June 27th, 2009 
Matt Loede 
Posted in From: Pro Football Weekly
The Chiefs may be a franchise building for the future, but they also realize that veteran leadership is key to developing young players. After signing experienced free agents such as Zach Thomas, Mike Goff and Bobby Engram earlier this offseason, Kansas City bolstered its safety group by adding Mike Brown to the mix in late June. Although extremely injury-prone over the past five seasons — he has missed 44 games and played in just 36 — the former Bear was able to stay healthy enough to start 15 contests in 2008, making 73 tackles and two interceptions, before going on injured reserve with an injured calf.
From what we hear, Brown could push either FS Jarrad Page or SS Bernard Pollard for a starting job, though the more likely scenario has the ’05 Pro Bowler backing up both safety positions. At age 31, Brown could have a couple productive seasons left in him, but his primary role will be to teach his solid technique to players like Page and Pollard, who both have weaknesses in their game.
