The Chiefs today signed veteran unrestricted free agent center Eric Ghiaciuc to a deal. The 6-foot-4, 303-pound Ghiaciuc made 42 starts for Cincinnati from 2005-08 after being drafted in the fourth round by the Bengals in 2005. The Bengals drafted center Jonathan Luigs of Arkansas in the fourth round Sunday. The other centers on the [...]
Archive for April, 2009
Chiefs Fire VP for Player Personnel Bill Kuharich
The housecleaning of the personnel for the Chiefs continued on Wednesday, as the team announced the firing of Bill Kuharich, their vice president for player personnel. He came aboard as the teams personnel director in 2006 and was promoted three years ago. Before coming to the Chiefs, he was president and general manager of the [...]
Chiefs Missteps Raising Early Red Flags
Under the twenty-year dictatorship of GM Carl Peterson, the Kansas City Chiefs amassed an impressive yet impotent record of 176-141-1. In that time span, the Chiefs secured four AFC West titles but only a single visit to the AFC Championship game in 1993. The firing of Peterson and the eventual signing of Scott Pioli as [...]
Grading the Chiefs Draft
Round 1, Pick 3 (3) Tyson Jackson DE 6’4″ 295 LSU: It is hard to question Scott Pioli when it comes to the draft, but one would assume the Chiefs could have fell back a couple of slots, trading with a Mark Sanchez hungry team and still picked up Tyson Jackson with out paying him [...]
Now Hiring…Chiefs Scouting Department Staff
Yesterday Chiefs GM Scott Pioli closed the deal on his first draft with Kansas City by firing the majority of the scouting staff. Soon enough the new crew will be assembled and headed out to the college campuses. In the interest of team unity during this busy time of transition, I’d like to personally extend [...]
Former Chiefs Coach Gansz Passes Away
From: AP Former Kansas City Chiefs coach Frank Gansz, who spent much of his NFL and collegiate career working with special teams, died Monday at a Dallas hospital. SMU spokesman Brad Sutton said Gansz developed complications after undergoing knee replacement surgery last week and died Monday afternoon. Gansz had been special teams coach for the [...]
NFL Draft: Chiefs Day One Reaction
Disapointment would have to be the first thing that comes to mind, with sure fire LB prospect Aaron Curry on the board and the Chiefs in desperate need of a playmaking LB they opt to pass on Curry to select DE Tyson Jackson out of LSU. With the selection of Jackson the Chiefs have selected [...]
Haley Excited About Jackson’s Potential
Chiefs head coach Todd Haley discuss the team’s decision to draft DE Tyson Jackson with the No. 3 pick overall


April 30th, 2009
Matt Loede
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