On Herm Edwards:

One of my favorite TV detective shows from years ago was "Colombo".  The lead character of the show-played perfectly by Peter Faulk got his information by letting his suspects talk.  And talk, and talk, and talk and talk.

Week in and week out, the criminals talked themselves into their own demise.

That's what is going on over at Kansas City, where the Chief's new head coach is doing all the talking.  I don't want to be so hard on Herm that I don't present his good qualities because he does posses many, I am just saying that he needs to get a lot better in these areas: clock management, conditioning, game preparation and media relations.  I believe if given the chance that eventually he will be a terrific head coach.  By "given the chance" I mean Kansas City is in for a lot of heartache over the next few seasons.

To get a glimpse of the confusion going on over in Kansas City we only have to listen to the head coach's news conferences.  Here are a few of his statements that are sure to cause confusion, and keep in mind that I am getting all of my information from the Chiefs web site.

About Training Camp Competition: Herm sated that there would be a competition at every position, that no position would be set going into training camp.  Think Ty Law agrees with him?

About Arrowhead Stadium Fans: "We have to get the crowd excited, especially on third down" Excuse me?  Is he talking about the fans at arrowhead stadium?  It's about time those sleepy heads woke up and actually got into a game.

About The Two-Minute drills: "We have to get better at the two-minute drills".  Take a look at Herm's record for clock management-this is not someone who you would want working on that.

About the Championship Game: "If you are going to get into the championship game you have to get into the playoffs, last time I checked.  They don't let you in because you won a bunch of games."  Is he replacing Dick Vermeil or Yogi Berra?

About Conditioning: "I'm not the type of guy who wakes the players up at five in the morning and has them run before practice....if they want to do that, that's fine."  Seriously, you folks in Kansas City never wondered how the New York media came up with such nicknames as "Club Ed"?  Club Med, the famous vacation spa = Club Ed, the players resort/training camp.

On The Playbook:  "I'm not going to ask the players to do something they can't do".  Aw gee coach, this is too hard, can't we do something else?

And now, they figure to solve their problems by bringing in Ty Law.

On Ty Law:

They singed him close to his 33rd birthday-to a five year deal.  Five Years.

What happens if they dont get it done this year?

When a cornerback or safety loses a step, it is all over, period.  The opposing team will sense the weaknesses and flood the field in his direction.

I'm not saying that Ty Law has missed a step, but how much longer until he does?  Five years?

Even if he is still at the top of his game, like Herm says, "Talent doesn't win, teams win." 

Your team was old, and it just got older.

Now I'm heading down to my bomb shelter.