT Boston College

While Tyson Jackson struggled to be productive for the Chiefs Raji who was selected six slots later came in as a starter for the Packers and filled a big need the Chiefs are still trying to fill a true 3-4 nose tackle.

Round 3

Actual pick: Alex Magee DE Purdue

Should have picked: Lois Vasquez OG Texas Tech

The Chiefs had trouble at guard all year and Vasquez filled in nicely when the O-Line in San Diego started to rack up injuries, definitely a upgrade over Mike Goff.

Round 4

Actual pick: Donald Washington CB Ohio State

Should have picked: Austin Collie WR BYU

When Marvin Harrison was let go and Anthony Gonzalez went down with injury the Colts offense did not miss a beat and Collie is a big reason why. Meanwhile the Chiefs were taking flyers on people to play nickel back by week eight and Washington could not find the field enough said.

Round 5

Actual pick: Colin Brown OT Missouri

Should have picked: Johnny Know WR Abilene Christian

Brown spent the entire season on the practice squad even with the Chiefs line problems and Knox made several big plays this season enough in fact to pull some of the special teams duties away from Devin Hester.

Round 6

Actual pick: Quentin Lawrence WR McNeese State

Should have picked: John Phillips TE Virginia

Lawrence spent a majority of the season on the practice squad but did finally flash some potential late in the season. Phillips looks to be a up and coming TE in this league as he made plays on a high powered Cowboy’s offense despite being buried on the depth chart behind two other really good tight ends.

Round 7 (Three picks)

Actual pick: Javaris Williams RB Tennessee State

Should have picked: Julian Edelman WR Kent State

Actual pick: Jackie O’Connell TE Miami of Ohio

Should have picked: Jackie O’Connell TE Miami of Ohio

Actual pick: Ryan Succop K South Carolina

Should have picked: Ryan Succop K South Carolina

It got to be slim pickings in the seventh round and the Chiefs did nab all world kicker Ryan Succop but missed out on productive slot receiver Julian Edelman all in all the Chiefs did ok for it being so late in the draft.

The Chiefs will likely enter 2010 with Jamaal Charles at running back, but right now the emerging back is going to be having surgery on his shoulder this week:

Chiefs running back Jamaal Charles, who has become the toast of Kansas City since establishing himself as an emerging star once he finally got a chance to play, is headed back to Missouri to have shoulder surgery on Wednesday according to his hometown newspaper. It got to a point this season where you just expected to see Charles go off to the sidelines during a game to have his shoulder popped back into place. Hopefully this surgery will solve the problem for good.

ESPN.com reports that former defensive coordinator Clancy Pendergast could stick around with the team despite Romeo Crennel coming in:

Head coach Todd Haley indicated former Chiefs Defensive Coordinator Clancy Pendergast could stay, likely as a position coach. “I would imagine he would be coaching a position. Again, we are adding another guy to the mix and Romeo is going to be in charge of the ultimate defense. But every one of those guys plays a critical role and I am fortunate enough that, last year and now this year, I have a bunch of guys who have run the defense before, guys that have been coordinators, some of them that have been head coaches, Romeo being one of those. If the fit is good and I know that everybody can work together towards the common goal then we have a chance to succeed and that is what is going on right now. I know Gary Gibbs is going to coach linebackers and Clancy was coaching the defensive backs last year, and that is where I would think he would stay.”

The Chiefs have hired Romeo Crennel to come in an run the teams defense as the clubs new defensive coordinator. The agent for Crennel, Joe Linta, said today that the former Browns coach will start his new job in a “couple of weeks.”

Crennel, who has been out of football for a year recovering from hip surgery, will coach in the East-West all-star game before joining the Chiefs and linking up with his old friend, Charlie Weis. The Patriots won three Super Bowls with Crennel as defensive coordinator and Weis as offensive coordinator. Last week, the Chiefs hired Weis as offensive coordinator after he was fired as head coach at Notre Dame.

Chiefs general manager Scott Pioli was also a part of the New England dynasty as director of personnel.